ITRS (Interpersonal Trauma Response Service) Practitioner

ITRS (Interpersonal Trauma Response Service) Practitioner

FearFree delivers services across the Southwest for victims, children and perpetrators of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking. Our aim is to break the cycle of abuse and support everyone to live free from fear. FearFree’s work is always trauma-informed, and this post within the ITRS will be fundamental in ensuring that our service users and partner agencies continue to experience this in their engagement with our organisation.

The Interpersonal Trauma Response Service (ITRS) works alongside Primary Care in Devon to improve the health, wellbeing and safety of people who have experienced or caused domestic abuse and/or sexual violence (DASV). ITRS Adult Trauma Practitioners (ATPs) provide specialist training to GP surgeries, and subsequent 1:1 support to service users referred in by the GP Practice.

Alongside your ITRS team members you will provide specialist training to GP surgeries across Devon to improve identification, enquiry, and response for DASV patients. You will be the allocated ITRS practitioner to specific GP surgeries and will provide staff and patients advice and support.

As an ITRS Adult Practitioner you will hold a caseload of service users. You will provide them with trauma-stabilisation and risk management support addressing their current needs and goals.

This role may include evening and weekend work when required.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide specialist tailored and survivor-led trauma-stabilisation support to adults who are or have experienced DASV.
• Risk manage cases experiencing current, non-high risk DASV. This will include risk assessment, safety plan, risk review, safeguarding, and onward referrals where necessary to relevant agencies such as IDVA / MARAC / MASH.
• Provide on‑going support, advice and information to service users on their rights and options around housing, legal support, criminal justice process etc.
• Deliver ITRS training to GP practice staff, including how GPs can make confident clinical enquiries with patients about their experience of DASV.
• To be the named practitioner to a specific number of GP Surgeries, acting as the Single Point of Contact for GP staff on DASV enquiries / concerns.
• Develop a good relationship with staff within your allocated GP surgeries, integrating as part of the practice team.
• Engage pro‑actively with partner agencies, developing strong working relationships with them e.g. Social Care, Police, Community Mental Health.
• Facilitate therapeutic recovery group sessions ‘Journey to Healing’.
• Produce and maintain a high standard of accurate records on the case management system for all service users within your caseload.
• Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the ITRS by collecting required data and producing written reports as requested.
• Work closely with your team members and colleagues across the organisation, reflecting ideas and best‑practice.

Please note: This job description is not exhaustive and serves as a guide to the duties and responsibilities of the role. You may be required to undertake other reasonable duties as and when required, in line with the needs of the organisation and the evolving nature of the role.

FearFree is committed to encouraging equality and diversity in the workplace. We strive to be a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can all be ourselves and individual differences are recognised and valued.