Refuge worker – REF:045RWHAST
Refuge worker REF: 045RWHAST
Hours: 37.5pw Salary: c£23,000
Location: Hastings
This post involves delivering a professional service to abused women and children living in our refuges, including providing practical and emotional support. Duties include ensuring the smooth running of the refuge, admitting abused women, providing advice on welfare and housing benefit entitlements and supporting residents to obtain permanent accommodation.
The successful candidate will have evidence of strong casework management skills, good written and verbal communication, and an understanding of the importance of maintaining professional boundaries. Direct experience of providing support to women and an understanding of current welfare rights/civil/criminal legislation relating to domestic violence is essential as well as the ability to work as part of an on-call rota.
What refuge workers say about the role:
“I love the fact that I don’t always know what my day will look like. I might have a plan for the day which has to change, because one of the women I’m working with has an emergency.”
“One day could include reviewing a woman’s risk assessment and safety plan, doing a health and safety check, managing a minor dispute between residents, and getting a room ready for a new arrival. You wear so many hats you never have time to get bored in this job!”
Benefits include 28 days holiday, a non contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme, death in service scheme and childcare voucher scheme.
This post is based in women’s refuges and is therefore restricted to women under the Equality Act 2010*
Closing date: 1 November 2011 Interview date: 10 and 11 November 2011
An enhanced criminal records bureau disclosure will be required for this role.
*Occupational Requirement (Equality Act 2010) applies
Refuge Worker Job Description – June 2011
All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the values of empowerment, support and equality, which underpins all the work undertaken by Refuge.
Refuge values diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
(FS 547245)
