Safer Accommodation Older Women

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RSR are currently recruiting on behalf of a Women’s Charity based in Nottinghamshire for a SASS

Safer Accommodation (Older Women and Survivors with Disabilities and/or additional needs).

As Domestic Violence specialist, you will work pro-actively with women, offering risk assessed, strength based, and needs led support.

This is a fulltime, temporary role, offering a salary of £25,668 - £27,239 per annum.

**Main Duties**:

- Provide a proactive service to older women and women with additional needs (disabilities) who present with homelessness and who have been assessed as being at risk of domestic violence and abuse (intimate partner and/or familial).
- Provide a service that is sensitive to the needs of women who face additional barriers and obstacles to reporting/accessing services including women from Black, Asian, minority ethnic and refugee communities, LGBT women, women who are disabled, learning disabilities, chronically ill and/or otherwise vulnerable and/or intimidated, women with mental health issues or due to their age.
- Work closely with survivors, carrying out risk and needs assessments to develop and implement a structured individual safety plan, ensuring that their specific needs are recognised and accommodated.
- Regularly review the DASH and safety plan in line with domestic abuse sector standards.
- Attend case review and team meetings and contribute to effective team communication.
- Support service users through the legal, criminal or civil justice systems, drafting orders as and when required.
- Undertake training and ensure your knowledge is up to date and where relevant shared with your team.
- Advocate on behalf of women with external agencies including where appropriate MARAC, courts, housing, children and adult social care, health and other voluntary and community organisations.
- Work in partnership with the local authority to explore suitable temporary housing solutions where appropriate and to support survivors with the personal housing plans.
- Provide practical assistance to clients on safety planning and relevant aspects of independent living, and ensure that they have access to the services that can be provided by other agencies such as housing, health and welfare support.
- Respond to crisis drop ins as required.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Experience of working within the domestic abuse, violence against women and girls’ sector or similar field.
- Experience of risk assessment and management, safety planning and support planning.
- Experience of advocacy and support work with vulnerable people.
- Experience of working in partnership with other agencies and ability to advocate within a multi-agency framework.
- Knowledge and understanding of the barriers that older women and women with disabilities face who are experiencing domestic abuse.
- Knowledge and understanding of local authority homelessness duty for survivors of domestic abuse and what options may be available to them.
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding for adults and children.
- Ability to manage own caseload, working under pressure and prioritising workload.
- IDVA Safe Lives or Women’s Aid England DAPA Qualification is desirable but not essential.

**If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us We have a “Refer A Friend” bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us and are successfully placed**

Red Snapper Justice is a member of the Red Snapper Group.

The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.