Senior Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Dunstable, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

40 hours per week

£27,387 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

Stonewater, a place to be yourself

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 Stonewater is the place for you.

Our two Refuges in Central Bedfordshire provide an excellent opportunity for you to become a senior domestic abuse support worker, where you will be empowered an encouraged to support survivors to reach their full potential and manage a team of specialist support workers. 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.

**Female applicants only under an exemption from the Equality Act 2010 - Section 9 - Part 1 (A) as a genuine occupational requirement**

Typical Day as a Senior Support Worker

* Daily team brief with your team

* 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.

* Support your team to provide a holistic, trauma informed service.

You will bring

* Passion to support our survivors to live their best life, working collaboratively with an eye for detail.

* We understand that not everyone has all the experience we’d like so if you have a “can do” positive attitude and a zest for supporting people, the rest we can teach you

* We’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.

* If you’re new to our sector, tell us about your transferrable skills.

Job Details

* This role sits within our Bedfordshire Services where we have a cluster of 4 Refuges and Safe Accommodation Services. You will hold a small caseload of clients.

* You will be required to work Monday-Friday, typically 9-5 but we are flexible.

* You will be predominantly based in out South Refuge in Central Bedfordshire with occasional travel to our North Refuge. You will work in partnership with the Senior Service Manager for Central Bedfordshire.

* You will need to be confident using technology for creating and updating support plans, collaborating with colleagues and completing online training

* You will need an enhanced DBS check done and Stonewater will arrange for this.

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater have 20+ years’ experience delivering refuge, safe accommodation and community based domestic abuse services. Our 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. Our dispersed model of safe accommodation ensures equal access for all.

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 39,000 homes, serving 82,000 survivors across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

We’re looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

Are you ready to #DiscoverStonewater?

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

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