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Domestic Abuse Caseworker

Position: Domestic Abuse Caseworker

Location: East London 1-2 days a week & 3-4 days a week work from home

Contract Type: 2 month temporary contract with possibility to extend

Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday 9-5

Salary: £14-19 per hour

About the Role

We are seeking a compassionate and proactive Domestic Abuse Caseworker to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence. You will provide short-term advice, safety planning, advocacy, and onward referrals, ensuring survivors receive the help they need to move forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide tailored support, including risk and needs assessments.
• Advocate for clients with external agencies and in court when needed.
• Collaborate with local partners, including Waltham Forest Children's Centres and the MASH team.
• Lead drop-in sessions and contribute to service delivery improvements.
• Maintain accurate records and monitor service outcomes.

About You

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting survivors, excellent advocacy skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with partners. A commitment to equality and diversity is essential.

Join us in making a positive impact for survivors of domestic abuse.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Birmingham and Solihull Women’s aid have for over 40 years supported women and children with services around domestic violence and abuse. Could you be a part of our team as we continue our mission to end domestic violence and abuse? 

The region’s leading charity in tackling violence against women and girls, BSWA offers a helpline, webchat, drop in and and community support as well as emergency accommodation in six refuges across the area. 

Projects supports women in the criminal justice system, in healthcare settings, and throughout the community, offering support to women and children experiencing domestic violence. Alongside this, we also have colleagues offering training and consultancy to businesses and health and social care professionals alike, raising awareness on gender based violence issues. 

We seek like-minded women to join our enthusiastic team of workers, all of us passionate about the vital and valuable work we do to support women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, and tackling the wider issues of violence against women and girls. 

This role will work as part of the Management Team with specific responsibility for managing refuge accommodation, ensuring a high-quality service for women and children who have experienced domestic violence. You will also support and supervise a staff team, in the development and delivery of services for women and children in refuge.

BSWA is a Disability Confident Employer. 

These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010) and women only need apply.  

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is at noon on Friday 20th December. Interviews will take place in the weeks commencing 6th and 13th January.  

Birmingham and Solihull Women’s aid have for over 40 years supported women and children with services around domestic violence and abuse. Could you be a part of our team as we continue our mission to end domestic violence and abuse? 

The region’s leading charity in tackling violence against women and girls, BSWA offers a helpline, webchat, drop in and and community support as well as emergency accommodation in six refuges across the area. 

Projects supports women in the criminal justice system, in healthcare settings, and throughout the community, offering support to women and children experiencing domestic violence. Alongside this, we also have colleagues offering training and consultancy to businesses and health and social care professionals alike, raising awareness on gender based violence issues. 

We seek like-minded women to join our enthusiastic team of workers, all of us passionate about the vital and valuable work we do to support women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, and tackling the wider issues of violence against women and girls. 

This role will assist the refuge manager in the day-to-day running of the refuge, developing and delivering a front line service offering support, advice and guidance to women and their children living in the refuge.

BSWA is a Disability Confident Employer. 

These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010) and women only need apply.  

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is at noon on Friday 20th December. Interviews will take place in the weeks commencing 6th and 13th January.  

Birmingham and Solihull Women’s aid have for over 40 years supported women and children with services around domestic violence and abuse. Could you be a part of our team as we continue our mission to end domestic violence and abuse?

The region’s leading charity in tackling violence against women and girls, BSWA offers a helpline, webchat, drop in and and community support as well as emergency accommodation in six refuges across the area. 

Projects supports women in the criminal justice system, in healthcare settings, and throughout the community, offering support to women and children experiencing domestic violence. Alongside this, we also have colleagues offering training and consultancy to businesses and health and social care professionals alike, raising awareness on gender based violence issues. 

We seek like-minded women to join our enthusiastic team of workers, all of us passionate about the vital and valuable work we do to support women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, and tackling the wider issues of violence against women and girls. 

This role will assist the refuge manager in the day-to-day running of the refuge, developing and delivering a front line service offering support, advice and guidance to women and their children living in the refuge. 

BSWA is a Disability Confident Employer. 

These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010) and women only need apply.  

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is at noon on Friday 20th December. Interviews will take place in the weeks commencing 6th and 13th January.  

About SafeLives

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.    

Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start. 

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

The Role

The Drive Partnership works across the domestic abuse specialist sector, public sector partners and beyond to develop sustainable, national systems in England and Wales that respond effectively to all perpetrators of domestic abuse. In this key role, the Senior Project Management Support Officer will be responsible for supporting the effective project management of a number of our projects and providing administrative support for the wider Drive Partnership Teams.

As a member of the Project Management Office (PMO) a key element of this will be supporting the Drive team and Drive Partnership organisations – SafeLives and Respect, with development and delivery of training products to support workforce development in the perpetrator services sector.  

Hours: 37.5 hours per week.

Contract: Fixed term for 2 years (with possibility of extension).

Location: SafeLives Bristol or London office, with flexible home working (with travel to London and Bristol offices, and Drive sites, as required).

Benefits

• 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
• Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Childcare vouchers
• Employee assistance programme
• Clinical supervision
• Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Enhanced sick pay
• Professional development fund
• Individual learning budget
• Restorative practice training
• Time off in lieu 

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 9th December 2024. 

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.

No agencies, please.

We're looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join us as Project Workers to join our Multiple Disadvantage Services across London. We have multiple positions available in services in Camden and Westminster to join our dynamic teams in providing tailored support to our clients with multiple disadvantage. 

As a Project Worker Multiple Disadvantage, your primary purpose is to provide comprehensive, trauma informed support to residents within a psychologically sensitive accommodation setting. Your role will encompass a wide range of responsibilities aimed at ensuring the wellbeing, safety and development of residents.

About the roles in our women's services in Camden:

In this role, you will be part of a specialist team working with women who have complex needs, including mental health challenges, substance misuse, offending behaviour, and physical health issues. You’ll use a gender-informed approach, ensuring that women feel safe, supported, and empowered. This role will give you the opportunity to provide personalised support, helping clients develop independent living skills, build social networks, and access external services.

Your day-to-day work will involve conducting needs and risk assessments, creating support plans, and facilitating group work and structured interventions as part of our in-house recovery programme. You’ll work closely with external agencies to ensure that clients receive the holistic support they need, with a focus on both harm minimisation and recovery.

For roles in our women's services we ask for female only applicants. For occupational requirement reasons (exemption under the Equality Act 2010; Schedule 9 Part 1). 

About the roles in our multiple disadvantage service in Westminster:

King George’s is a 68 bed hostel for men with complex needs and a history of rough sleeping. It is part of Westminster City Council’s Rough Sleepers Pathway. Many of our clients are deemed high risk/high support due to chronic mental health and physical health issues, high levels of substance misuse, and offending histories. We accept that our clients have experienced complex trauma, usually from a very early age and often throughout their lives including currently. For this reason, we work to imbed the Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) approach in a service. 

Reporting to the Manager, your role will require you to develop, support and motivate the people who we support and accommodate.We run a service that is creative, responsive and that provides a foundation which empowers people to achieve their aspirations and make positive and sustainable life changes. You will be crucial to making that happen. This role can make a real difference to individual's lives and crucially, support individuals many of whom face multiple disadvantages and have complex needs.

About you:

• A solid understanding of person-centred approaches, harm minimisation, and trauma-informed care.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build meaningful relationships with clients, empowering them to engage with community resources and take positive steps forward.
• Flexibility, creativity, and resilience in working with a sometimes challenging and hard-to-engage client group.
• Proven experience and skills in delivering highly personalised assessment and casework, support planning, goal setting,  advocacy, and the ability to apply this in a caseload of clients who find it difficult to engage in formal keywork and where there are barriers to accessing statutory support.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Important info:

Closing Date: Sunday 8th December at Midnight

Interview Date: Weds 18th and Thurs 19th December online via Microsoft Teams

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant. 

Safety Net is a charity supporting the recovery of those affected by rape, exploitation, sexual and domestic abuse across Cumbria. 

We offer free advice, support, counselling, therapy and group work to adults, children and young people who have been affected by abuse and trauma and provide trauma-informed care through a range of services designed to foster recovery and empowerment. 

We have a brilliant opportunity for a highly organised and effective Administration and Operations Lead to play a pivotal role in the smooth running of our organisation. You will be instrumental in ensuring day-to-day operations run effectively, allowing us to focus on providing crucial support to survivors of abuse. 

This role combines leading operations and administrative support with trustee liaison responsibilities.  It also encompasses management of a small team. 

You will have a demonstrable strong background in compliance, leading administration, delivery of services and process driven requirements in a robust and highly effective way.  To do this successfully you will also have developed communication, ICT and interpersonal skills, and have experience of leading operational processes, HR admin and data protection. Essentially, you will have a strong commitment to supporting our values and mission.

Key outcomes of the role are:

• Successful management of referrals for individuals affected by sexual and domestic abuse, ensuring processes are trauma-informed, and overseeing data collection and reporting.

• Effective development and implementation of systems to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness

• Accurate oversight and reporting on project progress, challenges, and proactive problem-solving.

• Total compliance with policy, procedure, and health and safety and legal requirements.

• HR administration, compliance and onboarding of new team members.

Closing date for applications: 9am Tuesday 10th December 2024

Interview to be held on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th December 2024 in person at our Carlisle Headquarters.

Birmingham and Solihull Women’s aid have for over 40 years supported women and children with services around domestic violence and abuse. Could you be a part of our team as we continue our mission to end domestic violence and abuse? 

The region’s leading charity in tackling violence against women and girls, BSWA offers a helpline, webchat, drop in and and community support as well as emergency accommodation in six refuges across the area. 

Projects supports women in the criminal justice system, in healthcare settings, and throughout the community, offering support to women and children experiencing domestic violence. Alongside this, we also have colleagues offering training and consultancy to businesses and health and social care professionals alike, raising awareness on gender based violence issues. 

We seek like-minded women to join our enthusiastic team of workers, all of us passionate about the vital and valuable work we do to support women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, and tackling the wider issues of violence against women and girls. 

This role will staff our head office administration office, ensuring the reception area is staffed and welcoming during office hours. You will be responsible for maintaining efficient office systems, administration, finance systems and buildings maintenance as required. The role will provide support to the Office Manager and to the Management team.

BSWA is a Disability Confident Employer. We want everyone to have equal chance at being considered for our jobs. 

These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010) and women only need apply.  

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is at noon on Friday 20th December. Interviews will take place in the weeks commencing 6th and 13th January.  

This role is part of the Wiltshire Project which provides individual and family support to domestic abuse for victims and their children.

Working with children and young people, the team will focus on delivering timely and high quality, trauma informed support to children who have been the victims of domestic abuse.

This is a fixed term position to November 2025.

This exciting post will be working with children who have experienced or been affected by domestic abuse. Focusing on standard and medium risk cases, this role will provide practical and emotional support to children and young people, with an emphasis on early intervention and awareness raising.

In addition, there will be the opportunity to work with the team and manager to develop and deliver new group work provision for young people.

Key tasks and responsibilities include:

· To provide high quality, specialist support to children who have lived in a domestically abusive family.

· Enabling young people to access statutory and other services where appropriate.

· Managing a caseload and working proactively to support young people and their families.

· To deliver educational, time-bound, 1 to 1 support sessions for children and young people.

· Provide specialist support to child victims, with a focus on empowering young people to make informed decisions.

· Ensure that children and young people have a thorough understanding of what constitutes a ‘healthy relationship’.

· Undertake risk assessments and implement robust safety management plans.

· Give practical and emotional support to children affected by domestic abuse.

· Work closely with multi-agency partners and the wider Wiltshire team to ensure that we maintain a focus on risk management and safeguarding.

· Work with your team and manager to develop early intervention resources.

· Engaging with and supporting the MARAC and MASH process, to ensure that the voice of victims is heard.

This role will be based in our Trowbridge office, with a requirement to travel across Wiltshire. FearFree supports staff to work flexibly, with an ability to work in a hybrid fashion, both at home and in the office.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of low to high-risk children and young people, predominantly through face to face appointments but also utilising virtual technologies.
• Complete an initial assessment of the child’s needs so that you can identify and plan the support needed to address issues and prevent any problems from escalating.
• Assess, manage, and review risks to service users, colleagues and self, according to agreed procedures.
• Assess the needs of the child and devise appropriate support and safety plans with due regard to the dynamic nature of risk.
• Work with colleagues, health and social care professionals and multi-agency networks to evaluate caseload needs and the progress that has been made.
• Work directly and proactively with children and young people to help them to understand the impact that Domestic Abuse has had on them.
• Ensure personal safety and that of service users and other staff at all times.
• Respond to emergencies and crises with a focus on the child’s wellbeing and safeguarding.
• Plan and implement activities to promote self-awareness, confidence, and participation for children.
• Provide person centred, trauma informed support to all your cases, to empower the young person to make informed choices.
• Enable service users to participate in the design, delivery, and evaluation of services.
• Work effectively in partnership with multiple statutory and voluntary agencies to enhance service delivery, safety, and safeguarding.
• Respond to a child’s individual learning needs and style, adapting practice as necessary.
• Work closely with schools and education establishments to ensure support offered to service users is appropriate, planned and coordinated.
• Keeping the child’s voice central to all support and decision making wherever possible: taking the time to talk through and work with the individual child’s understanding around safeguarding and why we need to share certain things.
•  Act as duty officer for Wiltshire, responding to incoming calls, logging referrals, and making assigned outgoing calls, according to the duty rota. Duty shifts will be 9 – 5 in the Trowbridge Office.
• To understand and work effectively within a multi-agency framework, consisting of the MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse, to reduce the risk for service users and their families.
• Accompany service users, when needed, to other relevant agencies and support them in their interactions with these agencies.
• To work alongside colleagues to deliver a whole family approach.
• Be proactive with your line manager to carry out periodic case reviews.
• Respect and value the diversity of the community in which the services work in and recognise the needs and concerns of a diverse range of survivors ensuring the service is accessible to all.

Groups and Activities:

• Work with the Childrens and Families Team Manager to develop and deliver, a group work intervention for young people.
• Assist with recruiting children and young people to be involved in the development of groups or activities, providing them with on-going support.
• Run groups for children and young people following a planned programme.

General:

• Work at all times in accordance with the requirements of the Lone Working Policy and Procedure.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings.
• Update written and computerised records with accurate and clear information.
• Contribute to effective team working with a flexible and pro-active approach, including cover for other team members’ holidays and sickness.
• Undertake agreed training and keep updated on changes in legislation, policy and best practice.
•  To support additional duties at your team managers discretion.

Responsibilities:

• Appropriately manage highly confidential information relating to vulnerable people.
• Ensure security of data, especially sensitive personal data, in line with the information security policy.
• Work within FearFree’s Policies and Procedures at all times.
• Be mindful of responsibilities in respect of health and safety.  In particular:
• Co-operate at all times with management in the implementation of and adherence to health and safety policy and procedures;
• Take reasonable care for your own safety and for the safety of others who may foreseeably be affected by your actions at work;
• Not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided for the purpose of health and safety at work;
• Report all health and safety concerns to line managers;
• Assist with the completion of the risk assessment programme.

For a full job description/person specification and to apply, please follow the link provided on this website. The closing date for this role is 22/12/2024. However, we reserve the right to close this earlier if sufficient applications are received before then - early applications are therefore encouraged.   

FearFree is committed to encouraging equality and diversity in the workplace.  We strive to be a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can all be ourselves and individual differences are recognised and valued. 

FearFree delivers services across the Southwest for victims, children and perpetrators of domestic abuse and victims of sexual violence. We provide responsive, victim focused, and trauma informed support and this post will be fundamental to ensuring service users, stakeholders and partners experience this in our daily delivery.

This role is part of the commissioned Gloucestershire Positive Relationships (PRG) Service. The role can involve the delivery of evening group work once a week in Gloucestershire (4 hours per week) and the provision of 1-2-1 support for people not suitable or not yet suitable for the accredited programme. 1-2-1 support will be culturally flexible, appropriate, accessible and equitable to people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, abilities and sexual orientations.

This role will also include responsibilities of service promotion, awareness raising, triage, assessments and outreach 1-2-1 support across the county within the different districts.

The post holder will play a key part in developing and delivering an effective model of 1-2-1 interventions to assist people to change their behaviour, in addition to the delivery of a Respect accredited, structured abuse prevention programme delivered with a co-worker.

There may be additional opportunities for sessional programme delivery of other programmes.

The role will also include working with other agencies to ensure that a coordinated community response approach is taken to support the persons recovery and personal goals and attendance at multi agency meetings as required.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of those affected by domestic abuse.

Client Based Duties

• Identify and assess the risks and needs of individuals who are abusive in a relationship or other domestic setting, using an evidence-based risk identification checklist e.g. Respect RIC.
• Advocate for individuals who need to address their abusive behaviour.
• Take part in casework meetings with other workers and share information with the Partner Safety Worker/affected Others Worker for men on the structured programme.
• Co-facilitate an accredited group programme one evening a week.
• Where possible, cover holiday/sickness absence of other group facilitators.
• To implement actions agreed in casework discussions.
• Understand the role of all relevant statutory and non-statutory services available to those who are abusive and how your role fits into them.
• Liaise closely with and refer on to other organisations that support victims for the partners of those receiving 1-2-1 support.
• Support the client to recognise their abusive behaviour and the effect that it has on others/their families and assist them in recognising the features and dynamics of domestic abuse present in their situation, and help them change unhealthy patterns of behaviour.
• Understand multi-agency partnership structures and work within a multi-agency setting which may include participation at the MARAC/MAPPA.  You will contribute interventions and help design a plan to protect victims and affected others, whilst maintaining an independent role on behalf of your client, keeping the safety of those affected at the forefront of all actions.
• Ensure support provided is accessible to clients in terms of location and times.
• Be proactive with your line manager in carrying out regular case reviews based on a review of risk and abuse which:
  • Feeds back into action planning to further progress, signpost or close cases and;
  • Provides feedback to your clients/agencies.
• Maintain accurate and confidential case management records and safety plans and contribute to monitoring information for the service.
• Respect and value the diversity of the community in which the services works in, and recognise the needs and concerns of a diverse range of people ensuring the service is accessible.  
• Remain up-to-date and compliant with all organisational procedures policies and professional codes of conduct and uphold standards of best practice.
• Utilise evaluation and monitoring systems to ensure high standards of service are consistently achieved e.g. Orchard Database.

Other

• In partnership with other 1-2-1 BC Advisors, support the development of the 1-2-1 service offering ensuring consistency across the organisation.
• Deliver a flexible model of 1-2-1 work, evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and design new interventions as appropriate.
• Co-deliver awareness raising open days for professionals.
• Contribute to reports for FearFree management as requested.
• Comply with data protection legislation, confidentiality and information sharing policy and procedures and all legislation connected to your work.
• Support colleagues and partner agencies, through awareness raising and institutional advocacy, in order to provide the best possible service for those who are abusive within a family setting.

General

• Work at all times in accordance with the requirements of FearFree Policies and Procedures.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings.
• Update written and computerised records with accurate and clear information.
• Attend and participate in FearFree away days.
• Contribute to effective team working with a flexible and pro-active approach, including cover for other team members’ holidays and sickness.
• Undertake agreed training and keep updated on changes in legislation, policy and best practice.
• Engage in supervision, annual appraisal and induction training.
• Employees have responsibilities in respect of health and safety.  In particular they will:
  • Co-operate at all times with management in the implementation of and adherence to health and safety policy and procedures;
  • Take reasonable care for their own safety and for the safety of others who may foreseeably be affected by their actions at work;
  • Not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided for the purpose of health and safety at work;
  • Report all health and safety concerns to line managers;
  • Assist with the completion of the health and safety risk assessment programme.

For a full job description/person specification and to apply, please follow the link provided on this website. The closing date for this role is Friday, 10th January 2025, with interviews currently planned to take place on Friday, 24th January. However, we reserve the right to close this earlier if sufficient applications are received before then - early applications are therefore encouraged.

FearFree is committed to encouraging equality and diversity in the workplace.  We strive to be a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can all be ourselves and individual differences are recognised and valued. 

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Housing Floating Support Worker

Salary: £27,000 - £32,000

Location: Hammersmith (with some travel to Stratford and Finsbury Park)

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.

About us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

About the role:

The Floating Support Worker will specialise in working with women for whom housing and risk of tenancy breakdown is a priority. You will provide specialist housing and domestic abuse support to women aged 18 and over. The accommodation needs of the women you support will require you to advocate and support for each woman efficiently and empathically, whilst liaising with providers and stakeholders to ensure her accommodation needs are met. The role is dynamic and requires the post holder to respond to women with effective crisis intervention, advocacy and support. They will be required to coordinate the provision of multi-agency support which focuses on working with clients to maintain their tenancies and prevent homelessness. The post holder will establish positive, proactive, and innovative working relationships with housing services and partner agencies.

About You:

To be successful as the Housing Floating Support Worker, you will need the below experience and skills:

Solid experience of supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse in all its forms, come from a sector with transferrable skills or possess a feminist/VAWG degree and be keen to learn and to train on the job

A good understanding of violence against women and girls with a particular focus on the dynamics of domestic abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, so-called ‘honour-based violence’, forced marriage, stalking and harassment) and its impact on women, children, families, and communities

Skills and experience in conducting comprehensive assessments of needs and risk for survivors experiencing domestic abuse, including carrying out short risk management and safety planning

Experience in assessing the needs and safety of any children that women using the service may have

An understanding of the criminal justice system and relevant legislation with regard to legal and civil options, housing, benefits, matrimonial and children

A good knowledge of safeguarding practice, procedures, and legislation

Other skills and experience:

Good data collection, monitoring and IT skills

A relevant qualification or training, for example in domestic abuse, criminal justice, law, social work, substance misuse or related area

Flexibility to work as part of Advance’s duty team on a rota basis which will involve completing intake assessments and providing crisis intervention support

We recognise that women often only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the criteria. We encourage you to demonstrate how your skills and experience would make you an asset to the role, and if you don’t have the exact skills/experience, tell us in your cover letter how you think you might grow and develop in the role.

How to apply:

Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.

Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:

A 35-hour working week

An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)

Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home

Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more

Pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/adoption provision

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

Employee eye-care scheme

Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles

Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation

Organisation wide away days

Thorough induction and training

Career development pathways

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

Up to 5 days per week - 8 weeks annual leave

£27,578 - £32,146 FTE

Remote/ hybrid and flexible working with some attendance at Head Office, Carlisle

Travel across Cumbria

BENEFITS INCLUDE: Company sick pay, maternity/paternity support and carers leave, 4% employer pension contribution,

Safety Net is a charity supporting the recovery of those affected by rape, exploitation, sexual and domestic abuse across Cumbria. 

We offer free advice, support, counselling, therapy and group work to adults, children and young people, who have been affected by abuse and trauma and provide trauma-informed care through a range of services designed to foster recovery and empowerment. 

You will identify and secure new funding opportunities through a variety of channels.  With a focus on securing funding, developing partnerships, and implementing strategies to expand Safety Net's reach and impact, you will be adaptable and flexible particularly in managing deadlines for charity bids and work closely with the Heads of service to achieve our organisational goals.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity for a recent business or marketing graduate or someone with some experience to develop their strategic and development skills within a supportive and impactful environment. As a pivotal member of the team, you will have strong financial and analytical acumen and a strong understanding of budgets, particularly in the context of competitive bids and grant applications. 

Key outcomes of the role are:

• Successful fundraising, data monitoring and Grant Management:

• Compliant and useful use of data and reporting to plan future opportunity and address risks

• Credible relationship building with key stakeholders, including funders, community partners, and other relevant organisations.

• Effective contribution to the development and implementation of innovative strategies to generate new trading income streams.

• Proactive contribution to the development and implementation of Safety Net's strategic plan.

• Engaging and professionally working with our external comms to support the development and implementation of marketing and communication strategies to raise awareness of Safety Net's services.

Closing date for applications: 9am Tuesday 10th December 2024

Interview to be held on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th December 2024 in person at our Carlisle Headquarters.

Team Leader

We have an exciting opportunity to join a charity as a Multi-Crime Team Leader in Wiltshire, working 30 hours a week.

Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to lead and inspire a team to achieve their goals, continually learn, and adapt to provide the best service for victims of crime? If yes, then we’d love to hear from you…

Position: 5811 Team Leader

Location: Home-based with extensive travel throughout Wiltshire and Swindon

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours Monday- Friday 9:30am-4pm

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £23,664 per annum (£29,580 FTE)

Closing Date: 20th December 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if enough suitable applications are received. 

The Role

This role is home-based, but will require extensive travel across Wiltshire and Swindon to attend in-person meetings and work from various community hubs.

As the Wiltshire Team Leader you will:

• Ensure the delivery of excellent services to victims of crime and retain and develop contracts for services by supporting and managing operational staff

• Work collaboratively with the Operations Manager and management team, in order to achieve the implementation of work force plans and the development of the service to maximise positive outcomes for those that access the service

• Proactively promote the service, raise awareness of services & work with professionals collaboratively to improve the access to and quality of services

About You

An understanding of the Criminal justice system and the impact of crime on victims and witnesses are essential for this role, as well as experience of the following: 

• An understanding of legislation relating to equal opportunities and diversity, inclusivity, safeguarding and risk assessments

• A practical understanding of the requirement for confidentiality and safe working practice and maintenance of records in accordance with the Data Protection Act and other legal requirements

• Experience of working in a challenging and changing environment with an emphasis on customer focus and excellence in service delivery

• Demonstrable experience of providing crisis management, support and guidance in sometimes stressful and difficult situations to a team with a client service focus

• Excellent communication, negotiation and advisory skills, both written and verbal when interacting professionally with a range of agencies and individuals. 

In Return…

Benefits include:

• Flexible working options including hybrid working

• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays

• An extra day off for your Birthday

• Pension with 5% employer contribution

• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity and paternity payments

• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment and leisure discounts

• Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary deducted finance

• Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support

• Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career development and progression

About the Organisation

This independent charity provides a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. Working towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System, everyone at the charity is driven by the Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. 

As part of the commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. The charity is also a Disability Confident Employer and provides a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of the selection process, the team will be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

You may have experience in areas such as Criminal Justice, Case Worker, Victim Liaison, Victim Care, Domestic Violence Advocate, Crime Coordinator, Head of Victim Services, IDVA, etc. 

Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.         

As a Family Separation Mentor, you will be providing emotional support and guidance to dads who are going through family separation, navigating child-arrangements within the family court system and need support with their mental well-being; especially those who may be experiencing suicidal ideation.

You will manage a caseload of clients and offer guidance with goal setting, communication skills, understanding their situation, planning child arrangements and preparing for family court proceedings, as well as building a positive co-parenting relationship.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

- Support a caseload of clients via regular phone conversations/teams calls offering appropriate guidance, building professional relationships and answering their queries. This may occasionally be face to face support*

- Answering inbound calls on the mentoring helpline to register and support new clients.

- Support clients with their mental wellbeing, through the use of, but not limited to, WEMWBS, Suicide Risk Assessments and Safety Plans.

- Being able to promote and signpost to other departments within Dads Unlimited to ensure our clients receive the support they require.

- Signposting and liaising with external organisations where appropriate, such as; Social Services, Mental Health Services, Police, Local Authority and Cafcass.

- Help promote and facilitate our Co-Parenting Workshop and Court Ready Workshop to our clients.

- General administration relating to client cases.

*Dependant on client location and operational feasibility.

No job description can cover every issue which may arise within the post at various times and the postholder is expected to carry out other du-es from -me to -me that are broadly consistent with those in this job description