VONNE (Voluntary Organisations' Network North East)
Domestic Abuse Counsellor
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Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Full or Part time
Application deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - 00:00
Based: Sunderland
Salary: £28,597 to 31,022 Per Annum
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Location: Tyne and Wear
Role description: Project Support
About The Service
WWIN is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across Sunderland and Wearside. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.
About The Role
Our Counselling team provides both adult and children survivors of Domestic Abuse with individual trauma informed, one to one counselling and therapeutic services.
We are seeking a candidate who brings ideas and energy to this new role, supporting the development of the service to meet the varied needs of our client groups and enhancing the overall outcomes of our Outreach and Refuge services working closely with other non-therapeutic staff and sharing skills and ideas to mutual benefit.
About You
You will have at least 2 years post-graduate experience in delivering brief, mid and long-term one to one evidence-based psychological interventions and be able to work from an integrative perspective. This includes elements of person-centred, psychodynamic, psychoeducational, CBT, feminist and trauma informed approaches in your work to meet the needs of some high risk and complex cases.
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You will need to be flexible in your approach to location, as the role may require you to move between rooms and buildings across Sunderland and our refuge locations, including transporting any equipment needed to deliver your work.
Applicants should have experience of working with domestic abuse within a therapeutic environment and be registered with an appropriate professional body.
WWIN is committed to the personal and professional development of staff. You will be working within an experienced team willing to share skills, experience and support your learning and development.
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In return you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- An annual salary of £28,597 - £31,022 per year (pay award pending)
- 32 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata) including statutory holidays, rising by one day each service year up to 37 days including statutory holidays
- Membership of the Nest Pension Scheme
- Wellbeing Initiatives and Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to join the Blue Light Card discount scheme
- Free and discounted theatre and event tickets via the Tickets for Good Scheme
Job Description
The role will one to one trauma informed counselling and therapeutic services, alongside delivering education and therapeutic group work to a trauma experienced client group being supported by our Outreach and Refuge teams.
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The post includes therapeutic delivery and administrative support to all counselling and therapeutic services/projects.
Applicants will have experience in delivering brief, mid and long-term one to one evidence-based psychological interventions and be able to work from an integrative perspective. This includes elements of person-centred, psychodynamic, psychoeducational, CBT, feminist and trauma informed approaches in their work to meet the needs of the client group and be able to develop and facilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic group work as and when required.
Applicants should have experience of working with domestic abuse within a therapeutic environment, have post qualification experience, hold professional accreditation or be working towards accreditation. All applicants should be registered with an appropriate professional body.
WWIN is committed to the personal and professional development of staff. You will be working within an experienced team willing to share skills, experience and support your learning and development.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Further detail is available on our website Jobs - Work for us | WWIN
If you would like to discuss the role further or have any questions, please contact:
Amy Rossiter, HR Manager, email amy.rossiter@wwin.org.uk
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