Advertised from 14 September 2026

Role

Organisation Profile

Shakti Women’s Aid is a feminist voluntary organisation which provides information, emotional/ practical support, and refuge/ temporary accommodation to all black minority ethnic women and their children who are experiencing or fleeing domestic abuse.  

Shakti is seeking to recruit an experienced and qualified Key Case Worker to support women from black minority ethnic communities. 

Overall, Job Purpose

The purpose of the job is to support women, and children (if any) and young people, who approach Shakti as a result of experiencing domestic abuse. Women are referred to Shakti from a number of sources or they refer themselves. Support can take a number of forms, depending on a woman’s needs: information, practical help, referring to other agencies, emotional support, and advocacy. The worker must be able to assess a woman’s needs sensitively and sympathetically and to find appropriate ways to respond. She must be able to manage her caseload and work with her colleagues in Shakti and other agencies on behalf of women, children and young people. Working in partnership with other members of staff and in liaison with other agencies, the case worker must also ensure that information and support is available to help women in the refuge and other temporary accommodation and resettle them when they are moving to permanent accommodation from the refuge or temporary accommodation.

Key Requirements: The post holder must be a bilingual speaker in a BME community language, preferably Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Vietnamese, Tagalog or other East Asian language. The post holder will support Black and Minority Ethnic women, their children and young people experiencing and/or fleeing domestic abuse or forced marriage. Applicants ideally have a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with Black and Minority Ethnic Communities; an understanding of the legislative and cultural issues surrounding domestic abuse/forced marriage. All applicants must have a minimum of SVQ Level III in Social Care or relevant qualification such as degree in Social Work or Community Education.

Application notes

Women only need apply for these posts under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

Closing date: Monday, 5th October 2026. For application pack, please email info@shaktiedinburgh.co.uk. We do not accept CV’s.

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