Women’s Support Worker – Surrey

WOMEN’S SUPPORT WORKER – SURREY

Role: Women’s Support Worker

Location: Based at our Crawley Office – but the role involves travel across Surrey

Hours:21 hours per week

Salary: £20,220 – £21,840 (FTE)

Job Description:We are looking for someone with energy, motivation and dedication to support our service users. Taking a woman-centered approach, your role is to provide care coordination for women with complex needs who want support and/or to exit prostitution.

Having experience of working with vulnerable adults is desirable, as well as having a highly developed sense of self-awareness and the ability to work in a gender and trauma informed way. This is a part-time contract based at the [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Sussex/Surrey Office in Crawley.

Scope Of The Job:

• Care coordination of women with complex needs who want support or to exit street-based or off-street prostitution. This includes creating a support plan alongside each woman and regularly updating the plan as support progresses.
• Advocacy and referral to Multi-Agency Meetings, including the Surrey Abuse Services Discussion Group, Surrey Sexual Health Outreach Group, Domestic Violence Multi-Agency Partnerships, along with other support services across Surrey.
• Work alongside third-party organisations, such as drug and alcohol agencies and social services, to ensure a well-rounded approach is taken to the support given.
• Effectively monitoring service user work, preparing reports and ensuring funders’ targets are met.
• Being on the rota for the Surrey outreach shifts and police operations, to ensure smooth delivery of the service and continuity between the outreach and daytime support service.
• Work alongside the police to ensure the safety of women and participating in police welfare checks on properties with the aim of supporting and ensuring the safety of any women inside.
• Representing the organisation at specified events and networks locally.
• Participation in [Employer hidden] annual fundraising and awareness campaign.
• Contributing to the overall service user support strategy of [Employer hidden] in conjunction with the CEO and the Operations Manager.
• Preparing research and reports for partners, funders and other stakeholders as directed by and in conjunction with the Operations Manager and CEO.

Requirements:We are looking for someone with self-motivation who is highly organised and dedicated to support and empower women involved in prostitution. This is an exciting career opportunity for an experienced and dedicated individual to play an essential role in our charity. Therefore, we are looking for someone with similar values, who is excited by our aims and wants to be an integral part of our mission.

Contract: 12 –month contract (renewable subject to funding)

Pension: 3% Employer Contribution, 5% Employee Contribution

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 29th OCTOBER

Interview dates: NOVEMBER

APPLICANTS MAY BE INTERVIEWED AND APPOINTED BEFORE THE DEADLINE DATE IF AN APPROPRIATE CANDIDATE IS FOUND. APPLICATION SUBMISSION IS ENCOURAGED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREFORE.