Ref: STOPDA424 Domestic Abuse Outreach Project Worker Adults *Female Winchester, 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
Location: Winchester and Eastleigh
Hours: 37 (Mon- Thurs 09.30 – 17.30 & Fri 9.30am-5.00pm)
Contract: Permanent
MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB
To provide support, advice and assistance to women, men and their families who have experienced domestic abuse or are at risk of domestic abuse.
To provide resettlement services when women and their children moving on from refuge accommodation and to provide outreach services to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in the wider community.
The work will focus on preventing domestic abuse by providing support and facilitating safe space for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and peer support networks in the community and supporting women and men to keep safe in and maintain their current or new accommodation.
The post-holder work as part of the refuge team, but their work will be community based, with families who have moved out of the refuge, women and men who make contact via Stop Domestic Abuse’s Front Door Service or are referred from other agencies.
The post-holder will work to empower and support all victims and survivors of domestic abuse to make positive choices.
We are unable to accept CVs in consideration of roles, please complete a Stop Domestic Abuse Application form to apply for this role.
Please visit www.stopdomesticabuse.uk/careers where you will find details of all of our current vacancies together with full Job Description/Person Specs, together with a downloadable application form.
To participate in the delivery of the on-call out of hours on a rota basis.
Workers should be “free from abuse in their own lives.” Applicants are asked not to put themselves forward for selection if this is not the case.
Please click on links below to download an application pack and email your completed application form and equal opportunities form 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 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 PUT THE REFERENCE NUMBER STOPDA 424 ON THE APPLICATION FORM.
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.
