Community Development Worker – Harmful Cultural Practices

Category:Community Community Development

Type:Full Time

Location:Portsmouth PAN Hampshire

Contract length:Permanent

*This post are open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Stop Domestic Abuse is a trauma informed organisation, the work we do to support those affected by domestic abuse may be triggering for those with past trauma. Please only apply if you are living free from abuse. If you’d like to talk to us about this, please get in touch.

Main purpose and scope of the job

• Proactively engaging with communities affected by harmful cultural practices including ‘honour’ based violence, forced marriage and FGM/C, and provide community based support for adults who have had harmful cultural practices performed on them or who may/whose children may be at risk.
• Building trust with diaspora communities through engaging with community leaders, community groups, religious institutions and other voluntary sector organisations.
• Educating professionals about harmful cultural practices including the different types, prevalence within local diaspora communities, safeguarding and support.
• Providing one-to-one services to adults affected by harmful cultural practices living in the community, including safety planning and risk assessments.
• Providing group work to women and children from diaspora communities affected by harmful cultural practices to challenge any support for their continuation and increase knowledge of human rights and UK law.
• Ensuring that vulnerable adults’ welfare (and any children associated with the client) is/are safeguarded in accordance with Stop Domestic Abuse’s Protection from Abuse Policy and the Hampshire and Portsmouth Local Safeguarding Children’s/Adults Boards policies and procedures, including making appropriate onwards referrals when required.

Available Posts:

Portsmouth and Hampshire:
Reference Number: STOPDA912
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5 (Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm)

Applying for this post

Please download and complete the job pack, equalities monitoring form and job application form listed at the top of this page.

You can apply by:

• Submitting your application and equal opportunities forms via the online form below
• Emailing your completed application and equal opportunities forms to: humanresources@stopdomesticabuse.uk
• Posting your application and equal opportunities forms to: FAO: Human Resources, Stop Domestic Abuse, PO Box 53, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1UA

There is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Appointment will be on merit alone.

We will recruit the first suitable applicants, so apply early as we may close applications earlier.

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