Female* Refuge Playworker -

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winchester

16 Hours per week Ref: 549

New Forest

16 Hours per week Ref: 615

East Hampshire

16 Hours per week Ref: 564

hART & RUSHMOOR

16 Hours per week Ref: 449

*This post is 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.

Workers should be “violence free in their own lives”. Applicants are asked not to put themselves forward for selection if this is not the case.

Salary: £11.44 per hour

Working Hours: Various

The Hampshire Service is staff ed Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 17.30 and Friday 09.30 to 17.00

The Southampton Service is staffed Monday to Friday 9.00 - 17.00

Contract: Part time

Vacancy Reference: Please ensure that you include the reference for the area that you are interested in working in, shown at the top of this page underneath each area shown.

Main purpose and scope of the job:

To provide play sessions to pre-school and school age children who have experienced domestic abuse and are staying at the refuge. This will be through both structured and free play.

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

  • To provide holistic support, advice and assistance to women and their children who have experienced domestic abuse and are staying in the refuge.  

  •  Supporting families to be free from domestic abuse 

Reports To:   Deputy Service Manager /Service Manager    

In return we offer a generous annual leave entitlement rising with length of service, comprehensive training and development programme, pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare voucher scheme.  We can offer you a varied, interesting role in our busy and dynamic charity.

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.

 
 

 

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