About this role
Job summary
The Domestic Abuse Practitioner will provide a high quality specialist domestic abuse service across the Trust, supporting patients, carers, visitors and staff.
The postholder will work within the corporate Safeguarding Team, delivering expert advice, coordinating responses to domestic abuse, and ensuring robust risk assessment and safety planning.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist domestic abuse advice, support, and education to multi professional teams. Enable safe, appropriate and trauma informed responses to victims of domestic abuse. Empower patients to seek support and understand their options in relation to domestic abuse Support staff in completing high quality DASH risk assessments and ensure Trust representation at MARAC. Work closely with the wider safeguarding team to include Adult Safeguarding, Midwifery, Children & Young People Safeguarding, Learning Disability and mental health leads. Liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure coordinated support and advocacy for victims. Participate in multi agency safeguarding meetings, including MARAC, as required. Deliver training to frontline staff on recognising and responding to domestic abuse. Contribute to Trust wide safeguarding education programmes.Support the implementation of domestic abuse pathways, policies, and Trust wide initiatives. Work within national and local safeguarding legislation, policies, and evidence based practice frameworks. Support monitoring and compliance with the Trust Domestic Abuse and Sexual Safety policies. Assist in quality improvement, audit and service development initiatives.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide specialist domestic abuse advice, support, and education to multi professional teams. Enable safe, appropriate and trauma informed responses to victims of domestic abuse. Empower patients to seek support and understand their options in relation to domestic abuse Support staff in completing high quality DASH risk assessments and ensure Trust representation at MARAC. Work closely with the wider safeguarding team to include Adult Safeguarding, Midwifery, Children & Young People Safeguarding, Learning Disability and mental health leads. Liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure coordinated support and advocacy for victims. Participate in multi agency safeguarding meetings, including MARAC, as required. Deliver training to frontline staff on recognising and responding to domestic abuse. Contribute to Trust wide safeguarding education programmes.Support the implementation of domestic abuse pathways, policies, and Trust wide initiatives. Work within national and local safeguarding legislation, policies, and evidence based practice frameworks. Support monitoring and compliance with the Trust Domestic Abuse and Sexual Safety policies. Assist in quality improvement, audit and service development initiatives. Please see attached job description
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
professional registration degree or diploma level study
Desirable
academic study within the field of domestic abuse
Skills Essential
Proficient in the use of Microsoft office: Word, Excel, access and Power-point Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
Experience Essential
Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff Experience of attending multi-Agency meetings Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
Desirable
Experience of working with complex child/adult safeguarding cases
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address Royal Stoke Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)