VACANCY NOTICE
2 x Anawim Caseworker (Drop In Service) -
- Monday-Friday 9am-1pm
- Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm
2 x Anawim Caseworker (Criminal Justice Services)
1 x Anawim Caseworker (Domestic Abuse)
ANAWIM
BIRMINGHAM
- Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
- Both posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Location: Anawim, Balsall Heath, Birmingham (Mental Health) with travel across the West Midlands
Grade: Anawim Scale Point (ASP) 25-30
Salary: £26,473-£31,292 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week (Criminal Justice Services Caseworker) / 30 hours or 15 hours per week (Drop-In)
Responsible to: Service Manager
Background to the project
Anawim’s mission is to help women from all backgrounds and communities in and around Birmingham to get the support they deserve.
Background to this post
Applicants for this post need to have experience of working with women with offending, mental health issues and other multiple and complex needs.
Aim:
Drop In Caseworker / Anawim Caseworker (Domestic Abuse)
Central Services is dedicated to providing comprehensive support to women through our Casework and Drop-in projects. These projects aim to address various challenges faced by women in Birmingham.
Casework Project offers specialised support in key areas including, Domestic Violence – IDVA, Children and Families, Accommodation, Substance Misuse, Multiple Complex Needs, Trauma.
Caseworkers will be required to provide individualise support, practical advice and signposting on a range of matters such as money management, benefits, homelessness, drug treatments, parenting, children’s education, healthcare, legal and immigration issues, mental health, training education and employment opportunities. Women may also present with issues such as self-harm, suicidal ideation and safety planning.
Our Drop In service acts as a primary entry point for women seeking support. It provides a non referral service where women can present with any need. We offer crisis intervention support, addressing a wide range of needs whilst also providing invaluable face-to-face opportunities for emotional support and confidence building. We also support women experiencing domestic violence, offering a safe pathway for them to flee abusive situations.
Central Services maintains a strong outreach ethos, ensuring strategic representation in the community and reaching women who may not otherwise engage with our services.
Criminal Justice Services Caseworker
Anawim works closely with National Probation Service. Women become involved in the Criminal Justice System for a complex range of reasons. In our gender specific services, we provide holistic support to women by women, to overcome challenges and address needs, enabling them to successfully move-on from services and live fulfilling, crime free flourishing lives. The role will include around one day a week in-reach into HMP Drake Hall & HMP Foston Hall to make contact with women & subsequently ensure they resettle successfully and into our community services on release.
We support women with overcoming issues around their: Personal Wellbeing, accommodation, Finance, Benefits and Debts, Employment, Training and Education, Family and Significant Others, Lifestyle and Associates, Social Inclusion, Dependency and Recovery.
We will support women to build upon their strengths and work through any barriers that are preventing them from progressing and achieving their potential.
Criminal Justice Caseworkers will deliver therapeutic group work, undertake one-to-one sessions, community asset building and psycho-social interventions that support and enable women to make positive changes to their lifestyle.
For more information, please visit: https://anawim.co.uk/get-involved/vacancies/ to download the Job Description & Person Specification and an External Application Form.
We will be reviewing applications and interviewing as we receive them so recruitment for these posts will remain open until the vacancies are filled.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months
Pay: £26,473.00-£31,292.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
