We have an exciting opportunity within our organisation to provide a quality service to victims of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) community in the West of Berkshire.
Your role will be to provide community-based outreach support to survivors of VAWG from BAMER communities and to advocate for survivors from BAMER communities as appropriate. The role will also proactively engage BAMER communities to understand and express their needs in relation to violence against women and girls, helping to identify and address the gaps in, and barriers to, accessing relevant services.
The role aims to raise awareness amongst BAMER communities to bring forward current and past victims of violence and provide support to keep survivors and their children safe.
Experience of community engagement, supporting victims and fluency in at least one language apart from English are highly desirable (please see person spec for details).
We are looking for an individual who is committed to working in a multi-agency setting, which is fast paced.
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
For an application pack for this role, please contact Helen info@bwaid.org.uk or call 0118 9500182. No CVs will be accepted and no agencies.