StreetlightUK is a frontline specialist support service, specifically focused on providing women with tangible and material pathways out of lifestyle of prostitution and violence and have developed its specialism and understanding of women involved in prostitution across London, Surrey and Sussex since 2012.

Would you like to join a close-knit, dedicated and passionate team of women working together to end sexual violence and exploitation?

NOW HIRING

Women’s Support Worker – East Kent

ROLE: Women’s Support Worker (East Kent Area)

LOCATION:  London Bridge Office, with some remote working from home and across East Kent.

HOURS: 35 hours per week, including a 2-hour weekly night outreach (9.30-11.30 p.m).

SALARY RANGE:  £25,480.00-£27,300.00 per annum (FTE)

DEADLINE DATE: It will be closed for the right applicant. Interviews will be held ASAP.

SCOPE OF THE JOB:

Care coordination of women with complex needs who want support or to exit street-based or off-street prostitution.

Advocacy and referral to Multi-Agency Meetings, which can include the PEAG Forum, VAWAG Forum, along with other multi-agency meetings and support services across East Kent.

Effectively monitor service user activities, prepare reports, and ensure funders’ targets are met.

Delivering daytime support, providing follow-up to service users, and managing a personal caseload of service users.

Supporting our East Police partners on live operations across Kent, ensuring the safety of women and participating in police welfare checks on properties to support and ensure the safety of any women who may be trafficked, coerced, or controlled.

Representing the organisation at specified events and networks locally.

Supporting the preparation of research and reports for partners, funders, and other stakeholders.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with a flexible, woman-centred, trauma-informed, and strengths-based approach. Recognise the woman as an expert on her own experience.
• Support women to build their confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to develop strategies to put control, direction, and purpose into their lives within a supported environment.
• Complete assessments with women to ensure that structured support and care plans are in place and are regularly reviewed, with clear goals and objectives that are client-led and agreed with women.
• To provide intensive personalised support with a bespoke, holistic and integrated service to women encompassing a range of risk, health, social and relationship needs.
• Support women involved in prostitution to overcome the barriers they face in exiting, e.g., mental health, housing, problematic substance use, homelessness, poverty, domestic abuse, sexual violence, and the criminal justice system; and to make positive steps forward with their lives.
• Commit to taking a multi-agency and team approach to women’s support. Identify and develop strong working partnerships and links across East Kent’s voluntary and statutory services to improve options for service users.
• Enable women to access other support services by building good working links and ensure women are getting the right support.
• Take into account the spiritual, religious and cultural needs of women.
• Use a range of StreetlightUK’s qualitative and quantitative tools and systems to monitor women’s journey of progress.
• Complete all back office administrative tasks in relation to the role in a timely and accurate manner on StreetlightUK’s systems.
• Conduct online outreach sessions, as directed by line Managers, to contact women and introduce them to StreetlightUK.

GENUINE OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (GOR)    

• Due to this role’s history, context and nature, this post is restricted to female applicants under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

CONTRACT: 12 Months