Safer Accommodation Housing Support Worker
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Nottingham - UK
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Job Summary
Make a difference every day.
Are you passionate about supporting women affected by domestic abuse to rebuild their lives safely and confidently We are looking for a compassionate resilient and motivated Domestic Violence Specialist to join our team.
In this rewarding role you will provide high-quality trauma-informed support to women experiencing domestic abuse. Working with a varied caseload you will carry out risk and needs assessments develop personalised safety plans advocate with a range of agencies including housing health social care and courts and empower women to achieve safe and independent futures.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication and case management skills a strong understanding of domestic abuse and safeguarding and the ability to build trusting relationships while managing complex and sensitive situations.
What youll do:
- Provide specialist support to women affected by domestic abuse.
- Complete risk and needs assessments and develop safety plans.
- Advocate with partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes.
- Maintain accurate and confidential records.
- Contribute to service development quality standards and survivor voice.
- Work collaboratively to deliver excellent outcomes for women and children.
If you are committed to empowering survivors and want to be part of a dedicated values-led organisation making a real difference we would love to hear from you.
About us
Juno Womens Aid is the largest domestic abuse organisation in Nottingham and one of the largest in the UK. We work with women children and teens who have been affected by domestic abuse inAshfield Broxtowe Gedling Nottingham City and Rushcliffe.
We run a wide range of services including the 24-hour Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Freephone Domestic and Sexual Violence Helpline. This is where you can speak to one of our specialist trained female support workers 365 days a year.
In 2021-2022 we worked with 2095 women 360 children and young people fostered 49 pets and received over 17320 calls on our Helpline.
At any one time were supporting 500-600 women and children in Nottingham and South Nottinghamshire.
Weve been helping women children and teens in Nottingham for over 40 years and were passionate about helping anyone affected by domestic abuse to stay as safe as possible and to recover from the harm of domestic abuse.
- To support and empower women children and teens and to strengthen families
- To raise awareness about domestic abuse and its effects
- To challenge the taboo of silence and misperceptions
- To ensure the provision of specialist services to counteract domestic abuse run by women for women teenagers and children
- To change lives
In the next 5 years we will have established a vast network of supporters to help us raise awareness and move our community standards of acceptance to reach tolerance zero towards domestic abuse.
In June 2019 we changed our name from Womens Aid Integrated Services (WAIS) to Juno Womens Aid (Juno) to differentiate ourselves from the other Womens Aid organisations in the area. Juno is a Roman goddess protector of women and children.
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