Our Mission: Kazuri is founded on the ethos that sustainable housing is a basic human right, from which a traumatised woman can rebuild shattered social bonds and start to put some order into a chaotic lifestyle. We deploy the successful model known as Housing First, you house the person safely and sustainably then you build the bespoke services around her that she needs.
Kazuri gives a voice to the most marginalized in our society, women who have suffered trauma through domestic violence, incarceration or as a result of multiple exclusion and by campaigning at the highest levels, we seek to challenge policy where it is unfairly biased against women and ex offenders. Our mission is to mainstream the offender's resettlement experience, show the larger community that we are all responsible for successful reintegration, so she can embark upon her personal journey towards desistance.
Why we’re effective: Kazuri is effective because it is founded on the principles of justice and human rights, fair access to services and sustainability ours is not a model which engenders dependency but one which empowers independence. We ask our service users to undertake a minimum of 5 hours of volunteering in the community with a social enterprise or charity to strengthen their own community bonds.
Kazuri is a social enterprise founded by former offender Farah Damji, whose own experiences of the criminal justice system inform her approach to transforming justice and the experiences of women in prison. A notable writer and journalist, Farah founded Kazuri to provide housing in the private rented sector for women leaving prison or refuges. Kazuri works in successful partnerships with third sector and private enterprise, for innovative solutions to entrenched problems: disrupt, challenge, transform. Today, Kazuri is supported by government departments, members of parliament and leading academics and thinkers, a testament to the resilience of the model and our "STICKABILITY" in a commissioning landscape which has become a byword for failed policy and dogmatic approaches which do not reduce reoffending rates .
Our impact: Kazuri offers a model of support through resilience training, volunteering and engaging with the mainstream, our service users and tenants are expected to become stakeholders in society, thereby being part of the solution and no longer seen as the problem. Our report to the Justice Committee,
"Sex in the System" was praised by MPs, policy makers and grass roots practitioners who commended the practical policy framework advocated by the leading thinkers such as Flo Krause, Julia Gibby and Imran Khan who contributed to the report. These human rights practitioners challenge injustice daily and have been instrumental in bringing about changes in prison reform and the police, and understand first hand how law affects women. The report was also informed by a survey of 25 serving women prisoners who provided a very current snapshot of the state of the estate.
Person Specification
We require
two female interns, with a passion for policy and change, who can thinking on her feet and laterally. You'll need compelling research skills, a flair for writing and
the ability to be proactive and work in a brilliant, challenging, changing and inspiring environment. We are looking for 2
high caliber graduates, ideally in Politics, Social Sciences or Criminology, with excellent IT skills
and a genuine interest in criminal justice and social policy to help with the burgeoning growth of this exciting and innovative organisation.
Key Responsibilities
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Communications, including PR, website maintenance and social media
• Research
background material for projects
• Assist with funding applications
• Keep Kazuri updated on relevant activity in Government, Whitehall, Think Tanks and
the Third Sector in the media
• Assist in creating, updating and maintaining
office systems
• Administrative duties, including some diary management and
travel booking
What this role can offer
• Invaluable experience working
within a social enterprise at the heart of reform in the criminal justice sector
• A chance to develop existing
skills and gain new ones
• Work experience to add to your CV
• Support from a
motivated and enthusiastic team
Interview & Start dates
Interviews will be on
a rolling basis from 13 May 2013.
Closing date for applications is 30 May
2013, but note that we may appoint before the closing date.
Start date will be
mid to late May 2013.To apply
Please send a CV and covering letter to Dianne Ramsay at info@kazuri.org.uk
Because this is a role working on policy and with vulnerable women, we would ideally like to find two women candidates, as it fits our gendered approach to tackling inequality in the workplace.
