Domestic Abuse Support Worker

4 days ago

Ealing, United Kingdom Supporting Futures Consulting Ltd Full time

**Role**: Domestic Abuse Support Worker

**Based**: Ealing

**Rate**:£20 - £21 umb

**Start Date**: ASAP

**Duration**: Until March 2025

**Hours**: 37.5 per week Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

Our client, a specialist charity is looking for a Support Worker to provide a safe and empowering environment for women and their children/dependents who are/have experienced domestic abuse either in their own homes or in a refuge setting.
- **Synopsis of duties**:_
- Responsible for the delivery of services to service users, ensuring effective reporting to the Manager as appropriate
- Responsible for risk management and financial control within the team
- Responsible for, high standards of customer care.
- To act in accordance with the values and aims of the Charity
- To promote and implement policies and procedures
- Take responsibility for the effective day to day management and smooth operation of the refuge and provide effective support to women living in their homes:

- Manage own case load, key working women using individual support plans
- Actively manage new referrals from relevant agencies and individuals, conducting assessment interviews, risk assessments, obtaining relevant information from relevant agencies.
- Issue occupancy agreements (refuges only) and induct new service users into the service. Preparing rooms for resident s as required
- Ensure the provision of practical and emotional support to vulnerable women and their children/dependents:
1. Carry out regular risk assessments and promote the safety of women and their children, assisting them in safety planning

2. Assist women in the community to access any additional security measures and

3. Sanctuary provision

5. Enable service users to access appropriate health care and specialist support
- Provide information about and help service users engage with local agencies and community
- Resources ensuring cultural needs are met
- Encourage and support service users to identify, access and maintain appropriate education, training and employment
- Support women to understand and access their legal rights
- Advocate for and support women to take up their housing rights
- Support the implementation of the move on strategy and plan for the hostel ensuring the minimisation of voids and an appropriate balance of women/children is maintained.
- Provide resettlement advice and support to women who have left the project working in cooperation with any other agencies

**Essential Requirements**
- Minimum of 1 years’ experience of delivering support to adults from diverse backgrounds and with mixed abilities and complex needs in a supported environment; preferably in Domestic Violence Abuse (DVA) refuges or community-based setting
- Demonstrable experience of undertaking individual assessments including risk assessments and developing and delivering support plans
- Understanding of local and national approaches to tackling domestic abuse including MARAC, child protection, social and voluntary services approaches/involvement#
- Enhanced Adult and Child DBS on the update service or dated within the last 12 months

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 4 months

Pay: £20.00-£21.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- Enhanced DBS (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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