Together Women – Trainee Key Worker

Deadline 2^nd January 2019

Together Women provides holistic services to women and girls with multiple and complex issues across Yorkshire, Humberside and the North West of England.

This role is to work on the Purple Futures contract which supports women offenders to change their lives away from offending. It covers the organisation’s sites in Hull and East Riding. The successful candidate will also be required to attend HMP New Hall on a rota basis.

The successful applicant will engage with and provide intensive support to women; offering one-to-one support and group work, guidance, information and signposting, and therefore contributing to an improvement in the well-being of the woman and a reduction in offending. Together Women aims to raise aspirations, build confidence and self-esteem, as well as providing access to education, training and employment, housing etc.

The successful applicant will be expected to be proactive in building a network of partners who can offer specialist support to the women that they are working with, develop their knowledge of relevant service provision that can be helpful to the women and be proactive in driving the service forward.

Together Women’s core working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. However, there is an expectation of flexibility; on occasions there may be possible evening and weekend work and early start times, for which time off in lieu is provided.

They wish to restrict the post of TWP Manager to females using the GOQ in s9 (2) (e) and s9 (2) (f) of the Employment (Sex Discrimination) Act 2000.

For more information and an application form go to their website