Trauma-Informed Refuge Support Worker (Women & Children)

Premier; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmont Recruitment is seeking a Female Domestic Abuse Refuge Project Worker to join a specialist service in Winchester. This permanent role supports women and their children living in refuge accommodation, delivering practical, emotional and advocacy support in a trauma-informed environment.

You will contribute to safety planning, housing and legal options, and resettlement activities, helping survivors move into long-term accommodation.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support, advocacy and safety planning to women living in refuge.
• Support women to understand 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.

Skills

Vulnerable people support

Advocacy

Group work facilitation

Safeguarding knowledge

Housing/legal/benefits knowledge

Caseload management

Communication skills

Crisis management

Equality and anti-oppression

Driving licence

Job description

Belmont Recruitment is seeking a Female Domestic Abuse Refuge Project Worker to join a specialist service in Winchester. This permanent role supports women and their children living in refuge accommodation, delivering practical, emotional and advocacy support in a trauma-informed environment.

You will contribute to safety planning, housing and legal options, and resettlement activities, helping survivors move into long-term accommodation.