We are looking for a Safe House Support Worker to join us and work within a dynamic, fast paced team, providing high quality safe house accommodation and support to women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, with a victim centred approach, focussing on safety and recovery.

This post will work within an integrated team within Next Link Domestic abuse services.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Safe House Support Worker:

 Provide high quality accommodation and housing related support to women and children who have experienced domestic abuse
 Provide individual and group work support to women and their children who are living in the Safe Houses
 Ensure that service users are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment to supporting them to stabilise, gain independence skills, sustain their tenancies, and access appropriate move-on accommodation
 Work within a recovery and psychologically informed approach, supporting women to maximise their safety, independence and wellbeing
 Liaise effectively and collaboratively with all appropriate agencies and community groups
 Take part in the assessment of women / families referred to the service; including gathering additional information from supporting agencies
 Carry out needs assessments which effectively establish the support needs of families and enable support to be offered as quickly as possible
 Advise women on personal safety and safety procedures regarding the safe house
 Be responsible for the safe houses, ensuring a supportive, homely and safe environment is maintained and a daily staff presence

This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.