Refuge Playworker — Trauma‑Informed Support for Children

Stop Domestic Abuse; Eastleigh; Remote; GBP 9,000 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Stop Domestic Abuse in Eastleigh is seeking a part-time Children and Young People Support Worker to plan and deliver age-appropriate play activities in refuges and provide crèche support for group work.

You will assist the supervising team in developing individual support plans for women and children, help mothers address their children’s needs, and support trauma recovery while promoting mother–child relationships. DBS disclosure is required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children and families in refuges.
• DBS disclosure is required.

Responsibilities

• Planning and delivering age-appropriate structured and free play activities to children and young people living in refuges.
• Delivering crèche support for group work delivered in the refuges and the community.
• Supporting the Support Worker – Children and Young People Specialists/Refuge Specialists in creating the individual support plans with the women and children living in the refuge and supporting and empowering them to achieve their goals.
• Working in partnership with individual mothers in the refuge regarding particular needs of their children.
• Helping children begin the healing process of working through their traumatic experiences of domestic abuse and change.
• Providing support to women in promoting the mother/child relationship.

Job description

Stop Domestic Abuse in Eastleigh is seeking a part-time Children and Young People Support Worker to plan and deliver age-appropriate play activities in refuges and provide crèche support for group work.

You will assist the supervising team in developing individual support plans for women and children, help mothers address their children’s needs, and support trauma recovery while promoting mother–child relationships. DBS disclosure is required.