Female* Domestic Abuse Support Worker in Titchfield)

Location: South Hampshire

Salary: £20,982 per year

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time (30 hours per week)

Southampton Women's Refuge is a safe haven for women and their children, fleeing domestic abuse. As a Domestic Abuse Support Worker, you'll manage a caseload of customers who have complex needs, through their journey with Stonewater's supported housing service, ensuring a strengths based, trauma informed approach that enables them to realise their potential.

You’ll work closely with key partners, delivering quality, outcome focused coaching support sessions in one-to-one and group settings, providing both emotional and practical support. This will include sessions on keeping safe, healthy relationships, substance use, mental health and wellbeing, finance and budget management, and employment skills.

You’ll ensure that our customers are supported to stay safe and are aware of their rights to legal protection for themselves whilst identifying and signposting customers to any other services that they may benefit from that is available from partner agencies.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have proven experience of working with people who have multiple complex needs and/or domestic abuse.
• Have experience of completing CAADA DASH risk assessments and carrying out robust safety planning.
• Understand the practical, emotional, economic and social issues of those experiencing domestic abuse, particularly those who have complex needs.
• Have proven complex case management experience, with a clear focus on outcomes for customers and their wider community.
• Maintain a non-judgemental, person-centred approach, treating everyone with dignity, respect, and understanding.
• Can record concise, accurate case notes and support paperwork.
• Be able to demonstrate partnership working with specialist agencies such as mental health teams, offending services or other relevant services.
• Have knowledge of housing and benefits advice.
• Have experience of using a housing management system or other similar software.
• Have exceptional communication skills.

This post is restricted to female applicants only under the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1. The role is based within a female-only domestic abuse refuge, where the provision of services requires a female worker to ensure the privacy, dignity, and safety of residents. Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (if applicable), satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document. This role may require specific qualifications, skills, knowledge, and behaviours to meet the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social Housing. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.