Location: Various London Boroughs – Barnet, Bexley, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, Westminster, Waltham Forest
Salary: £33,910 per annum
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week) – some flexibility considered
Contract: FTC 12 months
Interview Date: 20/03/25
Solace is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.
Our Peripatetic Team provides front-line support to Solace’s Advice, Community, and Accommodation-based Services across London. Crisis Intervention Workers enable our services to deliver a consistent high standard of service.
In all services, peri workers provide nonjudgmental, confidential, and trauma-informed support to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Typical tasks include risk assessment, safety planning, and working with survivors to develop individual support plans.
Peri workers have the opportunity to work in various roles across Solace’s services. Working across departments offers peri workers the ability to continually develop their knowledge, casework skills, advocacy skills, multi-agency working, and ability to manage and thrive in a changing environment.
The role will involve commuting to sites across London. Although hybrid working may be available in some projects, it is not possible for all. Travel is taken into consideration when confirming placements; however, you should be prepared for longer commutes.
As a Senior, you will need strong case management skills and the knowledge and confidence to advise others, as you will often be in roles that involve supporting other staff members in their risk management and career development. Your placements may involve partnership and process development.
You will line manage up to 3 peri workers in this role, so we are looking for someone ready to step into a leadership role, but training is available to develop these skills.
About You
The Peripatetic Team is dynamic – our colleagues bring a wide range of transferable skills and different experiences to the team that informs our practice and work with survivors.
The Peripatetic Team is looking for passionate advocates who understand the importance of working in a trauma-informed way with both survivors and colleagues, who are willing to continuously learn and develop their skills, and who understand intersectionality and the impacts violence against women and girls can have on women with intersecting identities. While prior experience of working with survivors of abuse is desirable, it is not a requirement. If you have transferable skills and a passion for supporting women and children, then we would love to hear from you.
You will be a great fit in the Peri Team if you embrace change, have a growth mindset, and are comfortable working independently. Although peri workers are dispersed across different services, the team offers regular opportunities to connect with fellow peri colleagues.
You will need great time management skills to balance your line management responsibilities as well as your case load.
To apply: Please send your CV and Supporting Statement outlining your interest in working for Solace via the recruitment portal below and explain how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description.
Solace Women’s Aid values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly from black minority and ethnic communities.
Solace is a Disability Confident employer. Please email us at hr.team@solacewomensaid.org if you require any additional support to apply for this role.
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1, Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
As part of safer recruitment, all successful candidates will be required to complete a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure.
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