Job Title: Out of Hours Support and Security Staff
Position type: Bank shifts
Salary: £12.21 p/h (in line with minimum wage)
Shift pattern: Weekend shifts- Saturday day, Saturday night, Sunday day and Sunday night (night shifts are 4.30pm-9.30am, day shifts are 9am-5pm)
Bank shifts are also available.
Closing date: 28 October 2025
Shifts will be made available one month in advance.
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams
Is this you?
We are looking for a compassionate and organised individual to undertake our Out of Hours Support and Security Staff. The post holder will support clients and their children based within our refuge accommodation.
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders and clients at all levels.
The role:
You will be be based within our domestic abuse refuge accommodation as an integral part of the support offered to victims and children who have fled abuse. Within this role, you will be required to ensure that the accommodation is fit for purpose, meets health and safety requirements and is safe at all times as well as ensuring that the security measures of the accommodation sites are maintained and upheld at all times in line with agreed procedures/protocols.
If you have excellent interpersonal skills, empathy and are hardworking, we would love to hear from you.
Please contact recruitment@blackcountrywomensaid.co.uk if you are interested in applying for this position.
CVs will not be accepted.
An application pack can be found below:
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Important information for all positions
Black Country Women’s Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting then welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau for details of any previous criminal convictions.
Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.
Employment checks
As a responsible employer we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:
Right to work in the UK
Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination we treat all job applicants equally.
We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed the unsuccessful candidates documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.
References
Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer.
If you have finished full time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:
- a professional from your centre of study, for instance a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
- GP or health visitor
- a character reference from a person who knows you
- a civil servant from a government agency
- a bank manager
DBS
All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.