Clinks Light Lunch | Issue 821 | 23 February 2024

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CLINKS NEWS: Q-SEED Programme Launch

Q-SEED has been formed to provide leadership development for Black and Global Majority leaders working in the criminal justice sector (CJS). Q-SEED is a groundbreaking partnership between Black Men 4 Change, Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development (FORWARD), Change Grow Live (CGL), Clinks and Coding Black Females.

Do you lead a medium-sized organisation for Black and Global Majority? Do you want to see how you can grow your expertise while making valuable connections in the sector? Come and check out the launch event in Birmingham next month [7 March, 15:45 - 19:30pm]. Find out more and register here

CLINKS NEWS: Clinks training and events

Upcoming training and events

MEMBER FOCUS: Key4Life

Founded in 2012, Key4Life is a dynamic, expanding charity which works on the front-line with young men (18 to 25 year-olds) in prison and those at risk of going to prison, helping them to find a new path and successfully reintegrate back into society through an innovative seven-step model. Key4Life empowers vulnerable young offenders, minimises barriers and creates opportunities to ensure successful rehabilitation and integration into society upon release. Key4Life's aims are to reduce youth re-offending rates and not only address symptoms but rather the root causes of re-offending. Find out more about Key4Life

NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARTS ALLIANCE NEWS: Anne Peaker 2024: Inspiring Futures

The National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance is excited to invite you to our annual Anne Peaker Lecture [26 March, 16:00-18:00, online, free]. At this year’s event we will be publicly sharing the full findings of the Inspiring Futures research project for the very first time. Keynote speaker, Dr Caroline Lanskey, will take the audience through the report and a select panel of key stakeholders will share their thoughts on, and hopes for, the future of the findings. The event will also include performances and an audience Q&A.

Anne Peaker was a pioneer of arts for, and by, people in the criminal justice system. Our annual lecture honours her work and legacy, which forms the basis of the work we do today. Visit our event Linktree for more information on the event and on the Inspiring Futures project. Book your tickets here

CLINKS EVENT: Clinks & MOPAC Roundtable - Improving Employability

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has just released the agenda for their upcoming Reducing Reoffending Board (RRB) meeting [26 February, 12:30-13:30, online, free] and improving employability during Release on Temporary License (ROTL) and when on probation in London is the main topic under discussion.

Anyone working in this area of the criminal justice system are invited to join an online roundtable discussion to share insights on: (1) How partnerships between voluntary organisations and both London Prisons and London Probation can be strengthened; (2) What opportunities there are for voluntary organisations to work with more people on probation into work, and how your organisation can be better supported to do this; and (3) How ROTL can be used more effectively within London to support more people into employment.

Registration is not required - just enter the online meeting using the following Microsoft Teams link and credentials: Click here to join the meeting / Meeting ID: 378 805 432 284 / Passcode: PvfAxd

CLINKS EVENT: Families network forum 

Clinks has recently established a network for voluntary organisations that support families delivering services in prisons and the community. We aim to give a collective voice to organisations that support the families of people in the criminal justice system and help to strengthen the evidence base for investing in good quality family support. 

This event [18 March, 13:30, online, free] will examine who takes responsibility for children maintaining relationships when a parent is involved in the criminal justice system. His Majesty Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) currently funds some family and significant other contracts. Still, resources are not adequate to maintain relationships when a parent is involved in the criminal justice system. This event aims to discuss which other statutory services should be involved and develop an action plan for influencing their work. Book your place here 

CLINKS EVENT: London criminal justice forum 

This forum [21 March, 13:00, online, free] aims to bring together partners working across the criminal justice system. These forums occur three times per year to provide opportunities for people working in the criminal justice system in London to discuss policies and practices affecting their day-to-day work. 

The forums also provide the space to network with other organisations, discuss opportunities for joint working and offer each other peer support. It is also an opportunity for Clinks' members and partners to showcase their work. Book your place here  

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: Glimmers of hope in prisons after a “tumultuous” year

The "Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile: February 2024" is the flagship publication by the Prison Reform Trust. It brings together the latest facts about prisons and the people in them.

Prisons have had a “tumultuous” year but there are encouraging signs that the political costs of our addiction to imprisonment may have finally hit home with ministers, a new briefing from the Prison Reform Trust suggests.

“The Government should seize this opportunity to show that the status quo is not working and present a positive alternative vision for our criminal justice system,” says the charity’s chief executive Pia Sinha writing in the introduction to the latest edition of the Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile.

Read the Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile: February 2024 here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: The AYJ appoints new Chief Executive

The Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ) is delighted to announce that Jess Mullen will be joining the organisation as its new Chief Executive in May. Jess brings twenty years’ experience from working in the voluntary sector to challenge systemic injustice, by supporting and empowering people who are marginalised or discriminated against to make their voices heard and to advocate for their needs. She is currently Chief Executive at Collective Voice, the national alliance of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery charities, and was previously Director of Influence and Communications at Clinks. Read more here

FEATURED VACANCY: Development Manager

Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA) are looking for a Development Manager [£40,000, Full-Time, Remote] to develop their outreach, policy, and fundraising work to increase the profile and reach of ICVA and the visiting schemes it supports. They are looking for someone who shares their values, and can demonstrate high levels of experience, skill and motivation to develop their organisational strategy, demonstrate the value of volunteers, and generate income to deliver projects and sustainable outcomes for their members and those in detention. You will be committed to fair and humane treatment in police custody, able to resolve problems, think strategically, take initiative, and have good organisational and administrative skills. [Find out more and apply here by 19 March]

CLINKS MEMBERS’ VACANCIES:

Visits Services Team Leader with NEPACS [£24,973, HMP Frankland, part time]; Pool Worker with Hestia Housing & Support [£1,195, Islington, part time]; Co-ordinator at Plymouth Magistrates' Court with CASS+ [£23,497, Plymouth Magistrates' Court, full time]; Treasurer for The Prison Phoenix Trust with Prison Phoenix Trust [Hybrid / Oxford, part time]; Prison Facilitator - HMP Aylesbury with Shannon Trust [£27,584, Aylesbury, part time]; Prison Facilitator - HMP Bristol with Shannon Trust [£27,584, Bristol, part time]; Prison Facilitator - HMP Winchester with Shannon Trust [£27,584, Winchester, part time]; Accommodation Support Officer with Seetec [£24,650 - £29,000, Carlisle, part time]; Community Caseworker - Wellbeing Coach with NEPACS [£26,461, Cleveland, full time]; Visits Services Play Worker with NEPACS [£21,333, HMPYOI Low Newton, part time]

For more information about these vacancies, and many more, click here

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