Women's Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Medway, United Kingdom Streetlight UK Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

Streetlight UK is a growing charity, delivering a specialist support service for women involved in prostitution across London and the South East. We are a passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated team of women who are determined to see sexual exploitation and violence end for women.

We have a unique opportunity for a WSW secondment role working across Medway, as a part of a new professional team.

We are looking for someone with energy, motivation and dedication to support our service users. Taking a women-centred approach, your role would include providing care co-ordination and daytime support for women with complex needs who need support, or desire to exit prostitution.

Having experience of working with vulnerable adults is essential, as well as having a highly developed sense of self-awareness and the ability to work in a gender and trauma informed way.

This is a part-time role based in Medway, with one day a week based at the Streetlight UK London Bridge office - The role also includes one night-time outreach per week and service user support across Medway, as part of a new and exciting Team of professionals.

Line Manager:
Womens Support Worker - Medway

Location:London Bridge Office 1 day a week and 2-3days across Medway.

Hours of Contract: 28 hours per week (includes 2hrs weekly nighttime outreach)

Contract: 18 months contract

**Salary**: £24,024 - £27,300 (FTE)

This post is restricted to female applicants only under Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

**PURPOSE OF THE ORGANISATION**

Ending sexual exploitation and violence towards women involved in prostitution.

Shifting the burden of the law in the UK by influencing policy, practice and public discourse in the UK, alongside survivors regarding prostitution.

**SCOPE OF THE JOB**

Care co-ordination of women with complex needs who want support, or to exit street-based or off-street prostitution.

Advocacy and referral to Multi-Agency Meetings, which can include the Pan London PEAG Forum, Medway VAWAG Forum, along with other support services across Medway.

Development and Delivery of the Medway weekly night time outreach to women in on-street prostitution. Ensuring smooth delivery of the service and continuity between the outreach and daytime support service.

Delivering day-time support and follow up to service users and managing a personal case-load of service users.

Effectively monitoring service user activities, preparing reports and ensuring funders’ targets are met.

Supporting our Police partners on live operations across our service in Medway, ensuring the safety of women and participating in police welfare checks on properties with the aim of supporting and ensuring the safety of any women who may be trafficked, coerced or controlled.

Representing the organization at specified events and networks locally.

Participation in StreetlightUK annual fundraising and awareness campaign.

Supporting in the preparing of research and reports for partners, funders and other stakeholders.

**DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITES OF WOMENS SUPPORT WORKER**

Work in a flexible, woman-centered, trauma informed and strengths-based approach; recognising the woman as an expert of her own experience.

Support women to build their confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to develop strategies to put control, direction and purpose into their lives within a supported environment.

Complete assessments with women to ensure that structured support and care plans are in place and are regularly reviewed, with clear goals and objectives that are client-led and agreed with women.

To provide intensive personalised support with a bespoke, holistic and integrated service to women encompassing a range of risk, health, social and relationship needs.

Support women involved in prostitution to overcome the barriers they face in exiting e.g., mental health, housing, problematic substance use, homelessness, poverty, domestic abuse, sexual violence, the criminal justice system; and to make positive steps forward with their lives.

Commit to taking a multi-agency and team approach to women’s support. Identify and develop strong working partnerships and links across Medways voluntary and statutory services to improve options for service users.

Enable women to access other support services by building good working links and ensure women are getting the right support.

Take into account the spiritual, religious and cultural needs of women.

Use a range of StreetlightUK qualitative and quantitative tools and systems to monitor women’s journey of progress.

Complete all back office administrative tasks in relation to the role in a timely and accurate manner on StreetlightUK’s systems.

Conduct online outreach sessions, as directed by line Managers, to contact women and introduce them to Streetlight UK’s services.

**TEAM WORKING**

Invest in the StreetlightUK and Medway multi-agency team and work collaboratively in order to share the case load.

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