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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.
ROLE: COMPLEX NEEDS & HOUSING COMMUNITY KEYWORKER
HOURS OF WORK: 37 hours per week, between Monday – Friday. Ad hoc requirement to work weekends.
SALARY: £26,000 - £28,000 FTE per annum
LOCATION: Hampshire (base Southampton)
As Complex Needs & Housing Community Keyworker you will provide one-to-one support to women on Probation living in the community, as well as women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision. You’ll provide focused support in identifying their needs and empowering them to access appropriate services in the community. You will also provide some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support prior to women being released from prison.
You will manage a caseload of women with complex needs, who are facing housing issues, and provide them with advice, guidance and support that helps them connect with other support services in the community, that can assist them to overcome barriers, when securing safe and appropriate housing.
The role involves a significant amount of data recording and updating case management systems so you need to be prepared to spend a minimum of 35% of your working hours on this aspect and will need to manage your time effectively to meet the data management requirements. This is also a predominantly independent role, so you will need to be confident to make decisions and able to manage your own workload.
You will be employed by One Small Thing but will be part of a wider team of Community Keyworkers employed by our partners Advance and Aurora New Dawn, to deliver the Probation Contract for women across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. You will also have a desk space at Hope Street, Southampton, to facilitate close working with the rest of the Hope Street team.
You will be required to participate in training and team building events with the wider One Small Thing team as well as the Advance team, in Hampshire.
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.
A requirement of this role will be to have a driving licence, access to your own vehicle and hold business car insurance.
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.
Team member Benefits
We offer the following benefits:
• We are a Real Living Wage Employer
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – pro rata
• An 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
• 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
ROLE: COMMUNITY PARTNER
HOURS OF WORK: 37 hours per week
SALARY: £27,000 - £30,000 FTE
LOCATION: Hope Street, Southampton.
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 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.
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.
A requirement of this role will be to have a driving licence, access to your own vehicle and hold business car insurance.
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.
Team member Benefits
We offer the following 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
• 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
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.