At a Glance
- Tasks: Support adults and families in safe accommodation, delivering tailored one-to-one support.
- Company: Join a dedicated team making a real difference in the community.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with potential for impactful change in people's lives.
- Why this job: Empower individuals to live free from abuse and help them regain independence.
- Qualifications: Experience in support roles, understanding of domestic abuse, and good communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 37809 - 46211 £ per year.
- Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner
- 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
- 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. xiskglj
Apply now! We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Check below to see if you have what is needed for this opportunity, and if so, make an application asap.
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