Women's Centre

In 2019 we opened Rosie Centre - the only Women’s Centre in Essex.

There is something quite unique about the Rosie Centre, it's more than a building, it's a woman only safe space. The work at the Rosie Centre places the woman at the centre of support and allows a response to the realities of women's experience which is crucial for both physical and psychological safety.

The Rosie Centre provides women with a safe and homely space in which to access gender-specialist support services. It is a ‘one-stop-shop’ offering group and one-to-one work covering domestic and sexual abuse support services (including our Triple RRR therapy based programme), counselling, substance misuse, housing and homelessness, legal and money advice surgeries, health visiting, parenting support, education and employment, life coaching and general emotional & physical wellbeing.

The Rosie Centre runs on a time-table, these are the current active sessions:

Streets2Homes Drop in – a Charity in Harlow that supports individuals whom are homeless or are facing homelessness. Streets2Homes is currently supporting Safer Places to empower single women to secure accommodation after refuge. This drop in can be used for advice around homelessness and housing.

Knitting and Crochet Circle – this is an activity based group to support women who may be isolated and otherwise have no other support network. It’s also can be used to develop a new skill to aid in recovery.

Triple R – a trauma-informed, cognitive behavior therapy based course. To enable victim/survivors to recognise abuse and its impacts on them and their children and support them to develop a safer future for themselves.

Peabody – a Bookable drop in day to gain short-term support service to people who are experiencing problems that are impacting their health, financial and housing wellbeing

Citizens Advice Bureau – Offers advice and helps solve problems, including debt, benefits, employment, and immigration.

Legal Advice Surgery – a drop in legal advice service for support on divorce, injunctions and much more.

Domestic Abuse – a Safer Places drop in session to get advice and support if you are experiencing any form of domestic abuse, or want some advice on your options regarding domestic abuse.

To contact the Rosie Centre please email [email protected] or call our helpline 03301 025 811 and quote 'The Rosie Centre',

We have plans to open another Women’s Centre soon.

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Assistant Financial Controller

Assistant Financial Controller Job Description
Trainee Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Salary: £19,258 to £23,196 pa Depending on Experience and Qualification Plus on-call payments
Gavin’s Muddy May

To raise funds for a worthwhile charity.
Level 2 Course in Understanding Domestic Abuse - COMING SOON

The annual Crime Survey estimates that almost 2.5 Million adults experience domestic abuse each year. In addition, one in five children witness or experience domestic abuse in their childhood. Although it is often an under reported crime, with most cases of domestic abuse kept hidden. The new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 makes prosecuting domestic abuse more straightforward, and offers more protection to those who are being abused, but cases still need to be identified and responses need to be effect

Support for Female Offenders

We work to empower women, to work alongside them building skills to help them on a journey to recovery and independence and to reduce re-offending.
Therapeutic Support

What is Therapeutic Support? We understand that survivors of domestic and sexual abuse can benefit from therapeutic support. The types of therapeutic support that we provide are all evidenced to aid recovery from trauma and are listed below.
Outreach

The Safer Places outreach teams are made up of professional staff offering short to medium term support to women and men affected by domestic and sexual abuse in the community. Our teams offer information, advocacy and specialist services to increase safety and meet a range of needs – these can include ongoing safety concerns, emotional or housing support, legal options, reporting to the police, help around child contact, access to benefits and financial advice.

Level 3 Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA)

The IDVA qualification is a Level 3 OCNLR Qualification in Domestic Abuse: Prevention and Early Intervention. The course is designed for adult professionals working with families affected by domestic abuse.
J9 Initiative

The J9 Domestic Abuse Initiative aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse and assist survivors to access support safely by training professionals and members of the community to recognise domestic abuse and respond to survivors. Once J9 trained, the J9 logo is displayed, letting survivors know that they have a safe place to access information and use a telephone to contact support services.
Level 3 Independent sexual violence advisors course (ISVA)

This is a specialists level course designed to increase the knowledge of a qualified IDVA and someone who has been supporting victims/survivors of domestic abuse and sexual abuse for over a year. This course is delivered by Safer Places and we are delighted to have Zoe Lodrick working with us to deliver day 2.
Work With Us

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 bes
About our Training

At Safer Places we have a range of training courses and qualifications available, from short 3 hour sessions to Level 3 and 4 accredited qualifications.
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Therapeutic Programmes

Triple R is Safer Places' main trauma informed Domestic Abuse Programme which has three aims: To enable victims/survivors to recognise the abuse and its impacts on them and their children. To enable them to recover from the abuse and support their children to do so. To develop resilience by building on their strengths and addressing challenges in order to build a better sustainable safe future for themselves and their families We also run a Money support programme
Mission and Values

Vision Safer Places vision is a society where everyone lives a life free from fear and abuse
About Us
Accommodation

Safer Places has 8 refuges across Essex and Hertfordshire, including specialist therapeutic refuge spaces for women with multiple needs and women with no recourse to public funding. A refuge is a temporary safe home where survivors of domestic abuse and their children can stay. It is staffed by experienced and dedicated support workers who provide individual client led support and help survivors find new safe accommodation. Our accommodation includes a combination of self-contained f