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• Restore Practitioner

  £35695 - £39129

  London & The South East

  Charity, Housing, Social Care & Health

  Social Care & Health, Housing, Revenues & Benefits

  Permanent
  • Do you dare to care?
  • Do you have the skills, resilience and commitment to work with children who are on remand or sentenced to time in custody?
  • Do you want to support children to develop their life skills as well as their emotional, social and cognitive abilities?
  • Are you passionate about transforming the lives of the most vulnerable children?
  • Do you want to be part of a revolution in youth justice?

  We are offering a hugely exciting opportunity for people with both personal and professional experience of working and engaging with vulnerable children to join our team of Restore Practitioners.

  Restore Practitioners are our key frontline residential staff at Oasis Restore, the first Secure Academy Trust in England to educate children in custody. The school is all year-round, offering 24/7 integrated and therapeutically informed education, health and social care, and is due to open its doors to children in Spring 2024.

  Oasis Restore represents a revolution in youth justice: an opportunity for children within the criminal justice system to experience a restorative environment that creates the potential for them to thrive both now and for the future. Restore Practitioners will build and model healthy and trusting relationships with children that enable them to feel safe, learn and reach their full potential.

  Your role as a Restore Practitioner is a commitment to improving the outcomes of vulnerable children through bringing your dedication, energy, warmth, resilience, and skills to their care. Restore Practitioners will work in teams based in each of the 12 residential flats at Oasis Restore, taking primary responsibility for the children living in this flat and working within an inter-disciplinary team around each child.

  You will benefit from a comprehensive system of training, supervision and reflective practice designed to empower you in your work individually and as a team, allowing you to connect with colleagues about your experience of the work to enable you to give your best and effectively support children and meet their needs. You will work within a team which includes experienced social care managers and therapists as well as working with teaching staff to support the children’s engagement in education and wider school activities. You will play an active role in the school’s enrichment programme, delivering sessions which promote the development of the whole child.

  We are looking for people who understand that a foundation of trusting and caring relationships with clear boundaries is the key to enabling children to learn and develop. You will need to have the enthusiasm, resilience, and commitment to offer this to all of the children at Restore. You will be someone who cares about developing yourself and others, who brings a readiness to get involved, to take up responsibility and authority, and to bring yourself to the work in a whole-hearted, fair, and professional manner.

  You will be passionate about making a difference to children’s lives, empathetic in your approach to them and to your colleagues, patient, hopeful, forgiving, and able to behave with a curious mindset in your approach. You will have integrity, respect for others and their different life experiences and backgrounds and will understand and be able to maintain professional relationships and boundaries and have an unwavering commitment to child safeguarding. You will be dedicated to finding a way through, and never giving up.

  Our Academy

  Oasis Restore is the country’s first secure school that is a proof-of-concept policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).  Oasis Restore’s mission is to transform the life chances of children aged 12-18 years in the criminal justice system through delivering psychologically informed, integrated practice that centres on trusted, safe relationships between staff and children. Oasis Restore is a learning community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children beyond the secure school. 

  Our offer to you

  As a newly established subsidiary of the Oasis Charitable Trust, you will enjoy the benefit of being part of a national organisation that aims to support all staff to reach their full potential and a once in a lifetime opportunity to create, develop and grow a new collaborative and innovative values-based organisation. As well as this you will also benefit from the following opportunities:

  • A mixture of one to one and group reflective practise, coaching & supervision sessions as well as regular line management.
  • Experience an Appraisal policy that decouples pay and performance. An elected staff forum to listen to, and act on staff feedback (this will be set up in 2024).
  • Access to the Local Government Pensions Scheme (a competitive, defined benefit pension scheme)
  • 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after two years.
  • Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria, be entitled to up to 8 weeks full-pay and 18 weeks half-pay paid maternity/adoption/shared parental leave (based broadly on the NHS Employers scheme).
  • Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria be entitled to up to 3 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
  • Paid time off to attend antenatal appointments (those staff who are either pregnant or whose partner is pregnant)
  • Have a structured and bespoke induction training plan plus a training offer bespoke to our context leading to a level 4 qualification in the therapeutic care of adolescents.
  • Receive the same offer of sick leave pay (based broadly on the length of service framework in the national ‘Green Book’ framework) from Day 1 of employment.
  • Up to 5 days discretionary paid compassionate/emergency/general leave plus further discretionary unpaid leave.
  • Up to 4 weeks paid parental bereavement leave plus up to 5 days paid bereavement leave for the death of other specified close relatives.
  • Blue Light Card (subject to meeting their eligibility criteria)
  • Expenses and travel costs incurred as part of the working day (as appropriate, not including travel to work)
  • Access to an eye care vouchers scheme, season Ticket Loans, a cycle to work scheme and free car parking.
  • We are in the process of setting up a new employee health care cash plan and employee discount scheme.

  APPLY TODAY!

  Closing date: Wednesday 10th January 2024 (9am).

  Start Date: Spring 2024.

  Assessment Day: Saturday 20th January 2024 (London or Kent, TBC)

• Restore Practitioner

  £35659 - £39129

  London & The South East, Hybrid working

  Charity, Education, Housing, Social Care & Health

  Social Care & Health, Housing, Revenues & Benefits

  Permanent
  • Do you dare to care?
  • Do you have the skills, resilience and commitment to work with children who are on remand or sentenced to time in custody?
  • Do you want to support children to develop their life skills as well as their emotional, social and cognitive abilities?
  • Are you passionate about transforming the lives of the most vulnerable children?
  • Do you want to be part of a revolution in youth justice?

  We are offering a hugely exciting opportunity for people with both personal and professional experience of working and engaging with vulnerable children to join our team of Restore Practitioners.

  Restore Practitioners are our key frontline residential staff at Oasis Restore, the first Secure Academy Trust in England to educate children in custody. The school is all year-round, offering 24/7 integrated and therapeutically informed education, health and social care, and is due to open its doors to children in Spring 2024.

  Oasis Restore represents a revolution in youth justice: an opportunity for children within the criminal justice system to experience a restorative environment that creates the potential for them to thrive both now and for the future. Restore Practitioners will build and model healthy and trusting relationships with children that enable them to feel safe, learn and reach their full potential.

  Your role as a Restore Practitioner is a commitment to improving the outcomes of vulnerable children through bringing your dedication, energy, warmth, resilience, and skills to their care. Restore Practitioners will work in teams based in each of the 12 residential flats at Oasis Restore, taking primary responsibility for the children living in this flat and working within an inter-disciplinary team around each child.

  You will benefit from a comprehensive system of training, supervision and reflective practice designed to empower you in your work individually and as a team, allowing you to connect with colleagues about your experience of the work to enable you to give your best and effectively support children and meet their needs. You will work within a team which includes experienced social care managers and therapists as well as working with teaching staff to support the children’s engagement in education and wider school activities. You will play an active role in the school’s enrichment programme, delivering sessions which promote the development of the whole child.

  We are looking for people who understand that a foundation of trusting and caring relationships with clear boundaries is the key to enabling children to learn and develop. You will need to have the enthusiasm, resilience, and commitment to offer this to all of the children at Restore. You will be someone who cares about developing yourself and others, who brings a readiness to get involved, to take up responsibility and authority, and to bring yourself to the work in a whole-hearted, fair, and professional manner.

  You will be passionate about making a difference to children’s lives, empathetic in your approach to them and to your colleagues, patient, hopeful, forgiving, and able to behave with a curious mindset in your approach. You will have integrity, respect for others and their different life experiences and backgrounds and will understand and be able to maintain professional relationships and boundaries and have an unwavering commitment to child safeguarding. You will be dedicated to finding a way through, and never giving up.

  Our Academy

  Oasis Restore is the country’s first secure school that is a proof-of-concept policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).  Oasis Restore’s mission is to transform the life chances of children aged 12-18 years in the criminal justice system through delivering psychologically informed, integrated practice that centres on trusted, safe relationships between staff and children. Oasis Restore is a learning community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children beyond the secure school. 

  Our offer to you

  As a newly established subsidiary of the Oasis Charitable Trust, you will enjoy the benefit of being part of a national organisation that aims to support all staff to reach their full potential and a once in a lifetime opportunity to create, develop and grow a new collaborative and innovative values-based organisation. As well as this you will also benefit from the following opportunities:

  • A mixture of one to one and group reflective practise, coaching & supervision sessions as well as regular line management.
  • Experience an Appraisal policy that decouples pay and performance. An elected staff forum to listen to, and act on staff feedback (this will be set up in 2024).
  • Access to the Local Government Pensions Scheme (a competitive, defined benefit pension scheme)
  • 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after two years.
  • Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria, be entitled to up to 8 weeks full-pay and 18 weeks half-pay paid maternity/adoption/shared parental leave (based broadly on the NHS Employers scheme).
  • Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria be entitled to up to 3 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
  • Paid time off to attend antenatal appointments (those staff who are either pregnant or whose partner is pregnant)
  • Have a structured and bespoke induction training plan plus a training offer bespoke to our context leading to a level 4 qualification in the therapeutic care of adolescents.
  • Receive the same offer of sick leave pay (based broadly on the length of service framework in the national ‘Green Book’ framework) from Day 1 of employment.
  • Up to 5 days discretionary paid compassionate/emergency/general leave plus further discretionary unpaid leave.
  • Up to 4 weeks paid parental bereavement leave plus up to 5 days paid bereavement leave for the death of other specified close relatives.
  • Blue Light Card (subject to meeting their eligibility criteria)
  • Expenses and travel costs incurred as part of the working day (as appropriate, not including travel to work)
  • Access to an eye care vouchers scheme, season Ticket Loans, a cycle to work scheme and free car parking.
  • We are in the process of setting up a new employee health care cash plan and employee discount scheme.

  APPLY TODAY!

  Closing date: Wednesday 10th January 2024 (9am)

  Start Date: Spring 2024.

  Assessment Day: Saturday 20th January 2024 (London or Kent, TBC)

• 2024 National Graduate Leadership Programme

  £36775

  London & The South East

  Government

  Leadership

  Permanent

  Please note we do not accept CVs and/or cover letters. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your motivation for joining our programme during the immersive assessment and the assessment centre. You can apply via our website using the following link: https://www.policenow.org.uk/national-graduate-leadership-programme/job-description-2024/

  Starting salary:  £36,775

  Contract: Permanent

  Duration: Two years

  Location: London

  About the programme

  Every neighbourhood deserves to feel safe with police officers they can trust. By joining our programme, you can help vulnerable communities rocked by injustice and plagued by crime.

  Our National Graduate Leadership Programme is designed to develop your resilience, leadership and problem-solving abilities to equip you with the skills and knowledge required as a neighbourhood police officer. We will teach you everything you need to know about working with communities and local partners, to prevent crime, lead investigations, and proactively identify neighbourhood issues.

  Your salary is paid from day one when you start our training academy. You will then spend two years embedded in a neighbourhood. This will give you the opportunity to become a visible leader in the community, engage with partners to support and safeguard the vulnerable and prevent those at risk of offending. Our programme prepares you to make a positive change and stop crime before it happens. There is no greater feeling than seeing the work you do impact someone’s life for the better.

  We are looking for talented graduates from all degree disciplines. You don’t need any previous policing knowledge or experience to be successful in our programme.

  For your ambitions, career goals, promotions.  For every brave new idea and the lives you’ll change. Become a neighbourhood police officer.

  Training and development

  Our award-winning training sets the foundation for a successful and transformative career in policing. Throughout the academy, you’ll have access to a performance and development coach who will support you to navigate a new career and maximise your potential. You'll also have the opportunity to apply for a secondment, which is a unique opportunity to develop skills and gain valuable experience working with external partners.

  Career progression

  Once you successfully complete the programme, you will be a fully warranted neighbourhood police officer with a permanent role in policing. You’ll also join our alumni network and have full access to our team, who are there to support your career in policing.

  Many of our graduates have gone on to get promoted or taken the opportunity to move laterally into the wide variety of departments that are on offer in policing. Such as becoming a detective, joining Counter Terrorism teams, or working on policing priorities such as Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

  Eligibility

  To apply for this programme, you must:

  • be over 17 years of age or older on application, (and 18 by the time of appointment)
  • be a British citizen, a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area or Switzerland, or a Commonwealth citizen or foreign national who is resident in the UK and has settled status or leave to remain and work without restrictions
  • have been resident in the UK for the past three years (some exemptions allowed)
  • not currently be registered as bankrupt (or have bankruptcy debts that have been discharged within the past three years)
  • not have existing county court judgements outstanding against you
  • not be a current or previous member of a proscribed terrorist organisation or group
  • not plan to take an active role in politics once in role (this does not include voting, but would include canvassing for a political party)
  • be competent in written and spoken English and numeracy
  • hold at least one UK level 3 qualification in any subject, or non-UK equivalent
  • hold a first, 2:1 or 2.2 in any undergraduate degree from a UK university (or equivalent from a non-UK university) and have completed all education by the programme start date of July 2024, this includes part time or distance learning
  • have not undertaken the College of Policing-licensed pre-join degree in Professional Policing Practice
  • have not previously attested, trained or been employed as a police constable in the UK

  Rewards and benefits

  Salary

  You can expect a starting salary of £36,775 increasing each year to £54,000 in seven years.

  Leave

  You’ll start with 22 days per year (on top of public holidays), rising to 30 days depending on your length of service. You can also expect other forms of leave including adoption, maternity and paternity.

  Work-life balance

  This is not your typical 9-5. Police officers work varied shift patterns which gives them flexibility and freedom to maximise their time outside of work. Different to your typical working week, you’ll often receive several days off in a row. It may take some time to adapt to shift pattern working, but once you do, you may find that the flexibility of the schedule allows you to better balance work and home life.

  Pension

  You’ll automatically be enrolled as a member of the Police Pension Scheme 2015, which awards police officers for their dedication and service to the public. It offers a generous and secure retirement package, providing officers with financial stability and peace of mind.

  Free and discounted travel

  Free London travel from the start of your training programme, including tubes and buses. You’ll also have access to heavily discounted rail travel for up to 70 miles from London.

  Financial services discounts

  There are various partner organisations who work alongside the police to offer a variety of financial services including saving, investment and protection products, as well as discounts and subsidies. Many major high street stores, retail outlets and other national organisations offer discounts and special deals to police officers. Most police forces also provide access to a number of subsidised leisure and sporting activities.

  Application process

  Throughout each stage of the application process, you'll learn more about the preventative and transformative role of neighbourhood policing:

  • Online application, including proof of eligibility.
  • Immersive assessment
  • Assessment centre
  • Conditional offer
  • Pre-employment checks including fitness test, BMI, medical, references and vetting.
  • Programme start date, July 2024

  If you receive a conditional offer, you will have a dedicated Recruitment Officer who will support with your onboarding prior to starting the programme.