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Child and Family Service Manager (Domestic Abuse)
  • Location: Southend-on-Sea
  • Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Annual leave: Commencing at 25 days per annum
  • Salary: Further information upon request, but subject to qualifications and relevant experience – £28,500 - £30,500 pa, depending on experience and qualifications.

Safe Steps are looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced individual to manage our Child and Family Domestic Abuse Support Services in the City of Southend and Essex.

The ideal candidate will need to be highly motivated and committed to making a difference to the safety of children, young people, families and to the promotion of healthy relationships.

Relevant experience of working with children is essential as is a knowledge of the domestic/sexual abuse sector, delivery of interventions to parents and experience managing safeguarding. Experience of managing a team in a comparable sector would be an advantage. Safe Steps is committed to training and development and is prepared to invest in training the right candidate.

We offer:

  • Flexible home working policy
  • 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, additional annual leave for long service
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme and Clinical Supervision

Due to the nature of the role, this vacancy is open to women only.

Occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

For further information and an application pack, please contact hr@safesteps.org

Closing date: Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role.
Safe Steps is seeking new Trustees

Are you looking for a great way to give something to your community? Safe Steps is an Essex domestic abuse support organisation for adults, young people and children.

Who we are

Safe Steps, established in 2018, is a forward-thinking charity that works with and for all survivors of domestic abuse, across Southend-on-Sea and in the wider Essex area. Each year we support approx. 5000 people through our helpline, community support services, specialist children’s services and safe accommodation.

The role:

We are seeking to recruit committed people to become Trustees, with a passion for our cause, to our Board. Playing a vital role in the governance of the charity to ensure we are in good financial health, meeting our intended aims and objectives, allocate resources and generally hold ourselves and the organisation accountable.

As well as growing the size of our Board, we want to build a diverse trustee board; one that informs better decision making, improves the quality of our work and makes meaningful impact on improving the lives of individuals impacted by domestic abuse.

It is not necessary to have had previous trustee or board experience. We are looking for people who have something to offer in the following areas.

Person specification – essential skills:

  • A commitment to the organisation and a passion for the mission
  • Knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse and its impact
  • A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
  • Strategic vision
  • Good, independent, balanced judgement
  • Good communication
  • An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of being a trustee.

In addition, some specific expertise in one or more of the following areas would be desirable:

  • Business/commercial/financial
  • Human Resources (HR)
  • Marketing/communications
  • Professional knowledge of VAWG/policing/criminal justice
  • Commissioning/Local Authority contract management
  • Understanding of the charity/voluntary sector
  • Lived experience of domestic abuse.

Time Commitment:

  • Average 4hrs a month to include bi-monthly meetings, AGM, annual away day
  • Can commit to a minimum of 12-18 months
  • Willing to attend ad-hoc fundraising or special events.
DAP (Domestic Abuse Practitioner) - Unqualified, IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advisor) - Qualified
  • Location: Southend-on-Sea
  • Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Annual leave: Commencing at 25 days per annum
  • Salary: Further information upon request, but subject to qualifications and relevant experience – £20,500 - £24,150

Having secured further funding Safe Steps are looking to recruit additional staff to its services for survivors of domestic abuse in the City of Southend and Essex

The ideal candidate will need to be highly motivated and committed to making a difference to the safety and promotion of healthy relationships.

Relevant experience of working with vulnerable client groups is essential and a knowledge of the domestic/sexual abuse sector, criminal justice or housing sector would be an advantage. Safe Steps is committed to training and development and is prepared to invest in IDVA training and accreditation for the right candidate.

We offer:

  • Access to Safe Lives IDVA Accreditation
  • Hybrid working policy
  • 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, additional annual leave for long service
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme and Clinical Supervision

Due to the nature of the role, this vacancy is open to women only.

Occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

For further information and an application pack, please contact hr@safesteps.org

Closing date: Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role.
Essex Safe Start Fund Coordinator
  • Location: Southend-on-Sea
  • Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Annual leave: Commencing at 25 days per annum
  • Salary: Further information upon request, but subject to qualifications and relevant experience – £22,000 - £25,000

Safe Steps are looking to recruit into an exciting new pilot project designed to improve the options available for people experiencing domestic abuse. The project aims to ensure that people experiencing domestic abuse can have access easily and quickly to ‘flexible funding’ to improve their safety and safe housing.

The ideal candidate will need to be highly motivated and committed to making a difference to the safety of individuals as well as the knowledge and skills to ensure the fund is appropriately managed.

Relevant experience of working within the domestic/sexual abuse sector is desirable, criminal justice or housing sector would be an advantage. Experience of any budget or financial management would also be an advantage.

We offer:

  • Flexible home working policy
  • 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, additional annual leave for long service
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme and Clinical Supervision

For further information and an application pack, please contact hr@safesteps.org

Closing date: Friday 20th October 2023
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