Early Intervention Worker - London, United Kingdom - Refuge

Refuge

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location
Lambeth, London

Service/location/team
The Gaia Centre, Lambeth, London

Role Overview

Job Title:
Early Intervention Worker

Location:
Lambeth, London

Salary:
£28,104 per annum including London Weighting

Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract (With the possibility of an extension)

Hours:
Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting role to support and reach out to young people aged who have experienced or been affected by gender-based violence, female genital mutilation, sexual, financial and emotional abuse, forced marriage and 'honour'-based violence from the point of crisis, informing them of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options, to help ensure their short-term and long-term safety, reduce risk, enable them to access community support services and achieve their life goals.

Responsibilities

Providing nonjudgmental onetoone emotional and practical support to yearolds survivors of genderbased violence. This will include conducting key work sessions on a regular basis and keeping accurate casework records up to date.
Establishing the risks to, and the needs of, yearold survivors of gender

- based violence through assessing their practical and emotional support needs.

Developing individual support and risk management plans, including risk assessments, safety planning, and needs assessments to address the risk of harm to yearold survivors of genderbased violence.
Ensuring that any issues in relation to safeguarding children or vulnerable adults are brought to the immediate attention of the Gaia Centre Service Manager, or if unavailable another manager.
Assisting yearold to access relevant community services such as counselling, health, legal, training, education, volunteering and employment services.
Supporting yearold girls who have experienced or may be at risk of genderbased violence within the context of gang violence and child sexual exploitation.
Working in partnership with other agencies and to advocate for survivors to ensure their needs are met.
Delivering presentations and informal training to external agencies to increase understanding of and improve responses to genderbased violence.

Essential Skills or Experience

Good standard of general education.
A recognized social work/housing/legal counselling or other relevant qualification. (Desirable)
SafeLives qualification. (Desirable)

Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career.

We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff.

More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Other information

Closing Date: 9:00am 24th July 2023**
Interview Date: 26th July 2023**An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.