Glasgow Women’s Aid provides information, support and temporary accommodation for women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. We have refuge accommodation, follow on services and outreach services both for women and children across Glasgow.

The purpose of this role is to provide therapeutic support to women experiencing domestic abuse, during their stay in refuge and as they move out into the community. This will involve providing innovative and creative 1-1 and group work support. You will provide person centred support to women as they move through their journey and will advocate to make sure that women’s voices are heard and their needs are met.

It is essential that you have experience of providing support to women who have experienced gender-based violence. A suitable qualification that meets with SSSC Housing Support registration is also required (examples would be HNC Social Services or SVQ Level 3 Social Services and Healthcare). The nature of our work requires a commitment to the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and to the values of Glasgow Women’s Aid.

Glasgow Women’s Aid provides information, support and temporary accommodation for women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. We have refuge accommodation, follow on services and outreach services both for women and children across Glasgow.

This is a busy role within our Enough! project that delivers support for young women experiencing domestic abuse in their own relationship. You will work with young women aged 13 to 21 years old, providing person centered therapeutic support. Many of our young women have complex needs including care leavers and young mums. You will support the young women by working alongside partner agencies to advocate for them to achieve the best possible outcomes. You will deliver a group work programme and will be part of the dedicated evening drop in for the service. Part of your role will be to raise awareness of domestic abuse among young women and deliver prevention work. You will manage referrals, waiting lists, support plans and case records.

It is essential that you have experience of providing support to young women who have experienced gendered based violence and that you have experience of providing 1-1 person centered support. Knowledge of the court system would be desirable. A suitable qualification relevant to working with children and young people, such as SVQ Level 3 Social Service (Children and Young People) is also essential. You must be able to drive with access to a car. The nature of our work requires a commitment to the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and to the values of Glasgow Women’s Aid.

This is an exciting and new role at Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis (GCRC) to lead the development of our data gathering tools and insights and analysis approach, leaning on robust and systemic capture of information from workers, survivors, partners, and supporters. GCRC serves a population of 1.2 million people, and around 625,000 women and girls across six local authority areas of Glasgow, East and West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, and East Renfrewshire. As we now progress into the second year of our ambitious strategic plan, this role will support the continued and successful expansion of our services for survivors and partners. Working with an established team of Service Managers, the post holder will support a newly appointed Deputy Director with the mapping of data gathering needs, the development of tools, and fulfilling the schedule for delivering the analysis and presentation of insights. These are required for monthly reporting internally, governance reporting quarterly, one-off issue-specific reports, and ongoing external reporting for funders and to support external communications, annual performance reports, policy activity, and campaign priorities.

The role will have an important responsibility to build the data and evidence needed to help us secure the investment needed to meet the needs of survivors in our area.

ABOUT YOU

You will have a strong track record, and proven ability to work expertly with quantitative and qualitative data of a sensitive nature, to provide a range of insights and analysis to a wide variety of audiences. Your motivation to use bespoke, off-the-shelf, established,and new tools to create data capture frameworks will be evident, and you will be able to guide and encourage other staff in their use. Ideally, you will have at least 3 years working with data and evaluation information and applying mixed methods analysis with a clear ability to communicate the results to meet different audience needs. You will be able to demonstrate your commitment to GCRC feminist values and positions, and your ability to work within a culture where change is routine, and workforce engagement and nurture is a priority.

A PVG check will be undertaken as part of the selection process. Only women need to apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Glasgow Women’s Aid provides information, support and temporary accommodation for women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. We have refuge accommodation, follow on services and outreach services both for women and children across Glasgow.

In this role you will provide a dedicated crisis service to women experiencing domestic abuse. You will support women via our helpline and face to face via our drop in service. You will provide women with information and support around their experience of domestic abuse. You will work to secure refuge accommodation where needed and will work with women to complete risk assessments and safety plans. A large part of your job will involve liaising with our various teams and partner agencies.

This is our front line service and the first point of contact that women make with us. It is a very busy service and it is essential that candidates have experience of working in crisis situations and supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse. It is also essential that you come from a feminist analysis of domestic abuse and that you are committed to the values of Glasgow Women’s Aid.