Criminal Justice Practitioner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Anawim

Anawim

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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VACANCY NOTICE

FEMALE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONER

ANAWIM

BIRMINGHAM

Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
This post
is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 197
Fixed term for two years initially

Location:
Anawim, Balsall Heath, Birmingham

Grade:
SCP 25-30

Salary:
£24,706 - £29,203 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Responsible to:
Criminal Justice Services Manager

Background:

Anawim is an independent charity originally founded by the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity.

The trustees include representatives from Father Hudson's Society and Our Lady of Charity, who worked with them to develop the work, their joint vision and ethos continue to inspire the project.

Anawim seeks to support women who are vulnerable due to poverty, homelessness, abuse, rape, addictions, and may be drawn into prostitution and/or offending as a consequence.

It recognises prostitution as exploitation of women.

All staff, whether working in a paid or voluntary capacity, are expected to respect and work to the core values of respecting others, valuing all, and belief in the possibility of a life lived to the full potential.

Changing Lives have been commissioned to provide needs led support to women under the supervision of the National Probation Service.

Our Women's Justice Partnership (WJP) comprises of leading

Midlands Charities:
Changing Lives, Anawim, Black Country Women's Aid & Fry Accord.

Women become involved in the Criminal Justice System for a complex range of reasons.

In our gender specific services, we provide holistic support _to women by women, _to overcome challenges and address needs, enabling them to successfully move-on from services and live fulfilling, crime free flourishing lives.

Aims
We will be particularly required to support women with overcoming issues around their:

Personal Wellbeing
Accommodation
Finance, Benefits and Debts
Employment, Training and Education
Family and Significant Others
Lifestyle and Associates
Social Inclusion /release from Prison
Dependency and Recovery

The WJP is an inclusive and supportive programme driven to achieve the best for local communities.

We will work closely with local community organisations to encourage women to access existing resources as well as working to build new opportunities.

We will support women to build upon their strengths and work through any barriers that are preventing them from progressing and achieving their potential.

This is a unique opportunity and role where you really can make a difference to improve women's lives.

Working within the WJP we are seeking dynamic, personable, creative and empathic individuals to be Women's Criminal Justice Practitioners, who will deliver therapeutic group work, undertake one-to-one sessions, community asset building and psycho-social interventions that support and enable women to make positive changes to their lifestyle.

Closing Date:
Thursday 2nd March 2023 at 5.00pm

Interview Date:
Thursday 9th March 2023

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 24 months

Salary:
£24,706.00-£29,203.00 per year

Schedule: