DA Refuge Practitioner Leicestershire & Loughborough
11 hours ago
Coventry
DA Refuge Practitioner Loughborough (Leicestershire - covering Loughborough) Part-time - 18.5 hours per week Shift Pattern: Monday-Wednesday or Wednesday-Friday Permanent Salary: £12,602 per annum About the Role We are looking for a compassionate and dedicated Domestic Abuse (DA) Refuge Practitioner to join a specialist women's refuge service supporting BAME women and their children. This is a rewarding frontline role where you will provide safe accommodation, emotional support, and advocacy to individuals experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based violence, and other forms of harm. You will play a vital role in helping women rebuild their safety, independence, and wellbeing, while working within a supportive, culturally responsive team environment. What You'll Be Doing Refuge Support & Casework • Manage referrals, admissions, and risk/needs assessments, • Provide 1:1 emotional and practical support, including safety planning, • Support women to access housing, benefits, legal advice, health, and education services, • Deliver culturally appropriate support to BAME women, • Understand and respond to issues such as patriarchy, racism, and community pressures, • Provide interpretation/translation where needed, • Develop and review personalised support plans, • Monitor progress and outcomes, • Help maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming refuge environment, • Facilitate house meetings, activities, and community engagement, • Safeguard children and vulnerable adults, • Work with agencies such as Social Care, MARAC, Police, and Early Help, • Participate in out-of-hours rota (including evenings/nights), • Maintain accurate case notes, risk assessments, and records, • Experience supporting BAME women affected by domestic abuse / HBV / forced marriage, • Minimum 2-3 years' experience in a support, safeguarding, or social care setting, • Ability to speak at least one BAME language (e.g. Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Somali, etc.), • Strong communication, advocacy, and interpersonal skills, • Ability to manage complex cases and work under pressure, • Good IT and organisational skills, • Flexible approach (including on-call work), • Commitment to equality, diversity, and anti-discriminatory practice, • Empathy, resilience, and a non-judgemental approach, • First Aid qualification, • Experience in the voluntary sector, • Knowledge of BAME cultural needs in domestic abuse contexts, • Experience supporting complex needs (mental health, substance misuse, NRPF), • Make a real difference in the lives of women and children, • Be part of a supportive, values-driven team, • Work in a role that is meaningful, impactful, and rewarding JBRP1_UKTJ