Supporter Advice Worker - Domestic Abuse
| Posting date: | 12 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,492.40 to £29,755.44 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 January 2026 |
| Location: | Essex, Eastern England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22297 |
Summary
Exciting new opportunity!
Essex Domestic abuse innovation partnership are looking to recruit outstanding practitioners to our brand new service:
"Supporting you to Support them"
We are recruiting to two full time positions (up to 37 hours), however we would consider job share and part time work to enable us to work flexibly to meet client needs.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative new service which aims to offer help, guidance and support to friends and family of those experiencing domestic abuse with the goal of helping those impacted access support earlier.
The role will involve:
Providing advice, guidance and coaching based support via phone, virtual meetings and through online webchat.
Developing and sharing resources to increase awareness of Domestic abuse
Carrying out outreach work to raise awareness in seldom heard groups within the local population by delivering learning sessions with established community groups
Over the duration of the first year facilitating and developing peer support networks to increase the reach of the programme.
This position will involve both virtual and in person work so the ability to drive and travel around the county is essential.
The role would involve working during standard business hours the majority of the time, however the successful candidate would need to have the flexibility to carry out some work outside of standard 9-5 hours on an agreed schedule to allow us to offer some out of hours advice and guidance and this would be agreed in advance.
The project is a new innovation project with 2026-2027 being the pilot phase.
Our ideal candidates with be warm, friendly, organised and with excellent interpersonal and relational skills as well as being proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
Experience in either domestic abuse services or safeguarding practice would be advantageous.
If you have further questions please contact:: Robyn Roberts (She/Her)- Development Children's Service Manager
M: 07708468496
E: robyn.roberts@barnardos.org.uk
Interviews will take place 4th and 5th February 2026
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31/03/2028 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31/03/2028
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
Essex Domestic abuse innovation partnership are looking to recruit outstanding practitioners to our brand new service:
"Supporting you to Support them"
We are recruiting to two full time positions (up to 37 hours), however we would consider job share and part time work to enable us to work flexibly to meet client needs.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative new service which aims to offer help, guidance and support to friends and family of those experiencing domestic abuse with the goal of helping those impacted access support earlier.
The role will involve:
Providing advice, guidance and coaching based support via phone, virtual meetings and through online webchat.
Developing and sharing resources to increase awareness of Domestic abuse
Carrying out outreach work to raise awareness in seldom heard groups within the local population by delivering learning sessions with established community groups
Over the duration of the first year facilitating and developing peer support networks to increase the reach of the programme.
This position will involve both virtual and in person work so the ability to drive and travel around the county is essential.
The role would involve working during standard business hours the majority of the time, however the successful candidate would need to have the flexibility to carry out some work outside of standard 9-5 hours on an agreed schedule to allow us to offer some out of hours advice and guidance and this would be agreed in advance.
The project is a new innovation project with 2026-2027 being the pilot phase.
Our ideal candidates with be warm, friendly, organised and with excellent interpersonal and relational skills as well as being proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
Experience in either domestic abuse services or safeguarding practice would be advantageous.
If you have further questions please contact:: Robyn Roberts (She/Her)- Development Children's Service Manager
M: 07708468496
E: robyn.roberts@barnardos.org.uk
Interviews will take place 4th and 5th February 2026
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31/03/2028 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31/03/2028
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
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