Social Justice – JCP
Community Work Coach Team
What is Social Justice?
‘‘Social Justice is about giving individuals
and families facing multiple
disadvantages the support and tools
they need to turn their lives around”
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What is the Social Justice Strategy?
The strategy sets out a vision of society in which
families and individuals get the support they need to
turn their lives around.
We aim to deliver in line with a set of principles which
include:
• a focus on prevention and early intervention
• concentration on recovery and independence
• locally designed solutions – Leeds SJ CWC Team
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How do we do it?
In Leeds we have set up a new Social Justice Community Work Coach
Team which will focus on providing flexible Employment and Training
support to those who fall within the Social Justice client groups i.e.
• Drug and alcohol dependency/recovery
• Health and disability issues (including Mental Health)
• Housing and Homelessness
• Offending behaviour/Youth offending (including Gang culture)
• Domestic Violence
• Severe indebtedness
• Ethnic Minorities/Refugees and cultural barriers
• Care Leavers
• Troubled Families (“Families First” in Leeds)
• Welfare reform changes (Specifically Benefit Cap and Underoccupancy)
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Why do it?
• It’s a real opportunity for us to get more effective long term results
for a group of people that include our most vulnerable claimants.
• We can help adapt the JCP claimant journey towards work to better
meet the needs of these individuals and families.
• We can build on existing partnerships and progress ways of working
which are already effective eg: Leeds Drug Recovery model.
Families First, Links with Housing Providers, Prison
Advisers/Probation
• We want to work directly with Public, Private and Voluntary sector
organisations to:
– Link up our services more holistically
– Share expertise, best practice and innovation
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Community Work Coach Delivery model?
• Social Justice Community Work Coaches are able to
work from external provider premises alongside
professional key workers to provide more joined up
support for the individual.
• In order for the CWC to work with the individual they
should be pre or post Work Programme and must be
willing to engage for employment and training
support.
• Participants must still continue to meet the eligibility
criteria to receive working age benefits.
• If we take a person on the CWC caseload they will be
removed from the Jobcentre Adviser caseload for the
period of time that they continue to engage with the
CWC.
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Community Work Coach Delivery model
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• The benefits of working with the CWC are that they
can agree realistic steps on their journey to work
whilst also continue to address other barriers which
may be preventing them from fully engaging in the
JCP regime. This will be reflected in their Claimant
Commitment/Action Plan
• For JSA claimants, they will still need to attend the
Fortnightly signing review at the Jobcentre and
demonstrate that they still satisfy the conditions for
receipt of Jobseekers Allowance
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Where are we working from?
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Local Authority Jobshops/One Stop Centres
Children’s Centres
Probation services / Approved premises
Housing support services – Hostels, supported
accommodation.
Leeds Refugee forum
Community support groups
Drug Treatment/Recovery Commissioned services
Health and Mental Health organisations
Libraries, Community Centres
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Social Justice CWCs – Lead roles and contact details
Name
Lead Role
Telephone Contact
Christine Street
SJ CWC Team Manager
0113 2850173 / 07920577364
Simon Lonsdale
MSF project
07920806493
Mark Wilson
Families First
07855319830
Lindsey Gowland
Families First
07769725684
Louis Raven
Drug/Alcohol/Offending
07769741311
Bernard Idowu
Drug/Alcohol/Offending
07796276175
Kirsty White
Housing/Homelessness/Debt
07881665809
Priviledge Mpofu
Ethnic Minorities/Refugees
07769741459
Manny Singh
Ethnic Minorities/Refugees
07769725558
Allison Yates
Health and Mental Health
07881831003
Marie Child
Leeds Employment DHP pilot
07810507309
Kelly Simms
Leeds Employment DHP pilot
07891270633
Sue Holdsworth
Benefit Cap
07500987120
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Referrals
To make a referral to the Social Justice Community Work Coach Team
Email:
LEEDS.SOCIALJUSTICECWC@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK
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