Advice and Wellbeing HUB Worker
- Employer
- Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Salary
- 25419
- Closing date
- 15 Jul 2022
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- Sector
- Charities / Voluntary
- Job Type
- Social care
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Annualised Hours
- Hours
- Full-Time
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Post: Advice and Wellbeing HUB Worker
Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work will be expected) Salary: £25,419 Job Purpose: Responsible To: Wellbeing Hub Manager Duties and Responsibilities
Development & Support work:
- To provide emotional and practical support to women accessing the wellbeing hub, including risk and needs assessment and safety and support planning
- To participate in a rota of helpline cover and model and promote good practice in taking helpline calls
- To support volunteers and students in delivering support services
- To participate in a rota to cover at the hub and across community venues as necessary
- To facilitate access for women to statutory, community and other BSWA services
- To comply with the recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures of the project
- To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within the staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights. To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
- To keep abreast of issues regarding violence against women on a national and local level
- To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager To work alongside colleagues to organise in-house training and information sessions on a range of issues for service users To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services
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To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users
To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
To produce monthly reports for your line manager
Communication:
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To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:
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To attend training and conferences relevant to the post, in agreement with your line manager
To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
To be involved in the Annual Review process
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To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
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To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times
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To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
To adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, and Adult Safeguarding procedures throughout.
- To participate in the development and annual appraisal of a personal individual development plan with the line manager To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post
If you are interested please download a recruitment pack from https://bswaid.org/jobs/ and return completed forms to: Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid, Central Administration, Ryland House, 44-48 Bristol Street, Birmingham, B5 7AA or email to recruitment@bswaid.org. Large print documents are available on request.
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