Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Diversion Senior Keyworker
Salary: £26,000 - £32,000
Location: Finsbury Park Office
Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until March 2025 (possibility to extend to 2026)
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
Working as a Senior Keyworker you will be responsible for supervising a small group of keyworkers. Planned and ad-hoc supervision is an integral part of the Senior role, and you will be supporting keyworkers with monthly supervision and have oversight of safeguarding for the women they work with. You will be supporting the quality control for the region which will include dip-checks and data input.
About You:
To be successful as the Diversion Senior Keyworker , you will need the below experience and skills:
- In-depth knowledge of the range of needs and interventions required for women offenders.
- The ability to lead a small team to deliver inclusive, innovative and professional services.
- The ability to maintain a small caseload of women, never compromising on quality engagements, while also role modeling best practice and leading a team of Keyworkers.
Key responsibilities and duties
Casework
- Provide an in-reach service to women in the custody suite, advocating for the police to caution women instead of charging them.
- Conduct an initial rapid assessment of women’s needs and develop an Individual Support Plan for clients given an out of court disposal, addressing their mental, physical, and sexual health, housing, substance misuse, relationship, education/training/employment, parenting, financial and cultural needs, and provide signposting and referrals in line with this plan.
- Use motivational interviewing techniques to engage the woman in actions arising from the Support Plan.
- Coordinate and sequence appropriate community interventions to enable the woman to meet the objectives on the Support Plan, liaising with co-located support workers from other agencies as required.
- Offer a short-term specialist service with a selected cohort of women, focusing on their needs and addressing priorities of partner agencies in reducing local re-offending.
- Meet women as required face-to-face, providing emotional and practical support, aiming to reduce re-offending and encourage desistance for the women.
- Advise on referral options, arrange for the referral of women to appropriate local agencies based upon their identified needs and in consultation with the client, and advocate with local agencies on their behalf to support their identified needs with a solution-focused approach.
- Consistently review your work, obtaining feedback from clients on exit from the service and using this to inform the development of our services.
- Develop and maintain information and resource materials to provide a full range of support.
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with all partner agencies including the Metropolitan Police Service, Health, Housing and Local Authority, and work appropriately within MARAC and Safeguarding Adults and Children frameworks to identify and manage risk.
Management
- Support the Diversion Manager to monitor the performance of the Diversion team and ensure that Advance meets the specific KPIs and outcome measures for contracts, taking appropriate action to ensure service delivery to targets and manage poor performance as necessary.
- Conduct fortnightly case reviews across the team.
- Act as a first point of contact for the Diversion team with regards to case matters and best practice.
- Develop relationships with partners and support with training and awareness raising.
- Be responsible for your own personal learning/development and keep up to date on research, relevant legislation, policy and practice, and other literature relevant to the role.
- Participate in supervision, training and meetings as required, and assist in the development of services in line with agreed development plans.
How to apply:
Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.
Closing Date for Applications: 6th October 2024
Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis.
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day , and for religious observance and moving home.
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more.
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles.
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation.
- Organisation wide away days.
- Thorough induction and training.
- Career development pathways.
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and we will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, involving pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, empowering them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
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