Trauma-Informed Refuge Project Worker (Women & Families)

Belmont Recruitment; Colden Common; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmont Recruitment is recruiting a Female Domestic Abuse Refuge Project Worker in Winchester. The role provides trauma-informed support to survivors in refuge, with both refuge-based and resettlement duties, helping women and children rebuild lives safely.

Open to female applicants only under Equality Act 2010. Salary £25,750–£26,383. Full-time, on-site role in Winchester, Hampshire.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting vulnerable individuals under stress.
• Experience advocating on behalf of vulnerable people.
• Experience facilitating group work and structured support sessions.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection.
• Knowledge of housing, legal and benefits systems affecting survivors.
• Ability to manage a caseload independently.
• Excellent communication and crisis management skills.
• Strong organisational and record-keeping abilities.
• Commitment to anti-oppressive practice and equality.
• Clean driving licence and access to a vehicle (with business insurance).

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support, advocacy and safety planning to women living in refuge.
• Support women to understand their options around housing, legal remedies, benefits, health and finance.
• Deliver parenting and family support, promoting healthy mother/child relationships.
• Facilitate group work, drop-ins and structured support programmes.
• Support children and young people to access and maintain education.
• Assist with court, Jobcentre and local authority appointments (including occasional police-escorted property visits).
• Develop and review individual support and safety plans.
• Provide resettlement support to enable women to move on safely from refuge.
• Contribute to the smooth day-to-day running of the refuge.
• Ensure health & safety standards are maintained within the building.
• Support residents to maintain communal areas and prepare rooms for new arrivals.
• Assist with housing benefit applications, licence agreements and rent collection.
• Maintain accurate and confidential case records.
• Work closely with social care, housing, police, health, education and voluntary agencies.
• Participate in MARAC and other multi-agency forums where required.
• Advocate on behalf of clients to ensure coordinated safety planning.
• Promote awareness of domestic abuse and available support within the.

Skills

Experience supporting vulnerable

Experience advocating on behalf of

Experience facilitating group work

Safeguarding and child protection

Housing, legal and benefits knowledge

Caseload management

Communication and crisis management

Organisation and record-keeping

Anti-oppressive practice

Driving licence and vehicle access

Job description

Belmont Recruitment is recruiting a Female Domestic Abuse Refuge Project Worker in Winchester. The role provides trauma-informed support to survivors in refuge, with both refuge-based and resettlement duties, helping women and children rebuild lives safely.

Open to female applicants only under Equality Act 2010. Salary £25,750–£26,383. Full-time, on-site role in Winchester, Hampshire.