Survivor Voice and Activities Co-ordinator

Category: Refuge

Type: Full Time

Location: East Hampshire

Contract length: Permanent

*This post is open to female applicants as being female is deemed to be a genuince occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Stop Domestic Abuse is a trauma informed organisation, the work we do to support those affected by domestic abuse may be triggering for those with past trauma. Please only apply if you are living free from abuse. If you'd like to talk to us about this, please get in touch.

The Stop Domestic Abuse Survivor Voice and Activities Co-ordinator will be responsible for gathering and elevating survivor voices to ensure they are reflected in service planning and delivery and delivering play, activities and personal independence initiatives to women and children living in Refuges and other safe accommodation across multiple sites in Hampshire.

A key member of the Stop Domestic Abuse team within our Refuges; the post-holder will develop, deliver, and monitor a programme of activities, responsive to trauma, risk and need, providing women, children and young people with the opportunity to engage in a wide range of stimulating and meaningful play, activities and personal independence initiatives, such as budgeting, parenting support, community inclusion, healthy eating and bonding exercises.

Main purpose and scope of the job

• Lead on engagement with survivors to include their views and experiences in the improvement of services and service planning.
• To lead on service user consultation initiatives with survivors in the community and accommodation-based services. This will include face to face events, virtual consultations, surveys, focus groups and one to one interviews.
• To work collaboratively with individual women to identify both their own needs, and those of their children/young people.
• To facilitate the healing process for women, children, and young people, providing a safe, non-judgemental space for them to process their experiences.
• To support parents in identifying what is going well/areas they would like to improve within their parenting, developing co-produced plans to support these goals.
• To develop, implement, and regularly review, a programme of activities designed to promote healing, reduce harmful behaviours, and encourage positive play.
• To support with the day-to-day running of refuge accommodation, including housing management tasks and supporting refuge residents and their children.
• To participate in the on-call out of hours rota.

East Hampshire:
Reference Number: STOPDA955
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37 (Working within Monday - Thursday: 9:30am - 5:30pm & Friday: 9:30am - 5pm)

We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Appointment will be on merit alone.

We will recruit the first suitable applicants, so apply early as we may close applications earlier.

An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.

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