Work with us

One Small Thing is growing! Join our ground-breaking team committed to redesigning the justice system for women and their children. As vacancies come up they will be posted below.

ROLE: COMMUNITY PARTNER

HOURS OF WORK: Full time 37 hours per week

SALARY: £27,000 - £29,000 FTE per annum

LOCATION: Southampton, Hampshire

As a Community Partner, you will be part of a team setting out to deliver this innovative and exciting residential service for women and their children from Hampshire. You will support our residents, working with the women on a personal programme that addresses all their needs in terms of their skills development, health and wellbeing, and in relation to their Community Order.

You will also provide support to the women to manage any potential risks that they are exposed to and provide the one-to-one support they need in relation to any other aspect of their lives that they need help with. You will collaborate with the wider team to ensure that you are always up-to-date on the women’s needs and progress, to ensure a consistent approach and network of support for each woman and child at Hope Street and our houses.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide emotional support to women by listening to their concerns and worries, reassuring them, providing them with advice and guidance, acting as a role model to help them to develop resilience to factors and influences that have a negative impact on their wellbeing.

  • Support women to develop a daily routine that meets their emotional and physical needs, helps them fulfil their Community Order conditions and helps them to achieve the personal aims identified in their personal development programme.

  • Work with colleagues to plan and deliver a therapeutic programme of support and help women to participate in a meaningful way, joining in with them where necessary to build their confidence.

  • Maintain all case management notes and records accurately using the Case Management System.

  • Support women to attend appointments and meetings with other professionals involved, such as Probation or Social Care, and act as an advocate for her where appropriate.

  • Be alert and responsive to behaviour, new information or other changes which could indicate an escalation of risk of serious harm and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour (including unacceptable behaviour) to de-escalate tension and potential harm.

  • Provide support that helps women to manage strong feelings and keep themselves and others safe.

  • Where appropriate, deliver group-based workshops and programmes to    empower women to move forward with their lives and to challenge the stigma associated with women affected by the Justice System.

  • Help women to complete applications for relevant benefits and attend appointments where necessary.

  • Help women to budget and manage their money.

  • Respond immediately to any safeguarding through the appropriate channels.

  • Communicate with colleagues to ensure that information relating to the personal safety and wellbeing of the women is shared so that as a team you can provide ongoing support or intervention.

  • Participate in team meetings, reflective practice sessions and other team building events.

  • Be responsible for your own personal learning/development and keep up to date on research, relevant legislation, policy and practice, and other literature

  • Support the rest of the team in ‘turning around’ residents’ accommodation i.e., cleaning, clearing and resetting bed linen etc.

  • Support the residents to keep the hub and community clean and tidy, role modelling and providing advice and guidance on key life skills such as cleaning.

  • Participate in regular handover meetings to ensure that any concerns identified during the day are passed to the night team so that any actions or support required is implemented.

 

Please note that candidates will need to be available for interview on 31st March 2026.

We reserve the right to assess applications as they are received and to close this advert at any time. We will only contact those applicants who have been shortlisted for interview.

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SAFER RECRUITMENT

Safer recruitment is central to the safeguarding of adults, children, and young people at risk. One Small Thing is committed to the safeguarding of every individual that we come into contact with through our work and expects all team members to share this commitment.

As part of our recruitment process, a DBS check at the appropriate level for those successful at interview, but this does not necessarily exclude applicants with convictions. For some roles, a vetting and barring check will also be carried out.

Team member Benefits

 • We are a Real Living Wage Employer

• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – pro rata

• A additional day off on your Birthday

• Long Service Award – extra holiday for 3+ years’ service

• A comprehensive induction and training programme

• An unlimited counselling service through our Employment Assistance Programme “OpenUp”,

which you can also extend to 3 members of your family.

• Enhanced sick pay

• Team member of the month awards

• Refer a Friend Recruitment Bonus

• Employer contribution to your Pension

• Learning & Development opportunities relevant to each role

• Blue Light Discount Scheme

• Team building activities

• Regular collaborative team days

Volunteering at Hope Street

We aren’t currently recruiting volunteers for Hope Street at the moment. However, there are some offers of support that will be of help to us. Please feel free to leave your details and offer of support in the form below and we’ll be back in contact with you when we are ready to start our volunteer programme, or if you have a specific skill set we are currently in need of. Thank you for your interest.

The information you provide in this form will be stored securely, and will only be used in relation to your volunteering enquiry.

 
 
 
 
 

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

At One Small Thing we are committed to tackling injustice and inequality in the justice system and beyond. Understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to delivering our mission to redesign the justice system for women and their children. Challenging racial injustice is a crucial element of this, and we strive towards anti-racist practice as an organisation and in the services we deliver.

We have been working with Inclusive recruiting to train our Trustees and team, review our policies and lead the recruitment drive for Hope Street. We encourage applications from those who may have had similar experiences to the women and children we support, including those with previous convictions. We are committed to ensuring the voices of those with lived experience are represented across all our work strands.

We know however we need to do much more and want our work towards diversity, equity and inclusion to be measured by our actions. We are currently drafting new EDI and anti-racism action plans, the key commitments of which will be shared shortly.