Specialist Navigator

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

I am currently representing Camden Council who are offering an initial temporary contract for a period of 3-6 months with a view to be extended or offered a permanent position for the right candidate at a rate which is negotiable dependent upon experience.

We are looking for a Specialist Navigator this role will be based at: Part time working 21 hours per week - N1C 4AG - 3 days per week, a mixture of outreaching in the community to service-users, remote and office.

The right candidate will

The VAWG Navigator team is based in the community and will work at an individual survivor's pace delivering high-quality interventions along the continuum of need that enables greater safety in their accommodation or alleviates homelessness, improves access to other support and enables recovery.

• 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 (but is not limited to): 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

We require the following

• Experience of providing frontline support to people experiencing gender-based violence and/or multiple disadvantages (such as mental/physical health, substance misuse, homelessness)
• 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