Domestic Abuse Lead Refuge Navigator - Early Years and Parenting

Domestic Abuse Lead Navigator - Early Years & Parenting

*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:  £16,489.20 - £17,131.20

£27,482 - £28,552 (FTE)

Location: Portsmouth

Hours: 22.5 hours per week - Core hours (Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm, hours to be discussed)

Contract: Permanent

Vacancy Reference: STOPDA 866

Main purpose and scope of the job:

The post holder will provide children and young people aged 5+ with one to one appointments that will aim to focus on safety, health and wellbeing, education, and family and friend relationships. Support will be delivered through age appropriate resources. As the Lead Navigator, you will also provide support to mothers both one-to-one and in group work around parenting, attachment and other issues that will improve relationships with their children. Additionally the Lead Navigator will also facilitate group activities for all children, which will include free and structed play sessions, formal group work and arts and craft activities. The Lead Navigator will provide expert advice and support to their colleagues to enrich the service with specialist knowledge. As a lead, they will support other agencies such as liaising with ELSA and SEN Coordinators. They will work as part of a team in the given locality delivering specialist high quality, safe and effective domestic abuse support to those experiencing domestic abuse.  

The Portsmouth Service is staffed 9am-9pm Monday to Friday and 10am-6pm Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Staff will work evenings and weekends on a rota basis and provide on call services to deal with emergencies and refuge referrals.  

It is essential that the postholder has a driving licence and access to a car for work purposes as this role covers multiple sites in Portsmouth.

 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.