Sessional Community Keyworker Thames Valley

Advance Charity; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed women's charity in Oxford is seeking Community Keyworkers to provide one-on-one support to women with diverse needs. This flexible, ad-hoc role requires traveling for meetings and training. Ideal candidates will be committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of women in the community. Join us to empower women and support equality in safe environments.

Qualifications

• Female applicants only due to genuine occupational requirement.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting wellbeing.
• Ability to work flexibly in ad-hoc roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one community support to women with varying needs.
• Travel to head office for meetings and training as required.
• Collaborate with partner organizations in the region.

Job description

Overview

You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide one to one community support to women with a variety of needs simultaneously and will be co-located with partner organisations in their region. You will be expected to travel to Advance's Head office in London for any organisational meetings and training, as and when required.

Employment Type

This post is not fixed hours or full time, work will be offered on an ad-hoc basis as and when required to meet the needs of the business.

Eligibility and Safeguarding

• 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.
• 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 we 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.

Are you looking for flexible and rewarding work for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the choice for you!

Please note these posts are subject to police vetting, a key requirement of this is that we work together to keep your vetting up to date for the duration of your engagements with 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.