Floating Support Worker

Location
Hereford

Salary
- £12,480 per annum, plus Car Allowance (FTE £24,960 per annum)

Closing date
25/03/2025

**20 hours per week**

Here at Stonewater, we are now looking for a Domestic Abuse Worker to offer high quality, person-centred and trauma informed safe accommodation and support services to survivors of Domestic Abuse, enabling them to move on into safe, stable, and positive futures.

You will manage a diverse caseload in the community, supporting survivors to remain safely in their homes or exploring temporary accommodation options. You will work closely with key partners, deliver quality, outcome focused support in both one-to-one and group sessions, and provide both emotional and practical support including keeping safe, healthy relationships, substance use, mental health and wellbeing, finance and budget management and employment skills.

This is a floating support role covering our services in Herefordshire.
- Proven experience of working with people who have multiple complex needs and/or those who have experienced domestic abuse.
- An understanding of the practical, emotional, economic, and social issues of those experiencing domestic abuse, particularly those with multiple complex needs.
- Experience in completing risk assessments and carrying out robust safety planning.
- Proven experience of complex caseload management, with a clear focus on outcomes for customers and their wider community and ability to record concise, accurate case notes and support paperwork.
- An understanding of the effects of domestic abuse related trauma, appropriate responses and professional boundaries.
- The ability to demonstrate partnership working with specialist agencies such as mental health teams, offending services or other relevant services.
- Experience of attending MARAC and MASH meetings, with an understanding of the processes behind these meetings.
- The ability to provide quality, short term casework.
- Working knowledge of housing and benefits advice and experience of using a housing management / domestic abuse system or similar software.

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

**Discover Stonewater**:
Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers 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 900 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.
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Documents

Domestic Abuse Worker - Floating Support JD.pdf

Our promise to you

At Stonewater we believe nothing is impossible. We’re driven by our mission, vision and values and inspire others to always strive to succeed. This passion and determination is what sets us apart. We are proud to be a place where being individuals is embraced and recognised.

So, if you want to make a real difference to people's lives and want to have a stimulating and rewarding career, we would love to hear from you.

**Benefits**:
At Stonewater we offer excellent benefits which help make us a great place to work*
- A specialist shared-ownership product helping you into your own home
- A retirement savings plan - up to 7% matched contribution rate
- Life assurance - 3.5x contractual pay
- Up to £10k interest-free loan for home work spaces
- 24/7 access to a totally confidential counselling helpline
- Healthcare cash plan
- Career development and progression opportunities
- Holiday starting at 26 days
- Deals and Discounts on shopping, travel, optical etc
- Cycle to work scheme
- Annual Company Day
- Values Award celebration events
- Team building days

And much more

Stonewater supports equality of opportunities and are dedicated to being a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer.
- _These benefits may differ for zero hour contracts_