Domestic Abuse Navigator (Refuge)
Domestic Abuse Navigator (Refuge)
*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.
Stop Domestic Abuse is a trauma informed organisation, the work we do to support those effected 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
Location: Portsmouth
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday 9.00am to Friday 5.00pm
Contract: Permanent
Vacancy Reference: 826
Main purpose and scope of the job:
Delivering high quality, person-centred support to women and children fleeing to safe accommodation (Refuge) and continue this support for women who resettle in Portsmouth.
Identifying, responding to, and managing risks and needs (both practical and emotional), through client led co-produced safety and support plans.
Ensuring that children’s and vulnerable adults’ welfare is safeguarded in accordance with Stop Domestic Abuse’s Protection from Abuse Policy, the Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board and the Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board policies and procedures, including making appropriate onwards referrals when required.
Effectively managing voids, rent and service charge related responsibilities including, but not limited to; supporting with housing benefit applications, taking payments from clients, providing receipts, accurately recording charges and payments and progressing any issues to management.
Completing target hardening assessments for clients resettling in Portsmouth, issuing basic safety devices (when available), liaising with landlords to secure installation of larger security measures, advising clients of safety measures and making referrals to external agencies to complete larger security improvements as required.
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.
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.
