Senior Support

1 month ago


Worcester, United Kingdom West Mercia Women's Aid Full time

WEST MERCIA WOMEN’S AID

[Charity No 1078496]

**Senior Support and Advocacy Worker
- Community Services**

**Worcester**

**21 Hours per week**

**Salary £ 28,013.20 FTE, Pro Rata: £15,899.38**

**Contract to 31st March 2025**

**The role**

As a Senior Support and Advocacy Worker
- Community Services, you will be part of helping us achieve our mission of reducing the incidence of domestic abuse in the West Mercia region.

As a Senior, you will lead a local team of domestic abuse professionals in the delivery of effective trauma informed support services for women impacted upon by domestic abuse. You will assist the Worcestershire County Manager in providing support, mentoring and supervision to the team. You will support the team to provide face to face and telephone-based advocacy and support to those experiencing domestic abuse living in their own homes, in other arrangements in the community, or who are living temporarily in safe temporary (‘satellite’) accommodation. This will be through the delivery of evidence-based group programmes, or 1:1 support, or drop-in arrangements - as determined by local requirements. You will support the County Manager to provide work alongside housing districts in Worcestershire with the development of the domestic abuse panels and ensuring that they run effectively.

What are we looking for?

The successful applicant will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with women in a similar or equivalent service setting.

Experience of leading a small team would be an advantage as would experience of supporting and mentoring a team in a similar setting. Our senior staff are skilled in supporting, empowering and motivating their teams to ensure the support provided to service users is timely and effective.
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**1.** Please tell us what experience and skills you have which will enable you to lead and support a team, to deliver Domestic Abuse support across Worcestershire?

**2.** How do you ensure you can communicate effectively with a range of audiences?

**3.** What knowledge do you have of domestic abuse and housing?

**Please ensure you have read the full Job Description/Person Specification**

**for this role**

WMWA offers on-going training to support your personal and professional development, provides regular supervision and the opportunity for you to contribute toward the development of the service. Benefits include 33 days holiday per year and an employee pension scheme.

**Interviews dates:23rdMarch 2023**

All posts are open to women only - in accordance with The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months
Part-time hours: 21 per week

**Salary**: £15,899.38 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- How would you describe your approach to leading a team of front-line staff?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Worcester

Application deadline: 10/03/2023



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