Job Summary
Are you a collaborative, compassionate and highly organised individual with a proven record as a caseworker delivering gender-specific and trauma-responsive interventions? If so, join St Giles Trust as a Rural Area Women’s Wellbeing Coach, where you will deliver vital holistic and trauma-informed women’s services to females with multiple complex needs.
We are looking for female applicants only for this role as it is an all-women’s service. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this key role
You will be required to drive a transit-size vehicle which will provide a base for a multi-agency team to provide support within rural areas. Using the vehicle and its facilities as a safe place to meet with women, you will work alongside other professionals to offer person-centred support to a caseload of service users who will be female adults aged 18 years and above, focusing on holistically addressing a range of issues faced.
We will count on you to complete trauma-informed assessments, develop action plans and create a safe and trusting environment, using trauma-informed practice to successfully facilitate a supportive and constructive relationship with service users. You will also develop and maintain positive working relationships with external agencies including Councils, Police and Fire services. Providing support and supervision to volunteer Peer Advisors is also a key aspect of this role.
What we are looking for
1. Experience of working with women and supporting them to achieve positive outcomes
2. Experience of engaging successfully with people who have complex needs, are/have been victims of abuse or exploitation or reluctant to discuss their needs
3. Experience in delivery of one-to-one and group coaching solutions
4. To have relevant qualification(s) to a good standard or be working towards one (inc. A level standard or above in any aspect of social care, advice work, youth work, etc).
5. Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of managing a caseload
6. Ability to assess clients’ needs and provide tailored, person-led support through action planning, and interventions involving advice, guidance, advocacy and coaching
7. Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written.
A full clean Driving Licence Is essential for this role, along with the ability and confidence to drive automatic and manual Ford Transit size vehicles.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.