SOVA -SOVA Job Deal - South East

strengthening communities

reducing
crime


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SOVA Job Deal - South East

SERCO Job Deal is a new initiative designed to support offenders back into work by improving their employment prospects and tackling barriers to work.

	The project’s aim is to provide offenders with the support and skills they need to help them find work and live a stable, healthy law-abiding life after the end of their sentence...
The project’s aim is to provide offenders with the support and skills they need to help them find work and live a stable, healthy law-abiding life after the end of their sentence. The project is operating across the South East of England, in Kent, Sussex, Surry and the Thames Valley. The combined population of these areas is about 2.1 million people SOVA is now working with SERCO to provide mentoring provision on Job Deal Programme to improve the employment prospects of un-employed adults in the Thames Valley. Clients are matched to an appropriate mentor so that a unique mentoring relationship is created.


1:1 Support


Adults in the Community


Contract Name: SOVA Job Deal Phase 1 Ment- South East Funder: SERCO Limited

Thames Valley Probation SOVA Job Deal - South East Reading office Greysfriars House 30 Greysfriars Road Reading RG1 1PE Tel: 077 1308 0849 Mob: Fax: Email: [email protected]

Mentor Manager - HMP Spring Hill Prison, Buckinghamshire (ref:shmm) Case Manager - Kent (ref:cmkent)



Volunteering Information Volunteers may be assigned both short and long-term placements, thus rapidly building varied experience. Working within strict rules regarding confidentiality, the mentor aims to empower the client enabling them ultimately to make there own choices. Volunteer mentors will help offenders to ensure that they are supported and encouraged to work towards ultimately gaining employment or training. SOVA is one of the leading mentoring organisations in the UK. The mentor supports the client to engage in constructive activities with the aim of empowering the individual to gain fulfilling long-term employment, education or training. SOVA believes in strengthening communities by involving local volunteers to promote social inclusion and reducing crime. Volunteers may offer practical and social support, enabling access to employment and training opportunities through helping the clients with: · Employment and Training searches · CV building · Completing application forms · Interview preparation · Attending interviews/meetings · Other appropriate support/activities as required This work helps the offender re-engage with society by building self-esteem, confidence and resilience. This is an excellent opportunity for any member of the community who would like to make a valuable contribution to crime reduction and a safer community.

Thames Valley locations Towns covered within the Thames Valley area (see map in margin) are listed below: Oxfordshire's principle towns and city are: Abingdon Banbury Bicester Didcot Henley-on-Thames Oxford City Witney Berkshire’s principle towns and cities are: Reading Ascot Bracknell Eton Maidenhead Newbury Slough and Windsor Buckinghamshire's principle towns are: Aylesbury Beaconsfield Buckingham High Wycombe Milton Keynes Olney

The Operational Director for this project is David Barlow contactable at SOVA Head Office




	SOVA is a Registered Charity (No.1073877) operating as a Limited Company (No.3645143)