Independent Gender-based Violence Advocate – Polish speaking

Empowering and protecting women and children are central to Refuge’s mission.

Would you like to save and change the lives of women escaping violence and abuse? Refuge exists to do just that. We are the country’s largest single provider of specialist support to women and children experiencing domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, ‘honour based’ violence and forced marriage, stalking, female genital mutilation, forced prostitution, modern slavery and human trafficking.  

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Independent Gender–based Violence Advocate – Polish speaking to grow and develop our Eastern European service. 

In this exciting new enhanced service for Eastern European women and children, you provide high quality personal welfare support for survivors of gender based violence, including domestic and sexual violence, modern slavery and prostitution.

You will work with survivors from the point of crisis, assisting them through civil and criminal justice systems in Ealing, Brent and Hounslow and offering intensive support to ensure short–term and long–term safety. You will be a Polish speaker.

You will support the service manager in building sustainable referral pathways and joint working protocols with a range of partners working with survivors of gender–based violence, including community housing organisations, BAMER support groups, health, substance misuse, law–enforcement agencies and other voluntary and statutory organisations.

You will have proven experience of providing direct emotional and practical support to women as well as up–to–date knowledge of legislation relating to survivors of gender–based violence. You will have excellent casework skills, good written and verbal communication skills, clear professional boundaries and be a proactive team player.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first qualifications and credit framework (QCF) accredited qualification for our profession. Other benefits include 28 days holiday, pension scheme, an employee assistance programme.

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role. 

Salary range: £27,177 – £29,943

Please be advised that this role is a 12 months maternity cover!

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post is however restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

No agencies please – as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down.

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