Women's Keyworker Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Job description
Who We Are:
Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 35,000 homes across the North West and East Midlands.
We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.
About The Department:
At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.
Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward thinking team that encourages success.
We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.
In addition to delivering our existing support services, we are always seeking new innovative partnerships, solutions and funding opportunities, responding to need and working with communities in which we can make a difference.
With more than 200 staff from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 7,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.
Role Information:
The role of Women’s Key Worker is within our Women & Family Centre based at Cavendish Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne. It supports women and their families who have a range of varying needs such as; rehabilitation, victims of Domestic Abuse substance misuse, personal and educational development and 1-2-1 support. You will be working as part of a small team of five.
You will support women at risk of offending or in contact with the criminal justice system or helping those returning from prison into the local community and work in partnership with other agencies including police and prison services.
You will have excellent communications skills and will be provide direct support to women with a variety of vulnerabilities and complex needs.
You will be able to keep accurate up-to-date records on a case management system to enable appropriate data collation for reporting purposes.
This is a rewarding role and through working as part of the team you will support women at the centre to address barriers they face.
Jigsaw Benefits:
You will be rewarded with not only knowing that you have helped change people’s lives, but also with some great benefits.
The role is 30 hours per week, working between the hours of 8.30am – 5.00am - Monday to Friday. Please note this role is Fixed Term until March 2024
You will also get:
- 27 working days holiday per annum based on a 5 day working week (rising with extended service), and the option to buy/sell up to an extra 5 days annual leave per annum
- occupational sick pay,
- Income Protection to the majority of our employees. Should the employee be unable to work due to illness or injury, income protection covers the employee from day one of their employment, with them receiving up to 50% of their salary a month for up to 2 years (subject to medical evidence being submitted and a claim being agreed by our insurers)
- access to gym facilities at our main offices,
- access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme
- Simply Health membership, unlimited 24/7 online GP appointments and mental health support. Plus fast money back towards face-to-face health appointments and more
- enhanced maternity/paternity leave,
- training/development opportunities
- ...& much more. Please visit the benefits page on our website for more information!
Provisional date for interviews is Wednesday 24th May 2023
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy should we receive a sufficient number of CV's
