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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.
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.
NIGHT COMMUNITY LEAD
HOURS OF WORK - 37 per week across 7 days, between the hours of 7pm and 9am, including bank holidays (and across seasonal periods). Be on site with the team for a minimum of 28 hours per week, between the hours of 7pm and 9am. The remaining 9 hours are for you to use to meet with the day team, other leads and the management team.
SALARY - £30,000-£32,000 per annum
LOCATION - Hope Street, Southampton
Hope Street has been open for over a year now, and is the first of its kind, delivering an innovative provision for women and their children in Hampshire. This role will play a key part in our team of “leads”, managing the Night Support and Safety teams, and all hub activities that take place between 8pm and 8am, ensuring the safety of our women and their children living in the Hope Street community.
You will lead our night team, liaising closely with the Hub Community Lead and the Hope Street operational teams to ensure that the holistic support needs of women and children are met. You’ll be proactive, engaged, conscientious and energetic; ensuring that your team are also motivated to provide the best possible service for our residents.
You’ll ideally have previous experience working with justice-involved women, or within a women-only service, and will need to have line managed a small team. You’ll be flexible in when you work, ensuring you spend time with our day team, attending our all-team meetings and training activities, and ensuring that your night team participate in these opportunities to integrate and contribute as well.
It would be highly advantageous if you hold an SIA licence (CCTV), but if you don’t, you’ll be willing to undertake the 3-day course qualification.
It is a requirement of this role to have a driving licence, access to your own vehicle and hold business car insurance.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
Benefits
We offer the following employee benefits:
• We are a Real Living Wage Employer
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – pro rata
• A 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 Company sick pay scheme
• Employee of the month awards
• Refer a Friend Recruitment Bonus
• 5% employer contribution to your NEST Pension, increasing after 3+ years’ service
• Learning & Development opportunities relevant to each role
• Blue Light Discount Scheme
• Team building activities
• Regular collaborative team days
We reserve the right to close this advert at any time if we receive a high volume of applications.
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.