Dva Support Worker Complex Needs Refuge - Greenwich, United Kingdom - Housing for Women

Housing for Women

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Greenwich, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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DVA Support Worker (Complex Needs Refuge)
Greenwich, London

About Us
H4W has been providing support to the women and children of Greenwich for over 40 years. We provide somewhere safe for women and children to live free from abuse.

We advocate on their behalf and provide support at the time when they need it most:
to enablethem to move forward and build new lives.

Our specialist complex needs refuge offers intensive one-to-one support to single women, both with the domestic abuse they have experienced and other needs such as mental health, drug use and alcohol use.

We are currently looking for a dedicated individual to join our Complex Needs Refuge on a permanent, full-time basis working 37.5 hours per week.

*This post is open to women only and exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1.

The Benefits:

Salary of £31,324 per annum
27 days' annual leave
Attractive pension scheme
Perkbox
Buying and selling annual leave
Healthshield
Season Ticket loan
Subsidised gym membership
Course Funding

This is an opportunity for a committed support worker with experience of delivering support to vulnerable adults from diverse backgrounds to join our committed team as we support women affected by domestic violence and abuse.

We are offering a highly rewarding role, where your expertise and dedication will have an immeasurably positive impact on the lives of women who depend upon our services and care.

By joining us, you will become a vital member of a passionate, hardworking and supportive team that is committed to putting an end to domestic and sexual abuse.

To help you reach your full potential, we will fund your professional development, whilst our health, wellbeing and flexible leave benefits have been specifically designed to enable an excellent work-life balance, whatever your needs.

The Role

As a DVA Support Worker, you will provide a specialist support and advocacy service for a caseload of up to eight families with complex needs, enabling them to live free from abuse.

Managing new referrals, you'll induct service users, issue occupancy agreements and ensure their safety by conducting risk assessments, safety plans and individual support plans.

You'll support service users to access a range of services including welfare and benefits, healthcare, education or employment, legal services and housing rights.

Additionally, you will:

Provide emotional support to women and their children
Oversee repairs and maintenance to the refuge
Provide resettlement advice
Support the development of our service

About You
To be considered as a DVA Support Worker, you will need:

Experience of delivering support to vulnerable adults from diverse backgrounds, with mixed abilities and complex needs
Experience of undertaking individual assessments including risk assessments
Experience of developing and delivering support plans
Knowledge of strategies to empower service users to address issues of DVA
An understanding of local and national approaches to tackling domestic abuse
An understanding of Safeguarding principles
An understanding of the dynamics of Domestic Abuse
The ability to build professional supportive relationships with vulnerable families whilst maintaining professional boundaries
Strong crisis management skills

Ideally, you will have experience of supporting adults with complex needs in a Domestic Violence Abuse (DVA) refuge or a community-based setting.

Other organisations might call this role Domestic Violence and Abuse Support Worker, Complex Needs Support Worker, Women's Refuge Support Worker, or DVA Refuge Support Worker.

Webrecruit and Housing for Women are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way toconduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.