At Hestia, we are guided by our core values and are dedicated to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation. Right now, we are looking for a Specialist Intervention Worker to play a pivotal role in our Domestic Abuse Services across London
This role provides specialist interventions to women living in refuge with multiple needs who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual violence. Holding a caseload across a number of refuges providing emotional and practical support and advocacy to the women accessing the refuge.
Within the role you will be responsible for working alongside the refuge team as well as a wider support network. With a sound understanding and experience of working within the domestic abuse sector and with those with multiple needs you will be providing support and recovery planning to ensure women are linked into wider support network including and not limited to housing, drug and alcohol service, mental health treatment and social services.
Provide a welcoming, supportive and safe environment for women immediately fleeing domestic abuse.
Promote a trauma informed, empowering, anti-racist and intersectional feminist culture ensuring that women with multiple support needs are at the forefront of service delivery.
Understand and comply with Children and Adult safeguarding legislation
Case coordinate across multiple refuge sites a caseload of women with multiple support needs.
Provide domestic abuse support and risk management including DASH, referral and attendance at MARAC.
Provide domestic abuse support and risk management including DASH, referral and attendance at MARAC.
Provide high quality assessments in line with ‘The Hestia Approach', a psychologically informed framework that is trauma informed and puts recovery first, focusing on the individuals' strengths alongside their care and support needs.
Work with women in co-producing a ‘Safety Plan' and ‘Strengths and Aspirations Plan', with a focus on the individuals' strengths to meet their chosen goals.
Support women to access therapeutic support to facilitate their recovery.
Ensure that women have access to emergency supplies including basics of clothing and toiletries and apply for all appropriate grants.
Support women to maximise their income.
Recognising and manage challenging behaviours with a resilient approach ensuring it is swiftly and safely deescalated and support the wider refuge staff team to gain the skills and confidence in managing these behaviours.
Work alongside refuge staff, providing additional support and upskilling on working with women with multiple support needs
Develop strong links with a range of agencies including drug and alcohol services, mental health teams, DWP, police, local authority housing teams, social services and voluntary agencies in order to both safeguard and promote the welfare and/or opportunities of our service users.
Hold relationships with local mental health and drug and alcohol services and ensuring that regular multi-discplenary case conferences are held and chairing where needed.
Support women to access these appointments attending with them where appropriate.
Lead on an activities programme across a number of Refuges focused on fun and joy to support with Women's wellbeing and supporting Hestia's goals of bringing Hope and Purpose.
Facilitate regular community meetings bringing all the staff and women together including, house meetings, domestic abuse safety event and the ‘Be You' empowerment programme.
Support women to access community services attending with them where appropriate.
Provide high quality assessments in line with ‘The Hestia Approach', a psychologically informed framework that is trauma informed and puts recovery first, focusing on the individuals' strengths alongside their care and support needs.
Work with women in co-producing a ‘Safety Plan' and ‘Strengths and Aspirations Plan', with a focus on the individuals' strengths to meet their chosen goals.
Support women to access therapeutic support to facilitate their recovery.
Ensure that women have access to emergency supplies including basics of clothing and toiletries and apply for all appropriate grants.
Support women to maximise their income.Recognising and manage challenging behaviours with a resilient approach ensuring it is swiftly and safely deescalated and support the wider refuge staff team to gain the skills and confidence in managing these behaviours.
Work alongside refuge staff, providing additional support and upskilling on working with women with multiple support needs.
Have a sound understanding of current housing legislation, welfare benefits and entitlements.
Ensuring that the housing rights and responsibilities are clearly explained from the beginning of the stay in refuge.
Understanding the importance of confidentially and complying with organisational policies around GDPR and data protection.
Willingness to actively engage in undertaking relevant personal development and training.
Experience of delivering high quality support to people with a range of needs and risks.
Experience of identifying and managing risk for victim/survivors of domestic abuse.
Good knowledge of welfare benefits, housing options and legislation related to statutory duty including the rights for survivors of domestic abuse in regard to housing in line with the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
An ability to undertake person centered key working, support planning and risk assessments to maximise service users' independence.
An understanding of needs of women from diverse communities and the barriers to accessing support.
Ability to travel across London and further afield when needed.
We have a team of dedicated recruitment specialists who will speak to you about your experience, motivations and values. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the skills, abilities, talent and experiences, different people and communities bring to our organisation.
We are a disability confident employer
Hestia is proud to be a disability confident employer, dedicated to the employment and career development of individuals with disabilities. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role they have applied for. Hestia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people who are potentially at risk, and we therefore expect all staff and volunteers to do the same. We require all staff to undertake internal and external safeguarding training throughout their employment with Hestia.