As a Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner, you’ll support adults and families living in our safe accommodation services. You’ll deliver focused and tailored one-to-one support to help them live a life free from abuse.
What you’ll do:
* Process customer referrals, identify risk and support needs, and deliver tailored practical, emotional and advocacy support.
* Line manage staff and contribute to a safe, flexible, and high-quality support service.
* Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners, attending meetings (e.g. MARAC/CYP) and advocating for customers.
* Support customers with housing, benefits, tenancy responsibilities, and progression towards independence.
* Assist with service delivery, including rota management, on-call support, reporting, and meeting targets/funding requirements.
Who you are:
* 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.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.
We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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