Senior Keyworker

Advance; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35‑hour week

30 days holiday

Additional days off

Perkbox

Pension

Maternity/adoption provision

Employee Assistance

Eye-care

Clinical supervision

Refer a Friend

Away days

Induction & training

Career development

Job summary

A Senior Keyworker position at Advance, based in Basingstoke with travel across Hampshire, combines office-based work three days a week with up to two days of remote work. The role includes supervising a small team, safeguarding oversight and regional quality checks.

The post is permanent and open to female applicants only under the Equality Act 2010. References and DBS checks are required.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of the range of needs and interventions required for women offenders.
• Ability to lead a small team to deliver inclusive, innovative and professional services.
• Ability to maintain own caseload while leading a Hampshire-wide Keyworkers team.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a small group of keyworkers with planned and ad-hoc supervision.
• Provide monthly supervision and oversee safeguarding for the clients.
• Support quality control for the region including dip-checks and data input.
• Ensure regional safeguarding and accurate reporting of key metrics.

Skills

Team leadership

Women offenders knowledge

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Senior Keyworker.

Salary: £30,690 - £32,550

Location: Hampshire, we are looking for someone who can travel across the Hampshire region but your home base will be in Basingstoke. This role will be based in an office or in person in the community 3 days per week, we can offer up to 2 days per week remote working.

Hours: 35 Hours per week, with some working from home

Contract: Permanent

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to HMPPS Enhanced Level 1 Vetting.

About Us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

About the role

Working as a Senior Keyworker you will be responsible for supervising a small group of keyworkers, planned and ad-hoc supervision is an integral part of the Senior role, and you will be supporting keyworkers with monthly supervision and have oversight of safeguarding for the women they work with. You will be supporting the quality control for the region which will include dip-checks and data input.

About You

To be successful as the Senior Keyworker you will need the below experience and skills:

You will have an in-depth knowledge of the range of needs and interventions required for women offenders. The ability to lead a small team to deliver inclusive, innovative and professional services. The ability to not only maintain own a small caseload of women, never compromising on quality engagements, but also to role model best practice and lead a small team of Hampshire wide Keyworkers.

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits

• A 35-hour working week
• An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• Thorough induction and training
• Career development pathways

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.

Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.