Domestic Abuse Target Hardening

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

**Working Hours**:37 hours per week - Monday to Thursday 9.30am to Friday 5.30pm Friday 9.30am - 5.00pm

**Contract**:Permanent contract.

**Location **:Hart and Rushmoor & East Hampshire

**Job Reference Number: 538**

**MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB**

**Outreach**:
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 will 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 the Stop Domestic Abuse’s Advice Line 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.

To participate in the delivery of the on-call out of hours service on a rota basis

**Target Hardening**

To provide support, advice and assistance to women, men and their families who have experienced domestic abuse or are at risk of domestic abuse.

The post-holder will coordinate providing enhanced security at client’s homes across Rushmoor, Hart, and East Hampshire through “target hardening” of the property and the provision of safety equipment.

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 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

To participate in the delivery of the on-call out of hours service on a rota basis.

*** It is essential that the post holder has a driving licence and access to a car for work purposes