Role: Permanent, Part Time 30 hours excluding breaks

Location: working across Bognor and Chichester offices

Salary:  FTE of £28,230 - £29,370; Pro rata TBC                                                      

An exciting opportunity has arisen at My Sisters’ House Women’s Centre for a Keyworker in our Domestic Abuse Team. Applicants should be educated to A-level or equivalent or be able to demonstrate relevant experience.

Full Job Description can be found here.

How to apply: Please complete an online application form explaining why you’re the right fit, and send your CV to careers@mysistershouse.info

Closing Date: Vacancy to be kept open until the right candidate for the role has been identified.

‍What is a Keyworker for Domestic Abuse?

‍The successful applicant will manage a caseload of domestic abuse clients, ensuring appropriate and effective activity is undertaken, tailored to the client’s individual requirements including risk assessing, safety planning and extensive multi-agency working. You will support from crisis to recovery and will provide one-to-one support as well as delivering group work.

‍You will have a passion to see women’s lives transformed.

‍ Ideally, candidates should have:‍ ‍

• Educated to A-level or equivalent

• At least two years’ experience working with women who have experienced multiple disadvantages

• Have excellent spoken and written skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills; be kind, compassionate with good communication and presentation skills; enthusiastic, flexible, and resilient

• Ability to act with integrity and accountability

• Excellent organisational and problem-solving ability

• Strong professional boundaries

• Knowledge and understanding of the importance of multiagency working and GDPR, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and the promotion of equalities

• IT literate and confident with using technology including Microsoft 365

• Ability to prioritise a busy and dynamic workload and be self-motivated as well as work well in a team, a positive, can-do attitude is essential

The post is subject to enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Please note: This post is restricted to women under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, as a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR).

Due to the nature of our specialist services for women affected by domestic abuse, trauma and violence against women and girls, being a woman is a genuine occupational requirement for this role.

My Sisters' House is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and will make reasonable adjustments to support applicants and employees where required.

To apply for this role, please complete the online application form here and then  submit a covering letter and current CV to careers@mysistershouse.info. Please include in your cover letter why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate.  

Closing Date: Vacancy to be kept open until the right candidate for the role has been identified.

Full Job Description can be found here.