Role Overview

Job Title:  Refuge Worker (Fixed Term)

Location: Derby

Salary: £22,643 per annum

Contract type: Fixed Term until 30 April 2022

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development.

Responsibilities

We are recruiting for a Refuge Worker to join our team in Derby; this role requires an exceptional individual who wants to make a difference. As a Refuge Worker, you will be responsible for providing high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and their children living in our refuges.

You will ensure the smooth running of the refuge, including the admission of survivors of domestic violence to the refuge. You will also assess and advise on their entitlement to welfare and housing benefits and housing management. You will develop support plans for each resident and aid them to obtain permanent accommodation.

Essential Skills or Experience

The successful candidate must have evidence of strong casework management skills, good written and verbal communication, and an understanding of the importance of maintaining professional boundaries. Suitable candidate will be required to bring safeguarding children or vulnerable adults to the immediate attention of the service manager, or if unavailable another manager.

Direct experience of providing support to women is essential as is a current understanding of legislation relating to domestic violence including civil/criminal legislation and welfare rights. The ability to work as part of an on-call rota is essential and occasional evening work in emergency situations.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Desirable Skills or Experience

Preferable candidates who is proficient in either of the following languages: Bangladeshi, Urdu and Punjabi.

Benefits

Refuge offers: a competitive salary with annual progression within points of the salary grade; 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days; clinical supervision for all front line staff a pension scheme that includes a 6% employer contribution; as well as a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Other information

Closing Date: Monday 14 February 2022 at 09:00am

Interview Date: Friday 18 February 2022

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Role Overview

Job Title: Community Outreach Worker, South Asian Service (Fixed Term)

Location: Derby

Salary: £25,104 per annum

Contract type: Fixed Term until 30th September 2022

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. 

Responsibilities

We are recruiting for a Community Outreach Worker to join our South Asian Service team in Derby; Suitable candidate will provide a high quality personal welfare support service to survivors of domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse including those at the point of crisis. The post holder will provide advice, advocacy, support and training to statutory agencies, in accordance with Refuge’s philosophical principles. The role involves empowering survivors to make decisions, increase their options, their confidence and their safety while also working within a multi-agency framework to develop referral, joint working and information sharing protocols.

Essential Skills or Experience

You must be methodical and well-organised; with proven experience of providing direct emotional, practical and welfare support, ideally within a relevant field such as a refuge, women’s advice centre or residential setting. You must be experienced in identifying and responding to the risks to and needs of survivors of domestic violence. With an up-to-date knowledge of relevant civil and criminal legislation, you will have a demonstrable ability to use Microsoft Office and the ability to build and develop supportive relationships with survivors and their children fleeing domestic violence.

Candidates for this role must be proficient in either of the following languages: Bangladeshi, Urdu and Punjabi.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Benefits

Refuge offers: a competitive salary with annual progression within points of the salary grade; 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days; a pension scheme that includes a 6% employer contribution; as well as a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Other information

Closing Date: Monday 7th February 2022 at 09:00am

Interview Date: Friday 11th February 2022

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Grade D (SCP 13 - 17) £22,627 to £24,491 per annum plus Essential Car User allowance (currently under review)

Fixed-term (12 months, with the possibility of an extension)

Full-time (37 hours per week) based at Charnwood Borough Council

An opportunity has arisen to be part of the Resettlement Service welcoming and supporting families resettled across the County and Rutland on the Afghan Locally Employed Staff (LES) Relocation Scheme.

We are looking for 2 Resettlement Workers who will be responsible for providing effective integration and orientation support for families resettled in the UK. The families resettled on the schemes may have complex needs and you will provide the practical and emotional support to help them to adapt to life in the UK.

So, if you have:

• Experience in delivering a high-quality service supporting positive outcomes for relocated families who speak English as a second language,

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to use appropriate discretion to address complex situations,

• Ability to manage a demanding case load and to plan and prioritise effectively in order to achieve targets and meet deadlines,

• Ability to work in partnership with external agencies to achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable families,

• Good written communication skills including the ability to produce clear and concise support plans and reports,

• Good knowledge of the statutory framework in relation to safeguarding and an ability to apply this in practice and in day to day case work.

then this role might be for you.

If you have any questions, please contact Emma Moonlight for an informal chat about the role.

Please note that this job requires the post holder to work across the County and Rutland and attend meetings at various different locations.

Secondments and job shares will be considered.  Please ensure you have your Line Manager’s approval to apply.

The successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date: 17 January 2022

No agencies or CVs please.

HOUSING NAVIGATOR, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PREVENTION AND RESETTLEMENT SERVICE, SUTTON IN ASHFIELD, 12-MONTHS WITH POSSIBILITY TO BE EXTENDED, 37 HPW, FRWK09 £22,140 - £24,011 

The post will provide an intensive service in Nottinghamshire County to support complex, and/or chaotic service users in securing and maintaining accommodation. This cohort of service users will have a history of rough sleeping and are likely to be at risk of rough sleeping due to struggling to adapt to the change in lifestyle required and difficulty of adhering to the rules and regulations that come with being a tenant in accommodation.

The post exists to stem the flow of rough sleepers by taking a lead on coordinating the support from a range of agencies, to adults with a broad range of issues, and creatively supporting those individuals to maintain tenancies, sustain independent living, and building their resilience.

The post requires a driver with access to own car and full driving license.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

To protect the health & wellbeing of those receiving support from Framework, colleagues and the wider community, any job offer is conditional upon the prospective post-holder having been vaccinated against Covid-19, or agreeing to do so during the first six months in the post, except where such a requirement would be unreasonable in the circumstances.

98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

HOUSING NAVIGATOR, DERBYSHIRE ROUGH SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION PROJECT PLUS, PERMANENT, 37 HPW, FRWK09 £22,140 - £24,011

The post will provide an intensive service in Derbyshire County to support complex, and/or chaotic service users in securing and maintaining accommodation.

This cohort of service users will have a history of rough sleeping and are likely to be at risk of rough sleeping due to struggling to adapt to the change in lifestyle required and difficulty of adhering to the rules and regulations that come with being a tenant in accommodation.

The post exists to stem the flow of rough sleepers by taking a lead on coordinating the support from a range of agencies, to adults with a broad range of issues, and creatively supporting those individuals to maintain tenancies, sustain independent living, and building their resilience.

The post requires a driver with access to own car and full driving license.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

To protect the health & wellbeing of those receiving support from Framework, colleagues and the wider community, any job offer is conditional upon the prospective post-holder having been vaccinated against Covid-19, or agreeing to do so during the first six months in the post, except where such a requirement would be unreasonable in the circumstances.

98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE