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Refuge Worker
Job Posted: 2 days ago
Salary: £ 15,233 - 15,233 / Annum
Job Type: Contract
Location: Birmingham
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Role: Refuge Support Worker
Location: Birmingham
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (some flexibility required including occasional evenings/weekends)
Salary: £15,233 per annum (£25,380 FTE)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 12-month fixed term contract
Our client is a well-respected charity that delivers life-changing support to women facing domestic abuse and homelessness. Through refuge accommodation and community-based services, they empower women to rebuild their lives, develop new skills, and move towards safe and sustainable independence.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide one-to-one emotional and practical support to women living in refuge accommodation
• Develop and deliver person-centred support plans that promote confidence, safety and independence
• Support clients to secure and sustain permanent housing and manage tenancy requirements
• Facilitate life skills and wellbeing workshops focusing on confidence, budgeting, and healthy relationships
• Act as a key contact for multi-agency working, making referrals and supporting clients to attend appointments
• Promote independence by supporting clients to develop the skills and confidence to maintain tenancies
• Contribute to safeguarding processes, health and safety checks, and accurate client record keeping
• Participate in the on-call rota and provide sensitive guidance through the helpline
• Support with housing benefit claims, licence agreements, and reporting refuge maintenance
Requirements:
• Experience working with women affected by domestic abuse and/or homelessness
• Strong understanding of the barriers faced by BAME communities
• Knowledge of housing systems and social housing processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
• Able to manage a varied caseload and maintain accurate and timely records
• Confident delivering support plans, workshops and contributing to multi-agency processes
• IT proficient, including Microsoft Office and client databases
• Enhanced DBS issued within the last 12 months or registered on the update service
• Full UK Driving Licence with access to a vehicle would be advantageous
For more information, please call the team and ask to speak to Lisa or Molly
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