Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner

£28,598.62

Staffordshire Moorlands

Permanent

Full-Time

As a Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner, youll support adults and families living in our safe accommodation services. Youll deliver focused and tailored one-to-one support to help them live a life free from abuse.

What youll do:

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• Process customer referrals, identify risk and support needs, and deliver tailored practical, emotional and advocacy support for both male and female service users.
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• Line manage staff and contribute to a safe, flexible, and high-quality support service.
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• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners, attending meetings (e.g. MARAC/CYP) and advocating for customers.
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• Support customers with housing, benefits, tenancy responsibilities, and progression towards independence.
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• Assist with service delivery, including rota management, on-call support, reporting, and meeting targets/funding requirements.
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• Happy to clean and prepare voids.
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Who you are:

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• A good level of education such as GCSE English and maths, or equivalent.
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• Experience delivering support to customers, recognising their individual needs, making sure they have access to opportunities, all while meeting set deadlines.
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• Experience supporting adults with complex needs such as relationship abuse and mental health.
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• Knowledge of safeguarding.
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• Experience of supporting a team, completing appraisals and check-ins.
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• Knowledge of housing and health and safety requirements in a safe accommodation setting.
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• An understanding of domestic abuse, including the impact on those affected by it and the legal and practical remedies available to them.
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• The ability to work well under pressure and in complex situations.
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• Good written and verbal communication skills.
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• Good computer skills.
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• Domestic abuse and safeguarding qualifications.
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• A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle for work.
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The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.

Apply now! We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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