Women’s Recovery Keyworker  (Female)

Are you passionate about supporting women in a holistic, women centered, trauma-informed way, to achieve lasting change? If you have experience in engaging and building trusting relationships with women – we would love to hear from you.

The Nelson Trust’s award winning Women’s Centres provide holistic, gender-specialist support to women facing multiple disadvantages, including women involved (or at risk of being involved) in the criminal justice system.

This exciting role is an opportunity to be part of an innovative service providing holistic, trauma-informed support to Women with multiple complex needs that have experience substance misuse. This is with the aim of reducing social harms, offending, addiction, and empowering women to access opportunities to reach their full potential.

The post holder will work from the Swindon Women’s Centre and will co locate with the local drug and alcohol service once a week. There will also be scope to support women returning into the community from Eastwood Park ensuring that women in the community and returning from custody, receive holistic wrap-around support, including access to and sustained engagement in substance misuse treatment.

As Women’s Recovery Keyworker you will provide high quality, innovative gender responsive support and interventions to a caseload of women experiencing substance misuse and complex needs.

It will be a key part of you role to be independent, dynamic and enthusiastic in your approach to joint work with the client and professionals to ensure you will provide high quality, trauma-informed and person-centred support.

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, please visit our website https://nelsontrust.com/careers/ for a full job description and application form.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £24,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• working with women with multiple complex needs: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person