BWC is seeking to employ two Care Not Custody Caseworkers. Care Not Custody is an intervention service in partnership with Sussex Police and Probation, to divert women away from the criminal justice system, by offering case work support through an Out of Court disposal (OOCD) or intervention to prevent a breach of their probation order.
Care Not Custody encourages frontline Police Officers to consider an OOCD in cases where they would normally have charged a woman. diverting them away from the formal criminal justice system into an holistic support package.
Care not Custody will work closely with Probation Officers to identify women who are at risk or in breach of their community order or licence agreement and offer interventions to encourage women to re-engage.
The Care Not Custody Caseworker will provide holistic, integrated casework support for women in Sussex. She will support women to navigate and access the services they require to address a range of practical and emotional needs, including helping with signposting, advocacy, and referrals. She will be informed by BWC’s values, policies and procedures and will understand the importance of building trust and self-esteem with service users to enhance recovery and engagement with BWC and other services. She will complete all reporting requirements on the BWC database.
This project sits within BWC’s Inspire Service, which delivers support for women who are involved in the Criminal Justice System and is the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Commissioned Rehabilitative Services (CRS) provider for women in Sussex. In line with BWC values, Inspire adopts a relational, trauma-informed, strengths-based approach. Inspire supports women with a range of underlying needs, with the overarching aim of supporting women to move away from the Criminal Justice System and improve their access to a range of services.
Job Title: Care Not Custody Caseworker
Responsible to: Care Not Custody Senior Practitioner
Purpose of Role: To deliver one to one case-work interventions for women in contact with Sussex Police, Probation, or Probation Breach Court, as well as supporting the wider Inspire project in their work with women in the Criminal Justice System.
Salary Grade: £15,709.03 Pro rata (FTE £27,490)
Working hours: Post 1 – 20 hours, East Sussex, Post 2 – 20 hours, West Sussex
Both positions – within normal office hours 9am – 5pm. Occasional out of hours may be required.
Work locations: Care Not Custody Caseworkers are based pan Sussex with one post being in Eastbourne (East Sussex) and one post in Worthing or Crawley (West Sussex) with some blended work from home and other BWC locations in Sussex. Local travel will be expected.
Contract Details: Fixed term until 31st March 2026.
Closing date for applications: Noon, 25th February 2025
Interview dates: 4th & 5th March 2025
To Apply
For the full job description, person specification and more information on BWC please download the Job Application Pack. To apply please complete an application form and equalities monitoring form and return these to [email protected] before the deadline.
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
We do not accept CVs.
BWC is committed to inclusion and diversity and actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system, those with disabilities and those from Black or Racially Minoritised Communities who are currently under-represented in the organisation.
*This post is restricted to self-identifying women only as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010 and is subject to an enhanced DBS check.