Outreach Worker
Location: Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland
Working Hours: 2933 hours per week (flexibility required)
Salary: £13.38 per hour
Company Overview
Our client is a domestic and sexual abuse charity based in Loughborough, Leicestershire. They provide support to men, women and children affected by domestic abuse and/or sexual violence across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
The Role
1. To work as part of the Lotus Service Team to provide an outreach support and information service to survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence
2. To provide information, advice and options to enable service users to make informed decisions, including:
3. safety planning
4. legal rights and remedies and referrals to appropriate legal professionals
5. welfare benefits
6. housing options and tenancy issues
7. education and leisure opportunities
8. To offer practical and emotional support by:
9. completing necessary documentation with service users
10. acting as an advocate in relation to benefits, maintenance payments, housing and legal matters
11. supporting access to refuge and court attendance
12. supporting resettlement, including those leaving refuge accommodation
13. addressing tenancy and housing issues and supporting housing solution...