Community Outreach Worker

We are recruiting for a Community Outreach Worker to join our team in Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Community Outreach Worker

Location: Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham
Salary: £28,104 per annum
Contract type: Full-Time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5

We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.

We are recruiting for Community Outreach Worker who will support the Outreach Team Leader in building sustainable referral pathways and joint working protocols with a range of partners working with survivors of domestic violence. You will provide capacity-building in the form of advice, advocacy, support, and briefings across the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge’s statutory agencies and community organisations around the needs of Eastern European domestic abuse survivors, to embed best practice across our communities.

Candidates must be proficient in the Romanian or Lithuanian language.

As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on call Rota.

This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Closing date: 9am on 30 March 2024

Interview date: 2, 3 & 5 April 2024

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.