About this role
Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner
£28,598.62
Staffordshire Moorlands
Permanent
Full-Time
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.
What you’ll do:
Process customer referrals, identify risk and support needs, and deliver tailored practical, emotional and advocacy support for both male and female service users.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.Happy to clean and prepare voids. 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.Knowledge of safeguarding.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.Good computer skills.Domestic abuse and safeguarding qualifications.A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle for work. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.
Apply now! Our client may close this vacancy early if they receive a high volume of applications.
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