Community VAWG Navigator — Survivor Support & Outreach

Belmont Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Camden Council is seeking a Specialist Navigator for a part-time position (21 hours per week) to deliver wraparound support to survivors of gender-based violence in the community. The role combines outreaching in the community, remote work, and office days at a London-based location (N1C 4AG).

You will manage a small caseload, coordinate multi-agency support, and contribute to advocacy on systems changes affecting survivors with multiple disadvantages.

Qualifications

• Experience of frontline support to people experiencing gender-based violence and/or multiple disadvantages.
• Experience of outreach work to make services accessible to vulnerable people; Experience of safety and support planning and risk assessment and providing crisis-intervention support.
• An understanding of the impact of VAWG on survivors and children.

Responsibilities

• Hold a small and intensive caseload and provide wraparound support to survivors experiencing multiple disadvantages to make specialist VAWG support accessible in the community to survivors who would usually struggle to access services.
• Areas of support provided includes: domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence intervention, safety planning and risk reduction; crisis and non-crisis interventions; harm minimisation around VAWG and multiple disadvantages; housing issues including homelessness, tenancy sustainment; benefits support, becoming financially independent and budgeting; building self-esteem and confidence to break cycles of abuse; Accessing work, education and training.
• Supporting survivors at court and working with prisons and probation for effective joint working;
• Supporting survivors with their personal goals; Reducing isolation
• Case coordination including building up networks of support around survivors
• There is scope within the role to support with the teams' advocacy around systems change and building awareness around issues faced by survivors of abuse experiencing multiple disadvantages

Skills

Outreach work

Crisis intervention

Risk assessment

Job description

Camden Council is seeking a Specialist Navigator for a part-time position (21 hours per week) to deliver wraparound support to survivors of gender-based violence in the community. The role combines outreaching in the community, remote work, and office days at a London-based location (N1C 4AG).

You will manage a small caseload, coordinate multi-agency support, and contribute to advocacy on systems changes affecting survivors with multiple disadvantages.