Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner

£27,367.23 a year

Staffordshire Moorlands

Hours per week 37.5

Contract type Permanent

The role

As a Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner you’ll support adults and families living in our clients safe accommodation services. You’ll deliver focused and tailored one-to-one support to help them live a life free from abuse.

Job requirements

• Work with customers to identify their individual support needs.

• Provide a tailored support package and deliver practical, emotional and advocacy support.

• Support customers to make sure they understand their rights and responsibilities within the accommodation when they move in.

• Support customers to engage with internal and external agencies to access services, develop their skills and achieve their goals.

• Work as part of a multi-agency response to meet the identified needs of customers. This might include providing reports for, or attending, meetings such as MARAC and CYP conferences.

• Advocate for customers to make sure agencies understand and meet their needs.

• Work as part of a team to set up and manage safe accommodation in the community, which is an extension of refuge.

• Manage staff and provide support as a line manager. Help customers transition from safe accommodation to managing their own tenancy, offering group or 1:1 support.

• Participate in relevant training to share best practices with colleagues and professionals.

What they’re looking for

• A good level of education such as GCSE English and maths, or equivalent.

• Experience delivering support to customers, recognising their individual needs, making sure they have access to opportunities, all while meeting set deadlines.

• Experience supporting adults with complex needs such as relationship abuse and mental health.

• Experience of supporting a team, completing appraisals and check-ins.

• Knowledge of housing and health and safety requirements in a safe accommodation setting.

• An understanding of domestic abuse, including the impact on those affected by it and the legal and practical remedies available to them.

• The ability to work well under pressure and in complex situations.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle for work.

• DBS check.

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