Sanctuary Support Worker – LGBTQIA+ Job Leeds England UK,Social Work

Role Profile

Job Description

Job Title

Sanctuary Support Worker - LGBTQIA+ Specialist*

Salary

£28,171-£28,793* (Pro Rata based on 35 Hours)

Responsible to

Line Manager at Behind Closed Doors

Hours

21+Hours* (
* 21 hours available in Sanctuary Support project, potential to offer additional hours with similar role in another LDVS team to make this a 35hr post - salary range represents difference in salary between roles. Please contact for further information )

Contract

Fixed Term Contract until March 2028 (with the potential to extend subject to funding)

Essential Requirements

There is an essential requirement that the post holder has experience of LGBTQIA+ needs and the impact of discrimination. Candidates should demonstrate a thorough understanding of LGBTQIA+ people’s lives, including awareness of the issues that LGBTQIA+ survivors might face.

Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors (BCD) has been tackling domestic abuse for 25 years. They provide support to everyone in Leeds who is affected by domestic abuse including male victim survivors, and they act to prevent it.

BCD offer a benefit package that includes: flexible working policy, hybrid office/home working, 2-hours well-being time each month, pension scheme, access to Health Cash Plan, 28 days holiday, external supervision, values-led organisation and continued professional development.

Sanctuary Support Team (SST)

Leeds Domestic Violence Service (LDVS) is commissioned by Leeds City Council as part of the New Burdens Funding to provide a team of Domestic Violence & Abuse (DV&A) Practitioners who will deliver structured support to individuals and families living in properties where sanctuary installation through the LHO managed Sanctuary Scheme has been applied for. This Sanctuary Support Team (SST) includes workers from a range of organisations and means that people with protected characteristics are able to access more specialist support.

The team must consider the support needs of any children living in the property. Asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants, who are not eligible for sanctuary installations, will also be supported in this project. BCD will specialise in working with individuals that identify as part of LGBTQIA+ communities.

Purpose of Job

The Sanctuary Support Worker will be part of a team of workers located in different organisations with different specialisms. The workers will assess need and risk and provide appropriate support to victim-survivors that have been allocated through the team leader. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Physical Conditions

The Sanctuary Support Worker will be managed by the line manager at Behind Closed Doors and based within that host organisation. The post will be part of a team across a number of organisations and will be led by the Sanctuary Support Team Leader (SSTL) employed by Leeds Women’s Aid. Quality for the service will be managed by the SSTL.

Relationships

The Sanctuary Support Worker will be line managed by, and be responsible to, the Line Manager at BCD.

Main Duties

To assess support needs for individuals and families allocated by the Sanctuary Support Team Leader using risk and needs assessment procedures.

To structure support within a safety and support plan that will be driven by the service user as they identify their support needs.

To ensure Safeguarding standards are met and incidents logged and reported accurately.

To work closely with external agencies to develop support networks and meet the service user’s support needs where appropriate.

To review risk, needs and support planning on a regular basis.

To signpost service users to specialist agencies and solicitors to enable them to use the criminal and civil law to protect themselves and their children, as well as a…