DOH - Women's Support Worker
Salary £ 30,600
Tower Hamlets
Vacancy listed 09/01/2026
Application deadline 21/01/2026
Details
Have you experience and a passion for working to support women? We are seeking new team member’s to join our small 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. 

About You:

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.  

When you join, you will receive a structured induction and training plan, including access to all our in-house paid training.

All roles are subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) Due to nature of this role in working alongside women with lived experience of violence against women, this post is restricted to female applicants under Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

 To apply:

Please complete our standard application form and upload it here as part of your application. The application form is linked below along with the applicant pack which contains lots of useful information about the role and person specification.

We also ask every applicant to complete a short Equal Opportunities monitoring form that you can find here Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

We follow safe recruitment best practice, this means that there is certain information that we must receive from all applicants, as set out in our application form. However, we recognise the value of and celebrate diversity and know that this format might not be accessible for everyone so please present this information to us in a different format if that works better for you. If you require any other reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss your needs and let us know how we can best support you.
Benefits

• Pension - 5% employer contribution, 3% employee contribution
• Generous annual leave - 33 days including bank holidays pro rata
• Flexible working – Our core hours are 10am to 3pm
• Family friendly policies – parental leave from day 1 of employment, an enhanced maternity pay policy and a flexi time policy as standard
• Career opportunities – develop yourself and your career in a reputable national organisation who are specialists in the VAWG sector
• Personal development allowance – to further your work-based skills and knowledge
• Cycle to work scheme – tax free allowance to buy
• Tech Buying Scheme – spread the cost of personal technology equipment and homeware across 12 months via payroll
• Travel season ticket loan scheme - an interest-free loan to enable team members to purchase a season ticket for travel between their usual place of residence and their usual place of work
• Clinical supervision – all staff are entitled to clinical supervision on request. A place to discuss work issues and challenges, and their emotional impact, on a regular basis.
• Blue light discount – a well recognized national discount card scheme. It will cost you £4.99 for two years’ membership but the discounts are large, and it’s widely accepted.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a confidential and independent service designed to help you deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home life, work life, health, and general wellbeing. EAP is available to you and to your immediate family.

Attached documents
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Applicant Pack WSW_DOH_Applicant_Pack.pdf
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