BWC Women’s Accommodation Support Service (WASS) delivers support for women who are homeless or insecurely housed. In line with BWC values, the WASS adopts a relational, trauma responsive, strengths-based approach. The WASS supports women across a range of underlying needs, identified by them, with the overarching aim of securing and/or sustaining safe accommodation.
The Women’s Accommodation Support Worker (WASW) will co-facilitate a weekly women’s only Hub for women who are homeless or insecurely housed. The Hub offers women access to practical and emotional support as well as advice information and access to other relevant support services.
The WASW will co-produce casework support with each woman referred, to address her practical and emotional needs, and agree actions including signposting, advocacy, and referrals. The WASW will understand the importance of building trust and self-esteem to enhance women’s recovery and engagement with BWC and other services.
BWC offers staff members a generous package of benefits including a wellbeing allowance and a well-being hour during the working week; clinical supervision; reflective group practice; access to therapeutic debrief as required; a comprehensive training package; opportunities for continuing professional development; staff social events; flexible working opportunities and a caring, understanding work environment that appreciates the complexities of women’s working and home lives.
Job Title: Women’s* Accommodation Support Worker (WASW) West Sussex
Responsible to: WASS Senior Practitioner
Purpose of role: To co-deliver a weekly Women only Hub and provide one-to-one case work support for homeless and insecurely housed women to support them to secure and/or sustain safe accommodation.
Salary Grade: FTE £26,181.73 moving to £27,490.81 after successfully passing three month’s probationary period. Actual salary £13,464.88 rising to £14,138.23 after successfully passing three month’s probationary period.
Working hours: 18 hours per week, within normal office hours 9am-5pm. Occasional out of hours may be required.
Work locations: Worthing based – with some work supporting women across West Sussex and other BWC locations in Sussex. Local travel will be expected.
Contract Details: Fixed term until March 2025
Closing date for applications: 5pm Monday 6th of May 2024
Interview dates: Week commencing Monday 13th May 2024
To Apply
For the full job description, person specification and more information on BWC please download the Job Application Pack. To apply please complete an application form and equalities monitoring form and return these to admin@womenscentre.org.uk before the deadline.
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
We do not accept CVs.
BWC is committed to inclusion and diversity and actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system, those with disabilities and those from Black or Racially Minoritised Communities who are currently under-represented in the organisation.
*This post is restricted to self-identifying women only as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010 and is subject to an enhanced DBS check.