Community Prevention Worker (Female Applicants Only)

• Location
• West London (Hybrid)
• Salary
• £30,000 - £33,000 per annum
• Application Deadline
• Tuesday, March 31, 2026
• Job Profile
• Job Profile document
  
  
• Vacancy Type
• Full Time / Permanent
• Job Summary
• About the role

  This role delivers the Pan-London Sexual Violence Alliance (PLSVA) prevention and outreach priorities, strengthening community and professional responses to sexual violence across London.

  You will design and deliver trauma-informed, culturally responsive prevention work, including campaigns, training and community engagement, with a focus on Black and racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, men and boys, and people with learning disabilities. Working within an intersectional feminist framework, you will promote accountability, collective action and clear survivor pathways.

  Job description

  As the Community Prevention Worker, you will:

  • Design and deliver inclusive community prevention programmes, awareness campaigns and training on sexual violence, consent, bystander intervention and male accountability.
  • Build and maintain strong partnerships with communities, grassroots organisations and statutory and voluntary sector agencies to improve awareness, responses and referral pathways.
  • Work closely with Alliance Navigators, partner agencies and the other Community Prevention Worker to ensure consistent messaging, effective signposting and joined-up survivor pathways.
  • Embed survivor voice and co-production through collaboration with the Fearless Collective (Experts by Experience).
  • Monitor, evaluate and report on prevention and engagement activity, contributing to Alliance learning, impact reporting and service improvement.
  • Model WGN’s feminist, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed practice and operate within safeguarding and good practice standards.

  For key responsibilities please see the attached job profile document.

  Competencies

  We'll assess you against these competencies during the selection process:

  • Building Ethical, Sustainable Referral Pathways
  • Community Engagement Through an Intersectional and Anti-Oppressive Lens
  • Safeguarding, Boundaries and Trauma-Informed Partnership Working

  When responding to competency questions, if you do not have direct experience, please state this clearly. Then explain what you would do if you were in that scenario, so we can understand your thought process and approach.

  Closing date and interviews

  This vacancy is open to applications on a rolling basis with interviews taking place on a rolling basis.

  We encourage early applications, as the role may close before the advertised date if a suitable candidate is appointed.

  Important Note on Use of AI in Your Application

  We understand that AI tools can be helpful in organising thoughts and reflecting on experiences. However, the competencies and presentation you submit should be a genuine and accurate reflection of your own skills, knowledge, and lived experience. We encourage you to ensure your application is written in your own voice, drawing directly from your experiences and motivations.

  Please note that applications or submissions that appear overly reliant on AI-generated content, or do not clearly reflect your own voice and experience, may affect your overall interview scoring.

• Benefits

• At WGN, we are committed to supporting our employees' well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

  Financial Benefits
  • Bike Loan Scheme – Provided by Green Commute Initiative
  • Pension Scheme – Enrolment into Aviva pension scheme from day one
  • Charity Worker Discounts – Access to exclusive discounts
  • Death in Service Benefit – Life assurance, including Virtual GP access and additional services
  Health & Wellbeing Benefits
  • Eye Care Support – Contribution towards eye tests and glasses for VDU users
  • Enhanced Sick Pay – Based on length of service
  • Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support
  • Clinical Supervision – For clinical and frontline roles
  • Specialist Counselling – Up to six sessions for staff who are survivors of sexual violence
  • Sanitary Products – Available at all WGN sites
  • Hot Drinks – Provided at every site
  Leave & Work-Life Balance
  • Annual Leave – 25 days plus public holidays and 3 closure days in December (pro-rata)
  • Birthday Leave – A day off to celebrate your birthday
  • Enhanced Maternity & Adoption Leave – Support for growing families
  • Unpaid Leave – Available for exceptional circumstances
  • Flexible Working – Right to request flexible hours or patterns
  • Hybrid Working – Balance between office and home working
  Learning & Development
  • Specialist Training & CPD – Ongoing development opportunities with accredited training
  • Regular Supervision – One-to-one support from line managers
• Company Overview

• Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a pan-London organisation that supports women and girls affected by all forms of gendered-based violence. Our overall aim is to promote, preserve and restore the mental health and well-being of women and girls who have experienced, or are at risk of, gendered-based violence, whilst working towards a society free of gendered-based violence.

  We do this by:

  • Providing women-only holistic and seamless therapeutic services, which meet women and girls’ needs and contribute to total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
  • Evidencing the impact of gendered-based violence and presenting this information in appropriate forums to affect social change in attitudes towards, and responses to, gendered-based violence.
  • Developing good practice in the sector by providing training and guidance on specialist service provision and the development of culturally appropriate service delivery.

  WGN is proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer and a member of The London VAWG Consortium, Halo Code, and Helplines Partnership.

  Join us and be part of a team that values your well-being, growth, and contribution.

  WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.