Women's Criminal Justice Practitioner

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Women's Specialist Criminal Justice Practitioner
Criminal Justice (Women) - West Midlands
Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: 26,278.98 per annum
Location: West Midlands - Walsall, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Solihull, Dudley, Sandwell or Birmingham
(Predominantly based between Birmingham and Sandwell)

About the Role
Changing Lives has been commissioned to deliver specialist, needs-led support to women under the supervision of the National Probation Service. This role sits within the Women's Justice Partnership (WJP) - a collaborative programme bringing together experienced Midlands-based charities to support women involved in the criminal justice system.
Women's pathways into the criminal justice system are often shaped by trauma, abuse, poverty, exclusion and unmet needs. Our gender-specific services provide holistic, trauma-informed support delivered by women for women, enabling participants to overcome barriers, reduce reoffending and build safer, more fulfilling lives.
You will support women across a range of areas including:

• Personal wellbeing
• Accommodation
• Finance, benefits and debt
• Employment, training and education
• Family and significant relationships
• Lifestyle and associates
• Social inclusion
• Dependency and recovery

This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference. We are seeking dynamic, compassionate and creative practitioners who can deliver one-to-one and group-based interventions, undertake outreach and community asset building, and support women to make meaningful, sustainable change.
What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting women to identify their needs and goals using a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach
• Delivering flexible outreach to women who may be reluctant to engage or require additional support to comply with licence or court requirements
• Engaging with women in custody pre-release and, where required, meeting women at the prison gate on release
• Delivering therapeutic group work and one-to-one psychosocial interventions
• Accompanying and advocating for women at appointments where appropriate
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and partners to review progress and manage risk
• Building sustainable community connections and support networks
• Maintaining accurate records, reports and data in line with contractual and statutory requirements
• Promoting the service across community and custodial settings
• Ensuring safeguarding, data protection and health & safety standards are upheld at all times

This is an agile role, involving a mix of office-based work, community delivery, custodial settings and some home working. Prison clearance may be required.
About You
You will be an emotionally resilient, values-driven practitioner with a genuine passion for supporting women with complex needs.
Essential requirements include:

• A relevant degree or professional qualification (minimum NVQ Level 4 or equivalent)
• Experience working with women, particularly those with multiple and complex needs
• Experience of partnership working across voluntary, statutory and community sectors
• Understanding of trauma-informed and trauma-responsive practice
• Experience of working within or alongside the Criminal Justice System
• Strong assessment, care planning and risk management skills
• Ability to work flexibly, independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
• Commitment to equality, diversity and anti-discriminatory practice

Desirable:

• Experience delivering group work
• Experience working with families
• Knowledge of effective criminal justice practice
• Experience developing or evaluating programme or learning materials

Additional requirements:

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Ability to obtain prison security clearance
• Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development

Equality & Safeguarding
This post is exempt under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 and is therefore open to female applicants only.
The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, your application has been unsuccessful.

If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us! We have a "Refer A Friend" bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us and are successfully placed!

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