Justice Worker Willow, Women's Justice Service

Justice Worker
Willow womens Justice Services

Salary: 34 452- 40 501
Hours: 36 per week 52 weeks

Edinburgh Justice Services are committed to providing high quality services while ensuring a compassionate approach to people accessing our services and supporting staff wellbeing. We offer a high level of training to support continuous professional development and to deliver a broad range of interventions including established accredited group work programmes. We are implementing Trauma Informed Care and Restorative Justice practice models and interventions across our services. We have established a Womens Centre where all Justice Services for women are delivered from to reduce barriers and meet the needs of women involved in the Justice System.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Willow Services working from the Womens Justice Centre where we offer trauma informed gender specific services and operate in line with the evidenced based key principles. Women that are aged 18 and above can attend as part of a statutory order or voluntarily including women entitled to support due to their partners/ex-partners involvement with the Caledonian system.

The team is multi-disciplinary and includes Justice workers Social Workers Psychologists physical health nurse as well as key 3^rd sector partners and peer supporters all of whom contribute to the delivery of a range of interventions and support offered to the women in an integrated way. This includes the provision of one to one and group work interventions as well as community outreach support.

The post holder will contribute to a broad range of provision alongside colleagues from other disciplines/services. The post holderwill have experience of supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties and affected by complex trauma and understand best practice approaches. The post requires experience in contributing to the assessment and management of risk working within various legal frameworks within justice and includes working within the adult support and protection legislation.

A knowledge of thejustice system and understanding about the specific issues facing women will be beneficial.

The post is open to female candidates only (Occupational Requirement exception under Equality Act 2010).

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This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. Anunconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds people with disabilities or neurodivergent people care experienced people carers and LGBT people across all levels of the organisation all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh we want to make sure were recruiting the best people. Were interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore part of our interview process will be anassessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

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Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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