Senior Safe Accommodation Worker

*This post are open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Stop Domestic Abuse is a trauma informed organisation, the work we do to support those affected by domestic abuse may be triggering for those with past trauma. Please only apply if you are living free from abuse. If you’d like to talk to us about this, please get in touch.

Location: Basingstoke

Salary: £29,276 - £29,694

Hours: 37 hours - Monday - Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm, Friday - 9:30am - 5pm

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Reference Number: STOPDA820

Main purpose and scope of the job:

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of all aspects of Basingstoke refuge and Dispersed Safe Accommodation in Basingstoke service.

Managing services that provide support, advice and assistance to adults and their children affected by domestic abuse and are staying in refuge/dispersed safe accommodation, ensuring they are provided with secure, high-quality accommodation and support.

Recruiting, inducting, supervising, leading and developing staff within policy and quality standards and toprovide a range of high-quality services.

Initiate, develop, maintain and monitor multi-agency links through procedures and protocols to keep safety central to all services for victims of domestic abuse.

To develop effective relationships with relevant local organisations to raise the profile of domestic violence and its impact on families and to publicise the support networks. Working in partnership with Police, Social Services, Education and Health etc. to ensure that all victims and survivors using our services have the best possible support and opportunities.

Work with other local organisations and groups, through partnership, to establish a safe and accessible place for women and families to meet in the community and to provide and facilitate support to prevent domestic abuse.

Participate in the delivery of the on-call out of hours service on a rota basis.

How to Apply

Please click on links below to download an application pack.

Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Appointment will be on merit alone.

We will recruit the first suitable applicants, so apply early as we may close applications earlier.

An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.