Ref: STOPDA342 Domestic Abuse Outreach Project Worker (Children and Young People) *Female Basingstoke, England
Job description
*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.
Workers should be “violence free in their own lives.”
Applicants are asked not to put themselves forward for selection if this is not the case.
Salary: £24,000 - £24,619 per annum
Reports To: Deputy Service Manager West
Location - Basingstoke and Winchester. Stop Domestic Abuse currently covers the whole of Hampshire, including Portsmouth. Our Head Office is based in Havant. This post is currently based in the West of Hampshire. The post-holder may be based at more than one site
Hours: 37 hours per week . The Hampshire Service is staffed 9.30am-5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.30am to 5.00pm on Friday.
Contract : This is a Permanent Contract
MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB
To provide support, advice and assistance to children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse living in the community and in refuge.
The work will focus on preventing domestic abuse and breaking the cycle of abuse by providing support for children and young people in the refuge and in the community and supporting children and young people to keep safe.
Work to empower and support children/young people to make positive choices.
To provide holistic one to one support including exploring healthy relationships, expressing emotions, safety, wellbeing, education and family relationships.
To provide parenting support to women living in the refuge and Stop Domestic Abuse clients/parents of clients living in the community.
Providing group work for adults, families, children and young people.
The post-holder work as part of the refuge team, with families who live in the refuge, families who have moved out of the refuge and children and young people who are referred via the Front Door Service.
To work in partnership with voluntary and statutory sector organisations and the community; attend meetings and events including in the evenings and at weekends.
Please click on links below to download an application pack and email your completed application and equal opportunity forms to [email protected].
We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation. Appointment will be on merit alone. PLEASE PUT THE REFERENCE NUMBER STOPDA 342 ON THE APPLICATION FORM
Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview.
Please note that if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date please assume on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
We will recruit the first suitable applicants, so apply early as we may close applications earlier.
An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.
