Women’s Secure Pathway Project Senior Enhancement Worker

Closing Date: 25 August 2025

 

Brighton Women’s Centre is seeking a Women’s Secure Pathway Senior Enhancement Worker to lead a small team supporting women in secure mental health facilities.
Job Title:

Women’s Secure Pathway Project Senior Enhancement Worker

Employer:

Brighton Women’s Centre

Purpose of role:

To support with the management of the day-to-day operation of the Women’s Secure Pathway project. You will be delivering one to one support for a small caseload of women in the hospital as well as co-designing and delivering a weekly group activity. You will also be responsible for providing line management to a team of 3 Women’s Enhancement Workers delivering support in other women’s secure hospitals.

Salary:

£30,224.25 FTE (Actual Salary £18,134.55)

Working hours:

21 hours per week within normal office hours 9am to 5pm taken as three days a week, with one of those days being a Thursday. Occasional out of hours may be required. Travel across Sussex, Kent and Surrey will be expected.

Work location:

Based on the women’s ward in either
a) Chichester Centre in Sussex or
b) Trevor Gibbens Unit in Maidstone, Kent or
c) Hellingly Centre, Hailsham.
Travel to other Women’s Secure Pathway Project wards and BWC locations will be expected.

Responsible to:

Health and Wellbeing Strategic Lead

Responsible for:

Women's Secure Pathway Project Support Workers

Contract type:

Fixed term until 31st March 2027 with possibility of extension subject to agreement

Closing date:

25 August 2025

Interview date:

w/c 1st September tbc

* 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.

About this role:

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative, forward-thinking partnership, combining holistic, patient-led care with trauma-informed values and support.

KSS Provider Collaborative provides inpatient secure services to adults across the Kent, Surrey, and Sussex area, including women detained under the Mental Health Act.  In partnership with The Women’s Support Centre Surrey, Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) will be delivering 1:1 wellbeing support and group activities to women based in secure forensic units, aimed at improving their wellbeing, confidence and links into support.

The Women’s Secure Senior Enhancement Worker will hold a small caseload, 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 wider community

Alongside your own caseload, you will provide trauma-informed, strengths-based line-management to a team of 3 Women’s Enhancement Workers based in other hospitals. Together you will be creating safe, non-judgmental spaces in which to co-produce support across a range of needs, building on your service-users knowledge, confidence and connections.

The Women’s Secure Senior Enhancement Worker will be informed by BWC’s values, policies and procedures and will understand the importance of building trust and self-esteem with service users while working collaboratively with key staff and agencies.

You will be responsible for promoting this service within the partnership and across external pathways, as well as overseeing and completing all reporting requirements for this project on the BWC database.

About Us:

BWC have been delivering services to women for over forty-five years. We understand that the women we support have complex and interrelated needs, with high incidences of trauma and abuse.

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We recognise women are the experts of their experience and ensure our services are co-produced and based on what women tell us they need.  Our approach is relational, holistic and practical and takes account of the complexity of women’s circumstances, background and experiences.

BWC are part of a national network of women’s centres and gender responsive providers, committed to identifying best practice in ensuring women and girls with complex needs can access the right support in the right place at the right time.

Why work for us:

BWC offers staff members:
  • a generous package of benefits including a well-being allowance and a well-being hour during the working week
  • birthday leave
  • city centre offices on public transport routes
  • clinical supervision
  • reflective group practice
  • access to therapeutic debrief as required
  • a comprehensive training package
  • opportunities for continuing professional development
  • staff social events
  • flexible working opportunities and a caring, understanding work environment that appreciates the complexities of women’s working and home lives

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.

For more information:

If you’d like to talk more about this role, please call Sara Hughes, BWC Health & Wellbeing Strategic Lead, on 07909 234164.