Modern Slavery Case Worker - Swindon

The Medaille Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity supporting survivors of modern slavery is seeking a dedicated support worker based in Swindon. The role involves providing practical and emotional assistance to clients in a safe house setting, empowering them to live independently. Applicants should have strong knowledge of health and safety, excellent communication skills, and experience working with vulnerable adults. Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and on-call is required, along with a valid driver's license. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable adults in community settings.
• Ability to work flexibly including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
• Essential to have a valid driving license and insured vehicle for business use.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality practical and emotional support to residents.
• Assist clients in gaining practical skills for independent living.
• Support case workers with managing clients' case loads.

Skills

Knowledge of Health & Safety

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Job description

BASED IN SWINDON

NO CVS ACCEPTED and STRICTLY NO AGENCIES/RECRUITMENT CONSULTANTS.

This role requires the submission of a completed Medaille Trust Application Form which you can download from the Vacancies page on Medaille Trust website. This is to be uploaded to the 'Other Document Upload' button. Your application will not be considered without an application form as we do not accept CVS.

Interview date will be confirmed with the applicant.

In the role you will:

• Provide high quality practical and emotional support to the residents within a risk assessed safe house setting.
• Assist clients with increasing practical skills and self-confidence to empower and enable independent and safe living.
• Support the Modern Slavery Case Worker Assistants with managing client’s case load which will involve all aspects of support and case work.

What we are looking for:

• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety, safeguarding, and quality frameworks.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and IT skills.
• Experience of working with vulnerable adults, the ability to work within a residential or community setting with no-UK residents.

This service is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week which means you must be willing to work flexibly, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays. You will also be required to be part of an on call rota and able to get to and from the project via public transport or your own car if it is necessary to attend the project whilst on call.

Interested?

For full details and how to apply please visit https://www.Medaille-trust.org.uk/vacancies

If you have any queries, please contact HR on [e-mail]

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to interview/ appoint before the closing date. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.

This role is subject to satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

The ability to drive with a valid licence with use of own vehicle insured for business purposes is essential.

Medaille Trust is one of the leading providers of support to survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK. We are working to provide refuge and freedom for survivors and fighting to see slavery in all its forms become a thing of the past. The need for this work has never been higher, there are more than 50 million estimated victims of modern slavery worldwide, and over 120,000 potential victims in the UK.

We operate ten safe houses and five outreach hubs, staffed round the clock by specialist staff, working with more than 600 men, women and dependent children each year. We work to raise awareness in the UK and to provide preventive work in source countries. Our Pursue work helps survivors to engage with police and within the legal system to seek justice and to secure convictions against their perpetrators.