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Job Description Have you experience and a passion for working to support women? We are seeking new team member’s to join our small, in a well-established charity, to support and empower women who experience multiple disadvantages and want to make positive changes to their lives. We are seeking one or more Women’s Support Worker’s to join our Door of Hope team in the East End of London.  The role will involve working directly with women who sell sex in Tower Hamlets; supporting them to make goals and support the changes that they wish to make, through information sharing, advocacy, and practical support.  We offer this whilst also providing a non-judgemental, and confidential space to talk and be heard. Who are we looking for… You will have the commitment and creativity to engage women who can often be isolated and have difficulty engaging with other services.  You will be able to think and work independently yet also be a supportive colleague to the wider team.  You will have frontline experience of working with vulnerable women/adults. This might be within the context of domestic/sexual abuse, substance misuse, mental health, or housing. Or it may be of direct experience of women in the sex industry.  You will thrive on supporting women to become empowered and to make positive change. You will possess energy, motivation, and professional resilience.  You hold a level of confidence in advocating on behalf of women and to other professionals and services, whilst ever mindful of ways to support and encourage the empowerment of women in the process. About Beyond the Streets Beyond the Streets is a UK charity with over 20 years’ experience of partnering with women in the sex industry to see them safe from coercion, violence and abuse. We deliver trauma-informed, person-centered support, provide training for the third sector and statutory professionals, and create resources and reports informed by research, lived experience, and practitioner experience. Our training and partnership work seeks to equip professionals to understand the sex industry, particularly survival sex, and to support them to engage with women selling sex in a trauma-informed way. You’ll enjoy… Competitive pay – earn £30,600 rising to £31,407 FTE on successful completion of probation (this includes London weighting) Pension - 5% employer contribution, 3% employee contribution Generous annual leave - 33 days including