Female* Community Outreach Worker

Location: Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female
* Community Outreach Worker to join our team based across Bristol
. You will join us on a part-time, Permanent Contract working 15
hours
per week (over 2 or 3 days), including participation in an out of hours telephone on-call rota and some evening and Saturday working. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of Point 12 £ 28,598 per annum pro rata plus benefits
.

Established in 1999, Next Link is the leading provider of domestic abuse services to women and children in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. At Next Link we are committed to providing holistic, empowering and personalised support and advocacy to women and children experiencing domestic abuse. With a focus on survivor’s safety and recovery; we believe the provision of flexible support tailored to survivor’s needs can be transforming, helping to maximise independence and self-determination so survivors can make informed choices.

• Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
• 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
• Excellent development and training opportunities
• Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Health and Wellbeing programme

As our Community Outreach Worker, you will work within an integrated team within Next Link Domestic abuse services. Providing a co-ordinated package of emotional and practical support, advice and advocacy to survivors of domestic violence and their children, who are living in the community and experiencing domestic abuse. The role involves empowering survivors to increase their options, make positive choices/decisions, increase their confidence, safety and recovery.

• Provide outreach, resettlement and tenancy sustainment support enabling women in the community to safely maintain their current accommodation, access alternative housing, welfare benefits, legal advice and support services
• Maintain an effective support service with the aim of enabling the survivor and her children to develop the skills and resources necessary to move on and maintain independence and self-reliance
• To provide short term support to clients around safety planning and ensuring they are aware of their options in relation to their current circumstances.
• Maintain knowledge of local services, encourage engagement and reduce the families’ isolation
• Recognise, respect and address the needs of service-users who face particular barriers when seeking help to access the service
• Maintain an up to date working knowledge of housing legislation, housing and welfare legislation and the welfare benefit system
• Promote the service through building positive relationships with current, potential referrers and service users to ensure a steady flow of appropriate referrals
• Where relevant, refer children and young people needing additional specialist support to the Family Workers
• Actively participate in regular one-to-one supervision, reflective practice groups, and annual appraisals

• An understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on women and children
• Experience of carrying out needs and risk assessments, co-producing risk management and safety plans with women and children experiencing domestic abuse
• Experience providing support to individuals to sustain/ manage their tenancies and avoid tenancy breakdown
• An understanding of cultural diversity and domestic abuse
• The ability to provide respectful, non-judgemental, and confidential support to women and their children
• Numeracy and literacy to GCSE level/NVQ 2 or equivalent
• A full driving licence and access to transport