Job Opportunity

Project Worker Women Making Changes

Kirklees Domestic Abuse Specialist Support Partnership

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Fixed term to 31^st March 2029

Salary: £27,344 to £29,439 per annum. Scale 6 Point 18-22 plus 5% pension contribution

Based in: Huddersfield

The Kirklees Women Making Changes Project is a partner of the Kirklees Domestic Abuse Specialist Services. We are recruiting a project worker to work with women impacted by domestic abuse who may have complex needs and/or are experiencing barriers to service engagement. The Project is one of several services that together form the Kirklees WomenCentre which is part of the wider WomenCentre organisation delivering services in Calderdale, Kirklees and Bradford.

For this role you will be expected to have knowledge of a range of issues that impact on women of all ages; including: domestic abuse, homelessness/housing needs, financial hardship, immigration concerns, drug & alcohol use/abuse, mental and physical health issues, cultural and language barriers and learning needs/disabilities.

Personal and job-related skills will include:

Experience in advocacy work and managing a complex caseload
Experience of supporting people with multiple complex issues and working with competing demands
Knowledge of the impact on women of children being removed/legal access
Knowledge of entitlements to access all types of benefit and support for hearings both benefit and legal re custody, to assist with the completion of assessment forms
Experience of effective multiagency working

We are an organisation that promotes safeguarding practice across all our service delivery, staff and volunteer recruitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Closing Date: 9.00am 28^th July 2025

Interviews: 5^th and 6^th August 2025

For an informal discussion please contact Carley Cowburn carley.cowburn@womencentre.org.uk

Application packs are available on our website: www.womencentre.org.uk

Completed applications to be e-mailed directly to: HR@womencentre.org.uk

These posts are open to women only – Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1 applies