Development Worker (Labyrinth)
- Full time
- £27,060
- Glasgow (blend of office and home working)
- Closing 20th August 2021
- Advertised from 3rd August 2021
- 35 hours week. Fixed term contract to 30th September 2022
- 6% employer’s contribution. Annual leave: 25 days, plus 12 public holidays
Role
Overview
The Women’s Support Project is a registered Scottish charity, working against violence against women and children (SC021846). Key themes are highlighting links between different forms of male violence and promoting an interagency response to the abuse of women and children. Our work is informed by a feminist approach and an understanding of the links and overlaps between different forms of violence, discrimination, and oppression.
Women’s Support Project is a partner in Labyrinth, a new UK-wide partnership coordinated by Solace Women’s Aid and funded by The Tampon Tax Fund. The Labyrinth partnership aims to support women’s spaces and services to help them, and the women they support, to emerge stronger from the impact of the pandemic.
This Development Worker post is funded through the Labyrinth partnership and will have a particular focus on raising awareness of harmful practices and improving responses to women affected. Applications from women from communities potentially affected by harmful practices are particularly welcomed.
Main work areas:
- To raise awareness of harmful practices
- To map current services in Glasgow for women affected by harmful practices, and map women’s journeys to securing support
- To support capacity building of third sector organisations, women’s groups and community support organisations working with women affected by harmful practices
- To develop a programme of training and awareness raising activity in conjunction with local services and Labyrinth training and capacity building partners
- To coordinate the delivery of the training and awareness raising programme for practitioners and for community members
- To provide opportunities to women to build awareness of rights, reduce isolation, and increase confidence and independence
- To ensure that learning from the project is shared.
Application notes
Closing date: Friday 20th August 2021 (5pm)
Women only need apply under Schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010
Posts are subject to membership of the PVG Scheme
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Scottish Women’s Rights Centre Administrator
- Part time
- £26,400 pro-rata
- Glasgow (On site)
- Closing 29th April 2024
The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre is a unique collaborative project between Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS), JustRight Scotland and the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic offering legal and advocacy services to women survivors of gender based violence in Scotland. RCS seeks to recruit an Administration and Communications Worker for the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre project.
This post is funded until 31st March 2025 in the first instance.
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We are recruiting a Women’s Domestic Abuse Community Worker to support women living in Glasgow’s Northeast and Northwest locality.
It is essential that you have experience of working with women who have experienced gender-based abuse. A suitable qualification that meets with Scottish Social Services Council housing support registration is required. The nature of our work requires a commitment to the feminist analysis of domestic abuse and to the values of Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid. It is essential that you are bilingual and speak English and Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu.
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- Part time
- £28,702 pro-rata
- Providing services throughout East Ayrshire
- Closing 3rd May 2024
This post requires a minimum SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
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