Trauma-Informed Women’s Support Advocate

Your Place; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Your Place in London delivers trauma-informed, gender-informed support to women with complex needs. You will manage a focused caseload, develop safety plans and advocate across services to promote safety, stability and wellbeing.

The role requires flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, to meet residents’ needs. You will work within a values-led team, ensuring women’s voices guide engagement, risk assessment and decision making, while maintaining professional boundaries and safeguarding

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting women with complex needs and homelessness.
• Qualification in women’s support, safeguarding or mental health.
• Ability to build trust with hard-to-engage individuals.
• Experience holding a caseload and creating risk/safety plans.
• Understanding safeguarding, data protection and multi‑agency working.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, consistent and high-quality support to women in the Complex Needs service.
• Hold and manage a caseload; ensure clear, current, outcome-focused plans.
• Lead on casework, advocacy, planning and reviews with documented actions.
• Build trusting, persistent relationships with women who may disengage.
• Use trauma-informed and gender-informed approaches to assess needs and plan support.
• Coordinate multi-agency support across health, housing, police and services.
• Lead MDT meetings and ensure actions are followed up to reduce risk.

Skills

Trauma-informed

Gender-informed

Caseload management

Advocacy

Education

Trauma-informed practice training

Tools

Case management systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Your Place in London delivers trauma-informed, gender-informed support to women with complex needs. You will manage a focused caseload, develop safety plans and advocate across services to promote safety, stability and wellbeing.

The role requires flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, to meet residents’ needs. You will work within a values-led team, ensuring women’s voices guide engagement, risk assessment and decision making, while maintaining professional boundaries and safeguarding