Exiting Prostitution Practitioner
| Posting date: | 29 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,124 to £32,946 per year |
| Additional salary information: | including London Weighting where appropriate |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2024 |
| Location: | Brentford, West London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Via |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | JOB0025 |
Summary
Are you looking to work at an exciting new project, supporting women to exit prostitution?
This is a dedicated role, focusing on supporting women to exit street prostitution in Brent. The post holder will be an important member of the team during this initial implementation.
The Role
We are looking for a highly organised and self-motivated individual who is passionate about this job role.
• Working in a small team to provide high quality, tailored support and services to women working in prostitution within the borough.
• Provide effective early morning and late night assertive outreach within the borough to vulnerable individuals that require support exiting prostitution.
• Providing support to women working in prostitution alongside the Exiting Prostitution Team Leader. This will be through shift patterns and will include early morning and late night sessions.
• Deliver evidence-based psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package and to take an assertive approach to service user disengagement.
• Provide effective assertive outreach within the borough to vulnerable women that require support exiting prostitution.
• To understand the needs of women street sex working in the identified local area through co-production.
The Service
This is a new project working within the Via Brent, New Beginnings umbrella.
Via Brent, New Beginnings is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing psychosocial and clinical interventions in partnership with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). The service is based across 2 hubs; Cobbold Road and the Willesden Centre for Health. The team actively promotes recovery and works with individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance misuse, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of Brent residents, irrespective of circumstance.
Location & Working Hours
This post will be based across the London Borough of Brent. This post will be shift based, with early morning and late night shift work essential.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Via we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Max Griffiths, Service Manager, Max.Griffiths@viaorg.uk, 07557393980.
THIS POST IS EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 7(ii) (d) OF THE SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975. APPLICATION OPEN TO WOMEN ONLY.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 22 September at midnight.
Interviews are likely to take place on Monday 30 September.
This is a dedicated role, focusing on supporting women to exit street prostitution in Brent. The post holder will be an important member of the team during this initial implementation.
The Role
We are looking for a highly organised and self-motivated individual who is passionate about this job role.
• Working in a small team to provide high quality, tailored support and services to women working in prostitution within the borough.
• Provide effective early morning and late night assertive outreach within the borough to vulnerable individuals that require support exiting prostitution.
• Providing support to women working in prostitution alongside the Exiting Prostitution Team Leader. This will be through shift patterns and will include early morning and late night sessions.
• Deliver evidence-based psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package and to take an assertive approach to service user disengagement.
• Provide effective assertive outreach within the borough to vulnerable women that require support exiting prostitution.
• To understand the needs of women street sex working in the identified local area through co-production.
The Service
This is a new project working within the Via Brent, New Beginnings umbrella.
Via Brent, New Beginnings is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing psychosocial and clinical interventions in partnership with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). The service is based across 2 hubs; Cobbold Road and the Willesden Centre for Health. The team actively promotes recovery and works with individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance misuse, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of Brent residents, irrespective of circumstance.
Location & Working Hours
This post will be based across the London Borough of Brent. This post will be shift based, with early morning and late night shift work essential.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Via we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Max Griffiths, Service Manager, Max.Griffiths@viaorg.uk, 07557393980.
THIS POST IS EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 7(ii) (d) OF THE SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975. APPLICATION OPEN TO WOMEN ONLY.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 22 September at midnight.
Interviews are likely to take place on Monday 30 September.
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