Children and Teen Support Workers

Children and Teen Support Workers

Location: City

Hours per week: 2 x 30hr posts and 1 x 27.5hr post – worked over a minimum of 4 days
Salary: NJC Scale point 20 £25,991 pro rata
Contract: Fixed term contract until 31st March 2022
Closing date: Wednesday 23rd June at 5pm
Interviews: TBC

Here at Juno Women’s Aid, what we do is really important. We save lives. In the UK 1 in 3 women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime and in Nottingham we’re here to support those women and children experiencing or escaping it.

We’re the sixth largest accredited domestic abuse charity in England. We’ve been around for almost 40 years and in that time we’ve built up a real depth of knowledge. We currently have 85 employees and an annual turnover in the region of £2m.

Juno Women’s Aid is an ambitious and resourceful charity, passionate about helping women and their children move forward to live their lives free from abuse. In a year, we answer around 10,000 calls on our helpline, support over 6,000 women and 260 children.

The role

Working as part of a specialist dynamic team as a Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) young people’s support worker, you will work pro-actively with children and teens, who have experienced DVA offering risk assessed, strength based, and needs led support. You will deliver both group work and one to one support with children and young people, ensuring an age appropriate response and liaising closely with the mother/carer/non- abusive parent and with schools and other appropriate agencies, to meet a range of needs.

It is an occupational requirement that applications are open to women only, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010.

Juno Women’s Aid is committed to equality and diversity and encourages applicants from BME, lesbian or bisexual backgrounds.

In our annual staff survey, 95% of our employees would recommend Juno Women’s Aid as an employer, 98% stated that they feel proud to work for Juno women’s Aid while 100% consider that Juno Women’s Aid is an inclusive organisation that values diversity.

Download our application pack by clicking the 'Apply' button.

Any questions or queries please email: vacancy@junowomensaid.org.uk

Unfortunately we do not accept CVs.