Female Support Worker

Rocasa Consulting are looking to recruit a Female Support Worker in Bristol on Temp to Perm basis working Mon – Fri 9am – 5.30pm 37 hours per week paying £27,711 per annum.

Duties

• Provide high quality accommodation and housing related support to women and children who have experienced domestic abuse
• Provide individual and group work support to women and their children who are living in the Safe Houses
• Ensure that service users are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment to supporting them to stabilise, gain independence skills, sustain their tenancies, and access appropriate move-on accommodation
• Work within a recovery and psychologically informed approach, supporting women to maximise their safety, independence and wellbeing
• Liaise effectively and collaboratively with all appropriate agencies and community groups
• Take part in the assessment of women / families referred to the service; including gathering additional information from supporting agencies
• Carry out needs assessments which effectively establish the support needs of families and enable support to be offered as quickly as possible
• Advise women on personal safety and safety procedures regarding the safe house
• Be responsible for the safe houses, ensuring a supportive, homely and safe environment is maintained and a daily staff presence

This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.

What we require:

• An understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on women and children
• Experience of working in supported housing
• Knowledge of the safety options available to women experiencing domestic abuse
• Experience of support planning and risk assessment
• An understanding of cultural diversity
• A full driving licence (to include business use) and access to transport
• Current Enhanced DBS Check