StreetlightUK is a frontline specialist support service, specifically focused on providing women with tangible and material pathways out of lifestyle of prostitution and violence and have developed its specialism and understanding of women involved in prostitution across London, Surrey and Sussex since 2012.

Would you like to join a close-knit, dedicated and passionate team of women working together to end sexual violence and exploitation?

NOW HIRING

Women’s Support Worker (South London)

ROLE: Women’s Support Worker (South London)

LOCATION:  London Bridge Office, plus some remote working from home.

HOURS: 35 hours per week, including a 2-hour weekly night outreach (9.30-11.30 p.m.

SALARY:  £27,300 

SCOPE OF THE JOB:
Overseeing and delivering the South London weekly outreach in Lambeth (Brixton).

To ensure smooth service delivery and continuity between the outreach and daytime support service.

Care coordination of women with complex needs who want support or to exit street-based or off-street prostitution.

Advocacy and referral to Multi-Agency Meetings, including the Pan London SWAG Forum, Lambeth VAWAG, Domestic Violence Multi-Agency Partnerships, and other support services across London.

Effectively monitor service user activities, prepare reports, and ensure funders’ targets are met.

Delivering daytime support, providing follow-up to service users, and managing a personal caseload of service users.

Supporting our police partners on live operations across our service in South London. We ensure the safety of women and participate in police welfare checks on properties to support and ensure the safety of any women who may be trafficked, coerced, or controlled.

Representing the organisation at specified events and networks locally.

Preparing research and reports for partners, funders and other stakeholders as directed by and in conjunction with the Senior Women’s Support Worker and CEO.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with a flexible, woman-centred, trauma-informed, and strengths-based approach. Recognise the woman as an expert on her own experience.e.
• Complete assessments with women to ensure that structured support and care plans are in place and are regularly reviewed, with clear goals and objectives that are client-led and agreed with women.
• To provide intensive, personalised support and a bespoke, holistic, and integrated service to women encompassing a range of risk, health, social, and relationship needs.
• Support women involved in prostitution to overcome the barriers they face in exiting, e.g., mental health, housing, problematic substance use, homelessness, poverty, domestic abuse, sexual violence, and the criminal justice system, and to make positive steps forward with their lives.
• Commit to a multi-agency approach to women’s support. Identify and develop strong working partnerships and links across London’s voluntary and statutory services to improve service users’ options.
• Enable women to access other support services by building good working links and ensuring women are getting the right support.
• Take into account the spiritual, religious and cultural needs of women.
• Use a range of qualitative and quantitative tools to monitor women’s journey of progress.
• Complete all back-office administrative tasks related to the role promptly and accurately on StreetlightUK’s systems.
• Support women in building their confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to develop strategies for putting control, direction, and purpose into their lives within a supportive environment.
• Conduct online research and outreach sessions, as directed by the Senior Women’s Support Worker, to contact women and introduce them to StreetlightUK’s services and to offer support

GENUINE OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (GOR)    

• Due to this role’s history, context and nature, this post is restricted to female applicants under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

CONTRACT: Permanent Contract

 WOMEN’S SUPPORT WORKER

SURREY

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ROLE:  Women’s Support Worker (Surrey)

LOCATION: Crawley Office, Manor Royal (with some remote working)

HOURS: 21 hours per week 

SALARY:  £25,480 (FTE)

SCOPE OF THE JOB:

• Care coordination of women with complex needs who want support or to exit street-based prostitution.  
• Advocacy and referral to Multi-Agency Meetings, including the Surrey Abuse Services Discussion Group, Surrey Sexual Health Outreach Group, Domestic Violence Multi-Agency Partnerships, and other support services across Surrey.  
• Effectively monitor client work, prepare reports and ensure funders’ targets are met.  
• Being on the Rota for the Surrey outreach shifts and police operations to ensure smooth service delivery and continuity between the outreach and daytime support service. 
• Representing the organisation of specified events and networks locally.  
• Participation in StreetlightUK’s annual fundraising and awareness campaign.  
• Contributing to the overall client support strategy of Streetlight UK with the CEO and Senior Women’s Support Worker.  
• Prepare research and reports for partners, funders, and other stakeholders as directed by and in conjunction with the Senior Women’s Support Worker and CEO. 

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work using a flexible, woman-centred, trauma-informed, and strengths-based approach, recognising the woman as an expert on her own experience.
• Support women to build their confidence and self-esteem enabling them to develop strategies to put control, direction and purpose into their lives within a supported environment.  
• Complete assessments with women to ensure that structured support and care plans are in place and are regularly reviewed, with clear goals and objectives that are client-led and agreed with women.  
• To provide intensive personalised support with a bespoke, holistic and integrated service to women encompassing a range of risk, health, social and relationship needs.  
• Support women involved in prostitution to overcome the barriers they face in exiting e.g., mental health, housing, problematic substance use, homelessness, poverty, domestic abuse, sexual violence, the criminal justice system; and to make positive steps forward with their lives.  
• Commit to taking a multi-agency approach to women’s support. Identify and develop strong working partnerships and links across Sussex’s voluntary
• and statutory services to improve options for service users.   
• Enable women to access other support services by building good working links and ensure women are getting the right support.  
• Consider the spiritual, religious and cultural needs of women.  
• Use a range of qualitative and quantitative tools to monitor women’s journey of progress.  

GENUINE OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (GOR)    

• Due to the history, context and nature of this role, this post is restricted to female applicants only under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

CONTRACT: Permanent