About The Role
Contract: 12-month term contract
Location: All Souls Clubhouse, 141 Cleveland Street, London W1T 6QG
Hours: 5 days per week (requires flexible evening hours and occasional weekends)
Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays
DBS Check: Enhanced
Visa sponsorship: Not available
Genuine occupational requirement: Applicants have to be Christians
As a maternity cover for Tamar Outreach and Support Work Manager, you will manage all of Tamar’s client casework and outreach to locations where women are working in the sex industry across the Borough of Westminster and the City of London. This will require proactively building relationships with the women who are engaging in sex work in these locations with a view to offering them the support that Tamar provides, as well as linking them to Tamar’s Outreach Workers. Thus, you will involve being responsible for line managing several Outreach Workers who will be doing client-facing work, in Mandarin/Cantonese, Thai, Portuguese, and maybe Spanish as well.
The Diocese of London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults through the use of the Safer Recruitment practice guidance. This role is subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check.
Including but not limited to:
– Overseeing all the case work for all of our clients
– Participating in the recruitment, hiring and induction for the Outreach Workers in conjunction with the Head of Tamar
– Working with the Volunteer Manager on specific aspects of training
– Assuming responsibility for managing and training the Outreach Workers and in specific aspects of client work
– Leading the regular case management meetings with the Outreach Workers and volunteers who are involved in case work
– Proactively reaching out to women, from a wide range of nationalities, working in the sex industry, in all working locations, in Westminster and the City of London.
– Initiating and building relationships with clients, as well as providing and facilitating practical help and support for them, in collaboration with the other Tamar staff and volunteers
– Managing and following-up on referrals to enable clients to receive the relevant support they require (ie. benefits, legal, medical, etc)
– Monitoring existing working locations (i.e brothels, massage parlours etc) and identifying new ones in Westminster and the City of London
– Championing safeguarding across Tamar’s client group
Education & Qualifications
Essential
– University graduate or equivalent
Desirable
– Independant Sexual Violence Advisor or Independant Domestic Violence Advisor (ISVA or IDVA)
– Social work qualification or equivalent
Experience & Proven Skills
Essential
– Experience of the management of people
– Experience of managing client case work
– Experience of managing caseloads
Desirable
– Experience of reaching and supporting with people in the sex industry
– Lived experience of the sector or similar
– Ability to speak another Language, specifically Mandarin, Portuguese, Thai, or Romanian
Christian Commitment and Personal Qualities
Essential
– Whole of life disciple wanting to know Christ more and grow in grace, obedience and Christ-likeness themselves
– Has a servant heart and seeks to live a life of Christian integrity
– Evangelical Christian in full sympathy with the vision, mission and values of ASSTC, All Souls Church and the Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith
Equal Opportunities
The Diocese of London is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community. We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME) and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.