We want kind and empathic people to work at West Cornwall Women’s Aid, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.
WCWAid is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We believe our staff should represent the communities and individuals we work with. We highly value lived experience and are committed to being an inclusive employer. We positively welcome applications from women from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
Resettlement Worker (Part time)
Responsible to: Refuge Manager
Hours of work: 12 per week, days of work to be discussed
Salary: £7,831 - £8,699 per annum (FTE £24,272 - £27,184 per annum)
Closing date for applications: Monday 3rd February 2025
This is an opportunity to join West Cornwall Women’s Aid (WCWAid) as a Resettlement Worker, providing personal welfare support to women leaving our Refuge service, having experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual violence, in a trauma-informed environment in accordance with WCWAid’s philosophical principles.
Key responsibilities:
- Plan and deliver groupwork to women engaging with our Refuge and Resettlement services, including Peer Support and Wellness groups
- Provide high quality support and safety planning to women in crisis, including use of DASH risk assessment
- Deliver support through a trauma-informed, person-centred lens
- Champion co-production, by ensuring that the views and experiences of women and are sought actively, recorded carefully, and inform the development of the service
- Work in collaboration with our Children & Young People’s Workers to provide a whole family response
- Work in collaboration with external agencies to cofacilitate workshops and programmes
- Work with other services within WCWAid to deliver holistic support to women
- Promote and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of self and others in line with our Safeguarding Adult and Children Policies, Health & Safety Policy, together with any other requirements aimed at keeping people safe from harm in their interaction with WCWAid
- Ensure that the confidentiality and security of information is maintained in accordance with our Confidentiality, Data Protection and IT policies
- Keep up to date with relevant legislation, information and resources, including undertaking relevant training
- Demonstrating an understanding of and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of the role
- Attendance at organisational meetings and supervision as appropriate
- Adhere to WCWAid policies and procedures at all times
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Five weeks annual leave (pro rata) per annum, plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service to six weeks
- Recognition day on birthday
- Sick pay leave increasing with length of service
- Staff well-being activities
- Clinical supervision for all support staff
- Access to additional one-to-one external supervision if needed
- Access to employee helpline
- Time off for family emergencies and public duties
- Compassionate leave
- Parental leave
- A qualifying salary sacrifice pension scheme which includes a 3% employer contribution
- Eye test scheme
- Opportunity for career progression and continued learning and development through in-house and external training
How to apply:
After carefully reviewing the full job description and person specification (available to download below), you can apply by submitting a completed application form (available to download below) to:
Email; recruitment@wcwaid.co.uk
Post: PO Box 94, Penzance, TR18 2XP
You can also send your CV, but please know that we will only consider it if it's accompanied by a covering letter explaining why you would like the role and how you meet the criteria.
