Peer Support Worker - BME & Migrant Women Family Support Service (Domestic Violence and Abuse)

Job Title: Peer Support Worker - BME & Migrant Women Family Support Service (Domestic Violence and Abuse)

Salary: £28,860 - £29,500 per annum (Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Duration: Permanent (subject to performance and continued funding)

Location: The post will be based at EACH Ealing but will be required to work off- site, remotely and any of EACH's offices based on the needs of the service.

EACH Counselling and Support is a growing organisation with over 50 staff and volunteers and services delivered across 10 London boroughs. We provide a wide range of therapeutic and non-therapeutic services across our core strands of Mental Health, Domestic Abuse and Substance Misuse.

We are seeking a Peer Support Worker to join our Domestic Abuse services, supporting women and families who have experienced domestic abuse and are facing multiple and complex challenges, including No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), housing insecurity, immigration issues, poverty and social isolation.

This is a peer role, meaning you will draw on your own lived experience of domestic abuse and/or related adversity to provide hope, understanding and practical support to others. You will work alongside professional staff to help families feel safer, less isolated and more confident in navigating services and rebuilding their lives.

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week), mainly based at our West Ealing office, with regular outreach across neighbouring boroughs. The post is permanent, subject to continued funding and satisfactory performance.

You will

• Provide emotional, practical and peer-based support to women and families affected by domestic abuse and multiple needs.
• Use lived experience appropriately to build trust, encourage engagement and promote hope and recovery.
• Work alongside survivors to develop and contribute to safety-focused, strengths based support plans.
• Offer one-to-one and family-based peer support to promote stability, confidence and independence.
• Support engagement with housing, NRPF, legal, health, education and community services.
• Help reduce isolation by encouraging participation in peer activities and community support
• Work alongside professional colleagues in safeguarding, risk awareness and multi-agency planning.
• Maintain clear boundaries and work within organisational policies and safeguarding procedures.

You will need

• Experience in either a paid or voluntary capacity of working with women and/or families affected by domestic abuse, sexual violence or exploitation.
• Lived experience of domestic abuse and/or related multiple disadvantage, with sufficient recovery to use this experience safely in a peer role
• A strong understanding of trauma-informed, survivor-centred and empowerment-based practice.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment and safety planning in a VAWG context.
• Ability to engage sensitively with individuals who may be fearful, isolated or marginalised.
• Good organisational, recording and communication skills.

Rewards and Benefits of Working for EACH

• Competitive salaries with opportunities for career growth.
• 25 days annual leave, plus statutory holidays with stepped increase in annual leave after year 2 to year 6 rising 1 day each year from 25 to 30 days in year 6.
• Annual leave is calculated on pro-rata basis for part time staff
• 4% - 6% employers pension contributions
• Up to 5 days study leave after 1 year in service
• Staff recognition award scheme.
• Opportunities for continuous professional development
• Ringfenced personal training budget.
• Flexible working hours subject to the needs of the service.
• E-wallet benefit scheme.
• Fully paid DBS check (Enhanced Level)

Deadline for applications: 27th April 2026 at 10:00am
Interviews: In person, Ealing office 5th May 2026

All Applicants must complete the application form, to be submitted by email. CVs will NOT be accepted.