REFUGE

Do you have good knowledge of best practice in relation to rent management? Are you interested in financial empowerment? This role has been created to support the successful implementation, embedding, and ongoing optimisation of our new Housing Management IT System. The post holder will ensure that income related processes such as rent charging, arrears management, service charges, and financial workflows are accurately embedded across all refuge services. This will include ongoing configuration and testing of the new system to ensure it meets our needs. Alongside system implementation responsibilities, the post holder will lead on the effective management and reduction of rent arrears, including recovery of historic arrears. Operating within a performance driven framework, they will ensure income KPIs, compliance requirements, and data quality standards are consistently achieved. A key purpose of the role is to promote financial inclusion, ensuring survivors understand their financial responsibilities, maximise income through benefits and entitlements, and build long term financial resilience. This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies Closing Date: 09:00am on 18 May 2026 Interview Date: 26 and 27 May 2026

Job Title: Domestic Abuse Helpline IDVA (Domestic Abuse Helpline Independant domestic violence advocate) Location: Warwickshire Salary: £25,857.12 per annum Contract type: Full Time, Fixed Term (Until 30 September 2026) Hours: 37.5 hours per week This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Domestic Abuse Helpline IDVA, supporting survivors of domestic abuse and their children, from the point of crisis, providing high quality independent advocacy and support. Referrals to the Warwickshire Domestic Violence and Abuse Service (DVSW) will come via a single-point-of-access Freephone telephone number, or email, from professionals on behalf of victim survivors and victim-survivors who want to self-refer. Referrals can come through any agency, or self-referral, and pathways are well established with all local statutory and support services including the police, social care, housing, health, education, mental health, drug and alcohol services and the voluntary sector. The DVSW service will accept referrals for any survivor living in Warwickshire, at any level of risk, on a needs-led basis. The Helpline IDVA will work closely with Refuge s community outreach service support workers, the MARAC team, deputy managers, and the refuge accommodation team. Refuge s deputy manager for the community outreach will manage the helpline worker alongside the outreach workers, taking overall responsibility for monitoring, reporting, and meeting outcomes across the community outreach support service. The Helpline IDVA s post is an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative way across all referring agencies and therefore it is an important aspect of this job that the post holder has experience of working collaboratively with a range of other agencies. This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. Closing Date: 09:00am 23 October 2025 Interview Date: 31 October 2025

ob Title: Domestic Abuse Helpline Advisor Location: Homeworking with a requirement to occasionally work at Head Office (Vauxhall, London) Salary: £28,857.12 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting allowance if applicable Contract type: Full Time, Permanent Hours: 37.5 hours per week (As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours rota that includes evenings, weekends and night shifts). Shifts are scheduled across a 24 hour rolling rota and we are unable to support specified non-working days (although shift-swapping is available). This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Domestic Abuse Helpline Advisor to provide high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of violence and abuse, including those at the point of crisis. Helpline Advisors are responsible for providing high-quality, empowering, emotional and practical support, assistance and information to women and those supporting them, who contact the Freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge. Helpline Advisors deliver one to one support to women and those supporting them to ensure that they are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming service, enabling women to understand their rights, make decisions and increase their options. The job involves working across multiple platforms including phone and live chat, to inform survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety. Please note that this post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours rota that includes evenings, weekends and night shifts. Closing date: 09:00am 13 October 2025 Interview Dates: 20,21 and 22 October 2025

Job Title: Domestic Abuse Helpline Advisor (Part Time) x3 Location: Homeworking with a requirement to occasionally work at Head Office (Vauxhall, London) Salary: £17,314.27 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting allowance if applicable Contract type: Part Time, Permanent Hours: 22.5 hours per week (As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours rota that includes evenings, weekends and night shifts). Shifts are scheduled across a 24-hour rolling rota and we are unable to support specified non-working days (although shift-swapping is available) This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Domestic Abuse Helpline Advisor to provide high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of violence and abuse, including those at the point of crisis. Helpline Advisors are responsible for providing high-quality, empowering, emotional and practical support, assistance and information to women and those supporting them, who contact the Freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge. Helpline Advisors deliver one to one support to women and those supporting them to ensure that they are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming service, enabling women to understand their rights, make decisions and increase their options. The job involves working across multiple platforms including phone and live chat, to inform survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety. Please note that this post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours rota that includes evenings, weekends and night shifts. Closing date: 09:00am 13 October 2025 Interview Dates: 20,21 and 22 October 2025