Women’s Support Worker - Aditi - Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Women’s Well-Being Service

Women’s Support Worker \- Aditi \- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Women’s Well\-Being Service

Edinburgh

2 x roles at 15 hours per week each.

We are looking for a Women’s Support Worker from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to deliver direct practical support interventions for Sacro’s Aditi Women’s Wellbeing Service in partnership with Multi Cultural Family Base (MCFB). You must have experience of cross\-cultural work, be an effective communicator in English as well as in another language prevalent in Scotland’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, highly organised and have effective casework management skills.

You will be responsible for delivering direct support and mentoring interventions to BAME women affected by domestic abuse and Honour\-Based Violence (HBV) and for maintaining accurate case notes. You will operate within the Scottish Government’s Equally Safe Strategy as well as Sacro’s policies and procedures and will escalate any safety/well\-being concerns around adult and child protection to the Service Co\-ordinator/Service Manager. You will be responsible for monitoring women’s well\-being throughout their journey within the service and for making appropriate follow\-on referrals to relevant services. You will also be required to organise, deliver and participate in group community activities.

Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme is a requirement this post.

We particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities for this post, and applicants must be female. Funded by the City of Edinburgh Council.

If you would like an informal chat about the requirements of the post, please contact Sue Waddington by email at Swaddington@sacro.org.uk

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