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Our Team Culture

At Safer Places, our team are our most important resource and a real asset to us. Having a highly competent, survivor focused, experienced and resourceful team is key to delivering a high quality service. We are proud of our team and our organisational culture is really important to us.

Working for Safer Places is no ordinary job. Every role in our organisation plays a part in delivering on our Mission. We work hard to create an environment that inspires and empowers staff to give their best and we recognise that working with survivors who have experienced profound trauma and injustice is complex and challenging. We are committed to supporting our staff and to providing continued professional development and offer an excellent range of training and qualification packages.

Safe Employment

We are proud to be a safe employer, please read our full safeguarding statement here.

Current Vacancies

Community Domestic Abuse Practitioner to cover maternity Leave on a Fixed Term Contract

Hertfordshire £22,037 p.a. Monday – Friday 9am to 5:30pm 37.5hrs/wk. – Ref: CDAPH061020

Location: Hertfordshire

Closing Date: 5th November 2020 17:30

Part-time Housekeeper - Herts

Location: Hertfordshire -Stevenage and Baldock

Vacancy - Closing 5th November 2020 5:30 pm

We also have a number of volunteering opportunities available.

Volunteering Opportunities

Latest

DASH training 02/12/2020

DASH – Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour Based Abuse Risk Identification, Assessment and Management Model.
DASH training 07/12/2020

DASH – Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour Based Abuse Risk Identification, Assessment and Management Model.
DASH training 06/11/2020

DASH – Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour Based Abuse Risk Identification, Assessment and Management Model.
Trustee

This is a great volunteering opportunity for an individual committed to working towards a world where everyone lives a life free from abuse and fear, within an organisation that is passionate and focused on bringing about positive and long-lasting change to the lives of adults and children impacted by abuse.

Live Chat Launch

Safer Places launches new Live Chat service. The new service enables anyone experiencing abuse to chat directly with a member of the Safer Places team. The measures announced to tackle coronavirus (COVID 19) have seen day to day life change dramatically and undoubtedly made it harder for people to access support services as survivors are isolated with abusers with small windows of opportunity to speak. This new service will give survivors the opportunity to access support discreetly.
Safer Places response to the Domestic Abuse Bill second reading announcement

The Domestic Abuse Bill will return to Parliament tomorrow, Tuesday 28th April. Janet Dalrymple, CEO of Safer Places said “We are pleased to see the bill progressing through parliament, especially during this particularly worrying time for survivors of abuse"
Family Life in Refuge

Hello there! My name is Lauren Taylor and I work for Safer Places as a Senior Family Domestic Abuse Practitioner (I know, what a mouthful right?). Thankfully when it comes to working with the amazing kids within the refuges I just introduce myself as someone wanting to make them feel as safe and happy as possible, that usually goes down a little better! So I was asked by one of my lovely colleagues to write a blog……and after several days of researching what a blog actually is, here I am.
Ask for J Campaign

Today Safer Places launch the ‘Ask for J’ campaign across Essex. As local businesses begin to re-open their doors to members of the community the ‘Ask for J’ campaign opens the door to support for those experiencing abuse.
Safer Places receives emergency funding to bolster refuge service provision

Safer Places receives £15,000 emergency funding from Essex Community Foundation to bolster refuge service provision
Safer Places response to the second reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill

Safer Places respond to the second reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill. Rachel Millar, Senior Policy Officer for Safer Places said: “Safer Places are pleased to see the Bill progress through parliament, especially during this worrying time when urgent action is needed to protect survivors. We were particularly pleased to hear just how many MP’s spoke with passion and championed the voices of survivors’ and children whist highlighting matters of concern not currently addressed within the Bill.
Safer Places receives emergency COVID 19 funding
Running Refuges - The Risk and Impact of COVID 19

It is almost 6 months now since on March 13th I sat with my colleagues Jayne and Allison and talked about what would happen if this new virus took hold. The death toll in the UK had risen to 11 that day and there had been a surge in infections taking the total infected across the UK to almost 800. We laughed a fair bit – partly because what we were talking about seemed unthinkable and partly because we were nervous.
Domestic Abuse Bill 2020 Part 2

The Domestic Abuse Bill has now passed through the House of Commons stage and is one step closer to becoming law having been introduced to the House of Lords; this is a formality and takes place without any debate. The date for the second hearing, where the bill will be considered, has not yet been announced.
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