Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
Are you passionate about supporting women in a holistic, women centered, trauma-informed way, to achieve lasting change? If so we would love to hear from you.
This exciting fast paced role is an opportunity to be part of an innovative service providing holistic, trauma-informed support for women . You will be need to be able to build relationships and work intensively with woman who face multiple disadvantage who are in the Criminal Justice system as a result of their substance misuse.
The aim of this role involves supporting woman to return from East Wood Park Prison back to Bristol to ensure continuity of care. You will work in collaboration to empower women to access services and opportunities to prevent returning to the Criminal Justice System.
The post holder will work from the Bristol Women’s Centre, supporting women both within the community, as well with women in HMP Eastwood Park. The ideal candidate will have experience of engaging with woman and building trusting relationships to ensure a planned transition from custody to community.
It will be a key part of you role to be independent, dynamic and creative in your approach to joint work with other agencies to ensure a woman has a strong wrap-around support, primarily to access and sustain engagement in substance misuse treatment.
It will be a key part of you role to be independent, dynamic and creative in your approach to joint work with other agencies to ensure a woman has a strong wrap-around support, primarily to access and sustain engagement in substance misuse treatment.
Due to the nature of the work carried out in our Women’s Centres this role is restricted to female applicants only in accordance with the provisions of the occupational requirement (Equality Act 2010, pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1).
The Nelson Trust is committed to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced Children & Adults DBS check
We have become known for the quality of our work and ability to provide bespoke care and support services. While we are proud of our achievements so far, we are ambitious and want to continue to grow and diversify our workforce.
We recognise that employees from different backgrounds bring unique knowledge, perspectives and experiences and we are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from individuals across all sectors of society.
This is an opportunity for new, challenging and highly rewarding experiences. Our staff make a real difference to people’s lives and in return for your commitment and enthusiasm, we offer a comprehensive training and development programme a generous pension scheme and a positive working environment.
If this role is for you we would love to hear from you! To apply, please visit our website https://nelsontrust.com/careers/ for a full job description and application form.
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