Location
Barking & Dagenham, London
Service/location/team
Barking and Dagenham
Salary
£28104
Role Overview
Job Title: Support to Safety Duty Worker
Location: Barking and Dagenham
Salary: £28,104 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Responsibilities
The duty workers will work closely with Refuge’s commissioned service in Barking and Dagenham and management team. The duty worker will be calling survivors, assessing their risks and needs; the duty worker will action immediate safety actions or needs and then the survivor will be handed over to the community hub teams to provide ongoing support. Refuge’s management team will manage the duty teams, taking overall responsibility for monitoring, reporting, and meeting outcomes across the duty team.
The duty workers posts are new and exciting roles in Refuge, with opportunities for everyone in the new service to work across the partnership (and therefore the sector) as well as with the referring agencies.
It is an important aspect of this job that the post holder has experience of working collaboratively with a range of other agencies and strong administration skills.
Essential Skills or Experience
please see the job application pack for more details
Desirable Skills or Experience
It is an important aspect of this job that the post holder has experience of working collaboratively with a range of other agencies.Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services, and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edgesystems for supervision, quality management and development. For more information on our work, please visit www.refuge.org.uk.
Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
Other information
Closing Date: 09.00 am Monday 3rd July 2023
Virtual Interview Date: 7th July 2023
An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.
Refuge is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. However, this post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.