Children, Young People & Families Development Worker (Domestic Abuse

Permanent, Part Time (20 hours per week)

Here at Stonewater, we are looking for a Children, Young People & Families Development Worker to deliver person-centred, age appropriate, strengths-based support to children and Young People who are affected by domestic violence and abuse and living in Stonewater Domestic Abuse refuge accommodation.

You will manage a caseload of children and Young People through their journey with Stonewater's Domestic Abuse service, ensuring a strengths-based approach that enables them to realise their potential. You will offer support, advocacy and information to all children and Young People and produce individual support plans for each child and young person that include actions identified and required from assessments, working closely alongside the team to offer awareness and co-delivery of support.

You will work with the management team to develop and implement our Children, Young People and Family Support Programme, and build a good working relationship with parents and develop effective partnership working to achieve best value and quality in delivery of the service.

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold a Level 3 qualification (ie NNEB, Health & Social Care) or equivalent.
• Have proven experience of working with Children and Young People.
• Have experience of organising and providing appropriate play and other activities.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the impact of domestic violence on children and Young People.
• Be able to work in a non-judgemental way, recognising different and individual needs children may have.
• Understand and be committed to compliance in Safeguarding and Child Protection.
• Be able to build and develop supportive relationships with women and their children, whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
• Have proven caseload management experience, with a clear focus on outcomes for customers and their wider community.
• Be able to demonstrate partnership working with specialist agencies such as mental health teams, offending services and other relevant services.
• Have exceptional communication skills.
• Be able to work under pressure and using your own initiative.
• Be able to work positively and creatively with support needs.
• Have experience of using a Housing Management System, or similar software.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Female applicants only under an exemption from the Equality Act 2010 - Section 9 - Part 1 (A) as a genuine occupational requirement

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 36,000 homes, serving 78,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market. Stonewater was one of the first social housing providers in the UK to adopt the Sustainability Reporting Standard (SRS), published by Good Economy. Using the Housing Association's Charitable Trust (HACT) Value Insight model, we calculated that we made an impact of over £28m during 2022/23. We know that life can be hugely challenging for many of our customers right now, and we are pleased to say that more than 400 customers have been supported into work, education, training and independent living.

We're looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people's lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.