Refuge Key Worker Saint Helens, West Midlands, England
Job description
Safe2Speak Domestic Abuse Services are commissioned by St Helens Council to deliver support to victims of Domestic Abuse across the region.
The Key Worker will work from the Refuge on a three-week rolling rota which will include working 1 in 3 weekends.
This is an important role in which you will:
- work intensively with a number of clients to provide frontline services to individuals residing in refuge accommodation and during their resettlement as they move on to independent living
- Manage, increase safety and develop independent living skills of your allocated client base whilst in refuge and during the early stages of their new tenancy
- Identify support needs via a needs and risk assessment and work with clients to develop SMART targets as part of a support plan which you will review on a regular basis
- Provide emotional and practical support via 1:1 sessions and support clients to access other services within the community.
To be successful in this role you will:
Work collaboratively with other agencies and professionals to ensure that individual needs are met, and outcomes achieved
Represent the service at multi agency meetings such as Family Action Meetings and Core Groups
What Can Torus Group Offer You
We offer a modern workplace that is challenging, supportive and gives you room to grow your skills – along with a package of benefits that shows how much we value your contribution and care about your wellbeing, such as:
25 days holiday rising to 30 plus bank holidays (pro rata)- Holiday purchase scheme
- Company Pension Scheme
- Company life assurance
About Torus Group – Torus Landlord
A growth and regeneration group with a strong social purpose, Torus works in partnership with Liverpool City Region and the North West to improve lives and create thriving, vibrant communities through support, investment, development and regeneration.
We own and manage around 40,000 homes in Warrington, St Helens, Liverpool and beyond, making Torus the region’s largest affordable housing provider.
Profits generated by group members Torus Developments and HMS are reinvested into our charitable arm Torus Foundation, a community anchor institution, to fund projects that build social capital and fulfil our mission of ‘growing stronger communities’.
Great Torus people share qualities we value highly. They are problem-solvers, able to work well within our team. They are open, honest and committed to doing the right thing at all times, and they always look for ways to do things better, focused on making sure we achieve our aims. If you can share our way of working, you’ll enjoy working with us.
Each successful applicant will be required to complete the following pre-employment checks prior to a start date being agreed;
- Right to work verification
- Qualification certificate check
- 2x Completed references
- OH Health Questionnaire – Fit For Work
- DBS check (if required for role)
- Completion of all new starter documentation including signed T&C’s
The Torus Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Each successful applicant will be subject to a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check along with other relevant employment checks.
