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An opportunity has arisen with Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability’s Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance (TARA) service for a Crisis Response Worker to join our team on a fixed-term basis.
This role is based on funding received from the Scottish Government and is initially offered until 31 March 2024. The Scottish Government have confirmed they are presently minded to continue this funding for the financial year 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025, though confirmation of this will not be finalised until the Justice department budget is confirmed towards the end of the current financial year.
Position Details
TARA provide a support service for trafficking survivors, to help identify and support women who may have been trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. It is our belief that trafficking is fuelled by the demand from the commercial sex industry and that commercial sexual exploitation is a form of violence against women that is harmful to women, families, and communities. The service works in partnership with other to provide comprehensive, individual assessments of need, including risk.
The Crisis Response Worker will provide an on-call response to out of hours referrals to the TARA Service in order to support adult female victims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation recovered across Scotland, this will also include responding to law enforcement led operations.
Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Job Description for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application. For guidance on completing your application, and to view the benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=16129.
The work pattern for the post is 2 hours per week, to cover the weekly Crisis Response team meeting held between 5:30pm and 7:30pm on a Wednesday. The annual salary for this is on an incremental scale starting at £1,722.11 and progressing to £2,074.13.
In addition, you will be required to undertake a weekly standby provision, which is currently one week in every 5, between the hours of 5pm and 9am Monday – Friday, and all-day Saturday and Sunday. For each week of completed standby you will be entitled to claim the following payment(s):
- £106.85 for each full week of standby
- £16.56 disturbance payment (1 per 2 hours max)
- Overtime at the hourly rate of the post where you are required to undertake duties in relation to a call received
The position requires membership to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme (Vulnerable Adults). For further information on this scheme, please visit https://www.mygov.scot/working-jobs/finding-a-job/disclosure/. The cost of membership, or scheme record update, will be met by the candidate.
A driving licence is an essential requirement for this role.
Please note this is a re advertisement and previous applicants should not re-apply.
Additionally, due to a genuine occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 this post is restricted to women only.
This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015. A full list of convictions that must always be disclosed and convictions that should be disclosed subject to rules is available on the Disclosure Scotland website: www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.
Application Packs
Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return it to us.
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