Women's Early Intervention - Coventry, United Kingdom - St Giles Trust

St Giles Trust

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Coventry, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Summary:

Due to the nature of this role, we are looking for female applicants only. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post.
Are you a dynamic, compassionate, and target-driven individual with a proven record of working in a multiagency/disciplinary team and engaging positively with challenging people or other vulnerable groups? Looking for an exciting and highly rewarding new career opportunity?

If so, join St Giles Trust as our Women's Early Intervention (CJS Project) Caseworker to provide a comprehensive and holistic assessment which links arrest to accessing community support, bringing Police custody and community together in collaboration to support and or divert women from further offending.

About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes, and the right support they need.

Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions, and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this exciting opportunity

St Giles Trust have been funded by the Ministry of Justice's Women's Interventions Funding to deliver a gender specific service in Coventry for women who are on the periphery of the criminal justice system.

Our service will use credible lived experience staff that will position themselves across multiple 'reachable' moments for example, working in police stations, courts, and probation to divert women into appropriate support, activities & interventions.

We follow a Trauma-Informed responsive delivery model, supporting women who have highly complex & interlinked needs to reduce and desist from future potential offending.

We are looking for experienced caseworker-facilitators who will be able to identify additional and specialist learning needs and identify barriers within our female client groups.

The mentor facilitators should be able to address and support across the pathways listed below whilst delivering a Healthy Relationship programme within a group setting.

What we are looking for

Understanding of the issues faced by females involved or at risk of becoming involved in the criminal justice system.
A knowledge and understanding of providing support, advice and advocacy to vulnerable clients and the ability to communicate this knowledge in a variety of way.
Ability to assess clients' needs and provide client led support.
Ability to calculate risk and implement safety procedures when engaging with vulnerable female clients in the community.
Experience delivering group work.
An awareness or understanding of the issues raised when working with women in police custody or a similar area.
An awareness of options for support available for this client group in these areas:

Welfare and housing rights
Anti-social behaviour legislation
Health, including mental health
Domestic abuse and sexual violence
Risky Sexual behaviour
Substance misuse

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, childcare vouchers, season ticket loan and much more.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 11pm, Sunday 30 April 2023.
**Interview date: 09 May 2023.