Domestic Abuse Outreach Project Worker - Children and Young People

Female * Domestic Abuse Outreach Project Worker - Children and Young People - Southampton

*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.

Salary: £25,750 - £26,383

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours per Week: 37.5 - Our Southampton Service operates from Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm

REFERENCE: STOPDA749

Main purpose and scope of the job:

To provide support, advice and assistance to children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse living in the community and in refuge.

 The work will focus on preventing domestic abuse and breaking the cycle of abuse by providing support for children and young people in the refuge and in the community and supporting children and young people to keep safe.

Work to empower and support children/young people to make positive choices.

To provide holistic one to one support including exploring healthy relationships, expressing emotions, safety, wellbeing, education and family relationships

To provide parenting support to women living in the refuge and Stop Domestic Abuse clients/parents of clients living in the community.

Providing group work for adults, families, children and young people

The post-holder work as part of the refuge team, with families who live in the refuge, families who have moved out of the refuge and children and young people who are referred via the Front Door Service.

To work in partnership with voluntary and statutory sector organisations and the community; attend meetings and events including in the evenings and at weekends.

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.