Project Worker

**About us**

Rebuild East Midlands is a small business in Derby, Derbyshire. We are professional, agile, supportive, and our goal is to Rebuild East Midlands exists to support individuals who have experienced human trafficking and modern slavery to overcome the barriers that they might face in starting a new life, free from exploitation and slavery. As a Project Worker, you will be supporting them to connect with community resources, building resilience and improving wellbeing. Taking a holistic view to support people’s recovery to live fulfilling lives. We are expanding our Support Delivery Team and are looking for a Project Worker who will help us to deliver Trauma Informed support to the individuals we work with as they move forward with their lives, ensuring that support is tailored to each individual’s cultural and social needs..

Our work environment includes:

- Growth opportunities
- Wellness programmes

**Project Worker x 1 **21 hours a week / 3 days days per week

**Project Worker *Female x 1 - **21 -28 hours a week / 3 - 4 days days per week (to be discussed at interview)

**Salary**: £23,500 - £25,500 based on experience (pro rata)

**Location**: Derby & Derbyshire

**Position**: Project Worker

**About the role**:
Rebuild East Midlands exists to support individuals who have experienced human trafficking and modern slavery to overcome the barriers that they might face in starting a new life, free from exploitation and slavery. As a Project Worker, you will be supporting them to connect with community resources, building resilience and improving wellbeing. Taking a holistic view to support people’s recovery to live fulfilling lives.

We are expanding our Support Delivery Team and are looking for a Project Worker who will help us to deliver Trauma Informed support to the individuals we work with as they move forward with their lives, ensuring that support is tailored to each individual’s cultural and social needs.

**Main duties and Responsibilities**:

- Key working and managing a caseload of individuals and their families, ensuring those we work with receive support appropriate to their individual needs. Supporting and signposting with regards housing, welfare rights, legal support, health, education/employment, and other aspects of life.
- Direct work with individuals, including home visits, 1-1 activities, or support to attend other agencies as required.
- Encouraging the engagement and participation of those with lived experience in the development and delivery of our service delivery
- To establish and maintain effective relationships with other agencies, including Social Services, other statutory and voluntary agencies, mental health services, Children Centres, GP's, and other health services, education, Court Witness Service, to ensure a multi-agency approach to support planning
- Promote Rebuilds group activities to individuals and encourage to attend to enable social connection and belonging
- Support the facilitation of group activity sessions and events
- Work in a needs-led, strength-based approach to partner with individuals to develop support plans to build resilience and support them to connect into the community
- Networking and building partnerships with local organisations and professionals to enhance the work of Rebuild in the local community
- Liaise with statutory and other agencies as appropriate including referral to others, attendance at case conferences, review or planning meetings, and production of reports as required, relating to individuals within the Project
- To provide mental health first aid to mitigate the aftereffects of trauma caused by trafficking, sexual abuse, rape, domestic slavery or forced labour
- Assist with the recruitment, training, and ongoing support of volunteers
- Keep accurate records for monitoring and evaluation purposes
- Some very occasional weekend and evening work may be required
- Make an active contribution to the overall work of Rebuild through team meetings, staff training, awareness and fundraising events, and any other appropriate activities
- Keep up to date with all organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct and work towards best practice.
- At least 1 years previous experience in a support setting. Preferred experience of working with people who have been affected by abuse, trafficking, homelessness, mental health, complex needs, offenders and/or refugees
- Awareness of Trauma Informed Practice
- Proven knowledge of working with community organisations and signposting to different services
- Ability to advocate for the needs of those we work with
- Proven experience of carrying out needs and/or risk assessments and the support planning process
- An empathetic and compassionate outlook, whilst being able to maintain professional boundaries with those you work with
- The ability to develop and maintain good professional relationships
- Able to react effectively to highly pressured situations
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