Women’s Court Diversion Keyworker (Female) - Wiltshire

Are you passionate about supporting women in a holistic, women centered, trauma-informed way, to achieve lasting change?

If you have experience in engaging and building trusting relationships with women – we would love to hear from you.

The Nelson Trust’s award winning Women’s Centres provide holistic, gender-specialist support to women facing multiple disadvantages, including women involved (or at risk of being involved) in the criminal justice system.

Our Women’s Centres are located in Gloucestershire, Swindon, Bristol, Somerset, Cardiff, Swansea and HMP Eastwood Park. Our centres offer safe, women-only spaces where women can get support to address a wide range of needs.

This exciting role is an opportunity to be part of an innovative MoJ funded service that will work within our Women’s Centres and local courts to divert women away from custody, providing a direct pathway to a wide range of well-established gender-responsive community support services including the Nelson Trust Women Centres.

As a Court Diversion Keyworker you will develop and deliver the new court service ensuring that probation and sentencers are informed of each woman’s circumstances leading to her offending, and offer alternative community solutions which address her needs.

It will be a key part of you role to be independent, dynamic and enthusiastic in your approach to joint work with the client and professionals to ensure you will provide high quality, trauma-informed and person-centred support.