Thames Valley Partnership
“protecting victims, supporting offenders and their families”
The Thames Valley Partnership works in partnership with the statutory, private and voluntary sectors to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the problems of crime and social exclusion. We work to protect victims and reintegrate offenders. Our strength is in collaborative working and integrated approaches across sectors, particularly linking Criminal Justice services to voluntary sector and Local Authority providers.
Our broad spectrum of work includes programmes around the needs of families of offenders, work in the field of domestic abuse, support for victims, restorative justice, community cohesion, mental health issues, early interventions & initiatives around young people and arts related projects.
Find out more about the different aspects of Our Work.
News
VACANCIES: Administrator and Support Workers for our Victims First – Willow Project
We are still recruiting to complete our new Victims First – Willow Project team. This new programme supports adult victims of all forms of exploitation (such as modern slavery and trafficking) and/or with other complex needs and also provides specialist support for victims and their families providing them with crisis intervention, advocacy and longer term practical and emotional support. We have three positions currently available on a fixed term contract until March 2020 (with the possibility of extension subject to funding) – a Project Administrator to be based in the Partnership’s new offices in Haddenham, Bucks and 2 x Project Support Workers to cover our Oxfordshire service delivery. Details as below:
Project Crisis & Support Worker
30 hours a week (0.8 FTE) pro rata salary based on £22,400 FTE. Please note that whilst there will be an office base in Oxford, these are generally not office based roles as you will be largely out and about in your given geographical area.
Project Administrator
18.75 hours a week (o.5 FTE) pro rata salary based on £21,070 FTE depending on qualifications and experience
Please see Job Descriptions for both and Application Form below and note that we will only consider applicants who apply using the Form provided. See Application Form for details of where to return this.
Closing date for both roles is: Thursday 8th November 2018 at 8am
Interviews will be held on: 13th November 2018 at the new Partnership offices in Aston Sandford, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP17 8JB
Partnership Team Building Day ….
The Partnership staff enjoyed a team building day on the 3rd October – with some great activities including time at Cotswold Wildlife Park, afternoon tea and a ghost tour. The Partnership team is spread far and wide, delivering services across the whole of the Thames Valley, so this was a rare chance for everyone to get together, catch up and share ideas. We’re even discovering some new skills within the team …. youngest recruit Jamie reveals hidden talents outside his finance role….. goat whispering …!
A visit by the Mayor!
Partnership staff were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Buckingham, Jon Harvey, who took time out of his busy schedule to visit our offices in Chilton earlier this week. We are grateful for his interest in our work and his encouraging words in his blog.
GDPR
Lots of companies will be contacting you about changes in data protection regulations that come into force on the 25th May. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) are designed to give you more control over how your data is used. Protecting your personal information has always been very important to the Partnership – we have been reviewing all our processes and updating procedures where necessary to ensure that our high standards are upheld and we are compliant with the new regulations.
Our updated Privacy Notice at the foot of this page explains how we collect, use, store, share and protect your information.
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Supporting PACE Aylesbury
Well Done Jo & Helen!
Partnership colleagues Jo and Helen survived their 18 mile sponsored walk from Dunstable Downs to Wendover on the weekend, in aid of the PACE charity. Between them they raised over £300 for this great charity. PACE provides first class education, therapy and support for children aged 0-18 with cerebral palsy, related sensory motor disorders and development delay, and support and guidance for their families.
Partnership win bid to offer new Thames Valley wide service!
We are delighted to announce that the Partnership has been successful in a recent tender to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for a new provision – the Emotional Support and Advocacy Service for victims across the Thames Valley. The two year contract sits well with and complements our other victims’ programmes (such as the work of the Restorative Justice team) and means we will be one of the main providers of victims’ services in the Thames Valley. This will be a major new strand of the work for the Partnership and we are delighted to have been selected and very excited to be developing this very important service which will commence in April. For a full press release by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Thames Valley click here.
Hear Partnership Director, Patsy Townsend, speaking about the new service on local radio station Mix 96.
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