Domestic Violence and Abuse Team Leader

Position: Domestic Violence and Abuse Team Leader (Permanent)
Location: Barton Yard

Domestic Violence and Abuse Team Leader
Greenwich, London, SE10

About Us

Housing for Women is a registered charity and independent housing association. We champion female empowerment by providing and promoting affordable homes for women and gender-specific support services. Since 1934, we have been working to build a more equal society for women, a world where everyone has a safe roof over their head regardless of circumstance, where violence against women is no longer tolerated.

We are now looking for a Domestic Violence and Abuse Team Leader to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, based in Greenwich, London.

The Benefits

- Salary of £37,164 per annum
- Attractive pension scheme
- Perkbox
- Buying and selling annual leave
- Health Shield
- Season Ticket loan
- Subsidised gym membership
- Course funding

If you have experience of managing teams delivering services to vulnerable people, expertise within volunteer programmes and a strong grasp of gender-based violence legislation, this is your chance to make a real difference to women affected by abuse.

You’ll play a central role in leading services that achieve positive outcomes for women and enable them to access the support and services they need to rebuild their lives.

In addition to undertaking this vital work, you’ll discover an organisation with a strong values-led culture and a long-standing commitment to equality, safety and empowerment.

The Role

As a Domestic Violence and Abuse Team Leader, you will oversee the operational delivery of our DVA services in Greenwich.

Specifically, you will lead, manage and motivate a team delivering high-quality support, and manage your own caseload of women living in refuge accommodation or supported in the community.

You will support resettlement when it’s time for survivors to move on, co-ordinate interventions as part of an integrated package of housing, health, therapeutic and social support, and ensure high standards of customer care. The last will be achieved through effective line management, risk management, performance monitoring and ensuring services are delivered safely, effectively and in line with requirements.

Additionally, you will:

- Act as an inspiring role model for our Supported Housing services
- Monitor team performance and ensure structured line management is provided
- Report to the Deputy Manager
- Maintain H&S standards and fill void properties
- Approve risk assessment and support plans

About You

To be considered as a Domestic Violence and Abuse Team Leader, you will need:

- Significant experience managing teams delivering services to vulnerable people in floating support and gender-specific accommodation-based settings

- Experience of managing volunteers or volunteer programmes

- Experience of setting, managing and monitoring budgets

- Experience of partnership working with voluntary and statutory agencies

- Experience of all aspects of staff management, including recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal and managing poor performance
- Knowledge and experience of delivering housing-related support services under contract, including monitoring and meeting quality standards
- Extensive, up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and local and national policy relating to gender-based violence
- Sound working knowledge of person-centred support planning, trauma-informed practice, risk assessment and outcome monitoring
- The ability to coach, mentor and support staff, helping them develop skills and build strong team morale

Other organisations may call this role DVA, Domestic Violence Advisor, DV Team Leader, DV Service Manager, Domestic Abuse Team Leader, Supported Housing Team Leader, Refuge Manager, or Domestic Violence Services Lead.

Webrecruit and Housing for Women are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to make a difference as a Domestic Violence and Abuse Team Leader, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Candidates interested in applying should attach a cover letter outlining how they meet the essential criteria specified in the person specification as well as how they think they meet Housing for Women’s EPIC values