Domestic Abuse Keyworker
Accountable to: Service Manager – Domestic Abuse & First Response
Role: Permanent, Part Time 22.5 hours excluding breaks
Location: working across Bognor and Chichester offices
Salary: FTE £28,230 - £29,370 - Pro Rata of £16,638 - £17,622
An exciting opportunity has arisen at My Sisters’ House Women’s Centre for a Keyworker in our Domestic Abuse Team. Applicants should be educated to A-level or equivalent or be able to demonstrate relevant experience.
How to apply: Please complete an online application form on our website www.mysistershouse.info and send your cover letter and CV to [email protected] .
Female Applicants only – genuine occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010.
What is a Keyworker for Domestic Abuse?
The successful applicant will manage a caseload of domestic abuse clients, ensuring appropriate and effective activity is undertaken, tailored to the client’s individual requirements including risk assessing, safety planning and extensive multi-agency working. You will support from crisis to recovery and will provide one-to-one support as well as delivering group work.
You will have a passion to see women’s lives transformed.
Ideally, candidates should have:
- Educated to A-level or equivalent
- At least two years’ experience working with women who have experienced multiple disadvantages
- Have excellent spoken and written skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills; be kind, compassionate with good communication and presentation skills; enthusiastic, flexible, and resilient
- Ability to act with integrity and accountability
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving ability
- Strong professional boundaries
- Knowledge and understanding of the importance of multiagency working and GDPR, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and the promotion of equalities
- IT literate and confident with using technology including Microsoft 365
- Ability to prioritise a busy and dynamic workload and be self-motivated as well as work well in a team, a positive, can-do attitude is essential
The post is subject to enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Owing to the gender specific nature of My Sisters’ House service provision, being female is a genuine occupational requirement under Paragraph 27, Schedule 3 of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to being a neuro-inclusive organisation, dedicated to equality for all and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments required.
To apply for this role, please fill in the form online and then submit a covering letter and current CV to [email protected]. Please include in your cover letter why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £28,230.00-£29,370.00 per year
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bognor Regis, West Sussex: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work Location: In person
