DVA Worker (Female Only)

Posted 04 August 2025
Salary £19,733 + £1,875 R&R Allowance for 30 hours per week(£26,311 pa + £2,500 R&R Allowance FTE)
LocationSwindon
Job type Maternity Cover Part Time
Discipline Domestic Violence
Reference003462

Job description

Female DVA Worker

 

This role is open only to Female Applicants due to the nature of the work that will be undertaken, this is in line with The Equality Act.

 

Swindon Paragon Integrated Domestic Abuse Services

 

Part Time - 1 x 30 hour post

 

Salary: £26,311 + £2500 R&R allowance FTE (£19,733 + £1875 R&R allowance pa for 30 hours per week).

 

This role is for Maternity cover of up to 1 year

 

The first suitable applicant will be appointed.

 

*YOU is a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Portsmouth, Somerset, Dorset, Sussex, Swindon and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.
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PARAGON Domestic Abuse Workers are part of a team providing practical and emotional support to individuals and families experiencing domestic abuse.

 

Domestic Abuse Workers work with individuals, parents and others to develop and deliver a range of effective interventions and with partners to ensure a whole family approach, where indicated.

 

This may be via proactive in-reach support to people living in refuge, and outreach, move on and resettlement support, providing a flexible, trauma informed, client centred risk led service.

 

Workers lead on assessments, facilitate drop ins, develop a range of parenting support interventions, lead on and arrange campaigns and awareness raising events and design, develop and facilitate group work in accommodation and community settings.

 

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