Domestic Abuse Refuge Support Worker (LGBTQ+ Specialism)

Location: Brighton

Salary: £26,208 per annum

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.

Salary £26,208.00 per annum and great benefits including:

• 26 holiday per year with the option to trade and buy more
• Health plan
• Discounts in high street shops including technology and cycle to work scheme
• No weekend working
• Casual dress code
• Local and national training opportunities

Do you want to work for a company that encourages you to bring your whole self to work? Do you want to work with a team that truly puts the survivors at the heart of everything they do? If the answer is yes then the organisation is the place for you.

Their Refuge service is an excellent opportunity for you to become a Domestic Abuse Support Worker, where you will be empowered and encouraged to support survivors to reach their full potential. Your unique skills and attributes will be used to support survivors on a day-to-day basis, allowing them to gain the tools to live a life free from abuse.

Typical Day as a Domestic Abuse Support Worker:

• Using the Empowerment Star to create support plans with the survivors.
• Offer emotional support and wellbeing interventions.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, actions and goals setting and regular reviews.
• Signposting and assisting survivors with finances and benefits.
• Assisting survivors to source education, training and employment opportunities.
• Supporting survivors to successfully maintain their tenancy by monitoring rent payments and room cleanliness.
• You will attend multi-agency meetings.
• You will attend awareness raising events to promote the service.

You will bring passion to support their survivors to live their best life, working collaboratively with an eye for detail. They understand that not everyone has all the experience they’d like so if you have a “can do” positive attitude and a zest for supporting people, the rest they can teach you!

They’d like experience of creating person-centred support plans and supporting colleagues to work to the plans. You’ll have the ability to work using your initiative, remaining calm under pressure and have a resilient approach. Proven experience of working with the LGBTQ+ community. An understanding of the practical, emotional, economic and social differences of those who are members of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly having experienced Domestic Abuse, Hate Crime, and/or Discrimination.

If you’re new to their sector, tell them about your transferrable skills.

This role sits within the Brighton & Hove Domestic Abuse team and you will hold a small caseload of clients. You will be required to work 40 hours a week, they can be flexible in start and finish times, you will be expected to be part of the 8-6 rota. You will need to take part in the on-call rota. You will need to be confident using technology for creating and updating support plans, collaborating with colleagues and completing online training.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Discover the Organisation:

The organisation have 20+ years’ experience delivering refuge, safe accommodation and community based domestic abuse services. Their services include Women and Children’s Refuges, LGBTQ+ Safe Space, a South Asian Women’s Refuge and dispersed accommodation to support those that are unable to access traditional Refuges such as male survivors, those with pets and those facing multiple and complex disadvantage. Their dispersed model of safe accommodation ensures equal access for all.

The organisation is a leading housing provider. They manage around 39,000 homes, serving 82,000 survivors across their portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme. Their mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

They’re looking for like-minded people to join their team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody their values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives. They are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows them to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support their colleagues. They have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. They are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation their Menopause Friendly accreditation.

They reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.

To Apply: If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the organisation, please click apply.