P/T Children Support Worker – LAWA – 23rd January 2011
LAWA, a Women’s Refuge and Advice Centre, offers practical and emotional support, and temporary accommodation, to Latin American women and their children fleeing domestic violence within an empowering framework.
P/T Children Support Worker – 21 h/w
Salary: SP29 – £16.767 including Inner London Weighting.
We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic woman who has the drive to take this project forward and who has the following skills:
· Experience working with children and an awareness and understanding of domestic violence issues impacting on them
· Ability to relate to clients; form appropriate working relationships with children and mothers offering them adequate support
· The ability to actively involve mothers and their children in service development and delivery in a creative and empowering way
· To assess children’s needs, implement and monitor an action plan in collaboration with the mother
· Employ a range of creative activities to help Children’s Services meet its responsibilities.
· The ability to write/speak fluently Spanish/English
This post is open to Latin American women only and is exempt under the Sex Discrimination Act 7(2) (d) and (e) and the Race Relations Act 5(2) (d) 1976No agencies.
For an application pack, send an email to: recruitment@lawadv.org.uk,
Closing date: Sunday 23rd January 2011
Interviews: First week February 2011
