BWC is seeking two fixed term KSS Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Workers for secure mental health facilities.
Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) has been commissioned by the KSS Women’s Forensic Pathway Provider Collaborative to hire two Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Workers for secure mental health facilities. The goal is to co-design and deliver weekly group activities with women aimed at improving their well-being. The Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Worker will co-produce 1-1 support around transitions into the next appropriate setting following the individual care pathway. This may mean transition to further secure settings or into the community, which could mean another hospital, supported accommodation or independent living.
The Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Worker will be responsible for short-term support, working one-to-one, with 4 women on a weekly basis. The focus of these sessions will be led by each woman with the overarching aims of supporting engagement with key links between secure inpatient services and the outside community, such as the Occupational Therapy Team, Community Mental Health Team, Forensic Outreach Liaison Service (FOLS) and Social Workers, working in in a trauma-informed way to enhance any existing support plans.
The primary objectives for this role are to further build women’s knowledge, confidence and strategies to prepare them for the transition into the community and to connect them with services and professionals who can offer ongoing support within the community.
The Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Worker will work with a women-centred, trauma-informed, and holistic approach. She will create a safe, non-judgmental environment in which to co-produce support across a range of pathway needs, including recognising domestic abuse and understanding healthy relationships, welfare benefits, housing, parenting and families, physical and mental health services, employment, and education. The Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Worker will do this in partnership with other professionals to e.g. Social Workers, Occupational Therapy Team to ensure joined up support around each woman.
Job Title: Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Worker
Employer: Brighton Women’s Centre
Purpose of role: The Women’s Secure Pathway Enhancement Worker will co-produce 1-1 support with all women in secure mental health facilities around the emotional and practical aspects of managing transitions in partnership with other key staff involved in their support.
This individual will co-produce group well-being activities that are aimed at building on strengths and enhancing the well-being of women in the secure setting in partnership with other key staff on the wards.
Salary: £10,996.33 pro rata, £27490.82 (FTE)
Working hours: 14 hours per week, over 2 set days each week (days to be agreed with Manager)
Work location: Hospital based – either a) Hazel Ward at the Chichester Centre in West Sussex, b) Walmer Ward at the Trevor Gibbens Unit in Maidstone or c) Blossom Ward at the Hellingly Centre in East Sussex.
Responsible to: Women’s Secure Pathway: Senior Enhancement Worker
Contract Type: Fixed term until 31st March 2027 with possibility of extension subject to agreement
Closing date: Noon, 8th July 2025
Interview dates: c. 21st July 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, clearly specifying your preferred location of work.
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 from Black or Racially Minoritised Communities who are currently under-represented in the organisation as well as people with LGBTQ+ identities.
*This post is restricted to women only as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010 and is subject to an enhanced DBS check.