Working with The Women’s Centre Cornwall means joining a vibrant, friendly and ambitious community of women spread across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and HMP Eastwood Park.
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We are united by shared values and we regularly encourage staff to have their voices heard about how our organisation continues to grow.
“After receiving support from The Women’s Centre Cornwall, I found my voice and was finally able to speak my truth. This meant that I could think about becoming a volunteer because I no longer felt like my experience of sexual violence defined me. I became a volunteer and that is when I came home.
I found my calling and walked alongside my tribe of women that understood what I had experienced. They boosted me up, had my back, encouraged me and eventually I became a member of staff.”
We will keep this page up to date with any new opportunities.
We are currently recruiting for the following vacancies:
Project Manager – Women’s Access to Justice
30-37hrs per week (fewer hours will be considered)
Contract: 18 months
The Women’s Access to Justice Project Manager will lead on the coordination and delivery of a programme designed to increase access to timely, appropriate legal advice for the women we support who include survivors of sexual and domestic abuse, homeless women and women who have offended. The role will focus on upskilling frontline staff, building relationships with legal partners, and embedding trauma-informed, accessible legal support pathways across our services.
Initial areas of focus include removal of children from their mothers, the misuse of Family court proceedings by domestic abuse perpetrators and immigration law. The project will be needs led and is expected to evolve over time, with lived co-production and consultation at its heart.
Working closely with the Management Team and key staff across each service in the organisation, this role will lay the groundwork for high-quality, confident legal signposting and for accessing legal advice across our geographically dispersed services.
For full details of the role, person specification and application form, please email recruitment@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
Closing date for completed applications: 9am, Friday 15th August
Team Leader – Open Project
30hrs per week
TWCC have a vacancy for a Team Leader to lead our team of Independent Women’s Practitioners in Devon and Cornwall to deliver a high-quality service for women in line with their needs, our Values and the requirements of our funders.
As a line manager, the postholder will undertake regular case management supervision with each member of the team and ensure that their working practices are safe and boundaried and that wellbeing is positively supported.
The Team Leader is the daily point of contact for ensuring the service operates smoothly dealing with safeguarding queries, approving lone working risk assessments and giving general advice and guidance to the team as needed.
The Team Leader will carry a small caseload as needed and will provide cover for assessments and casework to cover absences or peaks in demand.
For full details of the role, person specification and application form, please email recruitment@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
37.5hrs per week
The Bridge Project South West are looking for an experienced Manager to lead the ISVA Service to deliver an excellent trauma-informed and responsive service for survivors across Devon and Cornwall.
Working closely with the Women’s Centre Cornwall Management Team and the Bridge Project Partners, the postholder will embed new working practices and a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Key areas of focus will be the centring of survivors’ voices and pursuing active strategies to improve access and engagement for people who are marginalised or have other additional barriers and ensuring that all staff receive high quality line management and support with an emphasis on dynamic caseload management and staff wellbeing.
For full details of the role and an Application Form, please contact: recruitment@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and open to women only(exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
TWCC values diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, especially from groups with a protected characteristic such as Black and Minoritised women, who are currently under-represented at TWCC.
TWCC are a Disability Confident employer and our premises are fully wheelchair accessible.