Domestic Abuse (DA) Early Intervention Programme and Out of Court Resolution (OoCR) Practitioner

Location: Thames Valley (with some wider UK OoCR sessions online and in person)

Contract: weekends and evening work expected (37 hours)

Applications close: 3rd August 2026

RISE strives for a world where people can lead safe, purposeful lives as a result of better relationships within families and communities; where harmful behaviour is marginalised and fewer people are victims of crime. In order to create safe communities, RISE empowers people to break their cycle of harmful behaviour. RISE’s programmes challenge attitudes and facilitate long-lasting behaviour change and are driven by the belief that people can make better decisions, given the right support.

RISE are specialists in designing and delivering evidence-based, transformative behaviour change courses within the criminal justice system and wider community. With the main objectives of reducing re-offending and helping to protect the public, the RISE practitioner will deliver a range of interventions (individual and group), that RISE may design, commission or be commissioned to deliver in the future in the community.

We are commissioned to deliver early intervention domestic abuse perpetrator programmes and assessments in Thames Valley, as part of Conditional/Diversionary cautions. This position will focus on delivery of the Preventing Intimate Partner Abuse (“PIPA”) course – comprising individual and group sessions - and working closely with Thames Valley Police. RISE has also developed a range of Out of Court Disposal interventions for a range of offences, which are delivered online and in person, which the postholder will deliver. These include courses such as KIC (“keep it Calm”), Consider, Assault on Emergency Workers (AEW), Perspective, and any new interventions developed in the coming years.

Key Accountabilities:

• Groupwork delivery: Deliver a range of short interventions which include group work, one to ones, embedding in a multi-agency approach to domestic abuse in the area. Ensure delivery is in accordance with tasks outlined in the RISE Domestic Abuse Perpetrator manual and process mapping.
• Adhere to relevant group work programme manuals and deliver programme sessions to ensure the integrity of programme delivery, which is overseen by the Team Leader.
• Apply specialised materials to support your delivery to racialised and marginalised communities.
• Be responsible and accountable for working with Team Leader to ensure risk is reviewed on a weekly basis.
• Practitioners will comply with the appropriate audit standards when working with perpetrators in line with RESPECT or HMPPS’s requirements.
• Use motivational interviewing techniques and strength-based approaches in building a range of therapeutic skills to engage with service users to address their abusive behaviour.
• Encourage and facilitate learning with participants on a group, including proactively working to elicit behavioural change and acceptance of their behaviour towards their partner, or ex-partner.
• Work closely with other professionals to ensure appropriate steps are taken to protect where there is an imminent risk to another person.
• Apply RISE’s escalation procedures.
• Be personally accountable for the completion of assessments, mid-way reports, and end of intervention reports, and ensure they are to a high standard.
• Provide support and consultancy to other professionals to ensure appropriateness of referrals and improve understanding on domestic abuse.
• Ensure effective planning for the delivery of each intervention in advance of the session.
• Participate in and pass the necessary training to be able to deliver all interventions.
• Assist or lead on the delivery of training courses.

Integrating the Safety Support Service:

• Liaise and engage closely with the Domestic Abuse Safety Advisor or local victim services commissioned to increase the safety of partners, ex-partners and children of the service user to manage the risk and develop treatment goals.
• Prior to delivering Domestic Abuse Interventions, liaise and share information with RISE Domestic Abuse Safety Officers or IDVA to ensure an integrated approach is applied to risk management.
• Attend monthly risk review meetings with Domestic Abuse Safety Advisor and Senior practitioners to ensure effective risk management procedures are always applied.

OOCD courses:

• Deliver a range of Out of Court Disposal short courses online and in person.
• Ensure delivery is in accordance with tasks outlined in the RISE OOCD manual and process mapping.
• Adhere to course manual sessions and materials and ensure the integrity of programme delivery is always maintained, overseen by the Team Leader.
• Apply specialised materials to support your delivery to racialised and marginalised groups and adjust materials according to meet neuro-diversity needs, agreed by the Team Leader.
• Use motivational interviewing techniques and strength-based approaches in building a range of therapeutic skills to engage with service users online and in person.
• Encourage and facilitate learning with participants online using a variety of techniques like break-out, noticeboard etc.

Recording and administrative tasks:

• Ensure timely and accurate recording of all relevant data (attendance, feedback, midway and end of intervention reports) using systems provided and in line with performance standards.
• Maintain an accurate audit trail of all relevant communication with partner organisations involved.
• Ensure completion of pre and post questionnaires in line with RISE’s Social Impact strategy.
• Contribute to the evaluation and evidencing of social impact, including questionnaires and service user case studies.

General tasks:

• Develop excellent relationships with customers and respond positively to their needs.
• Be a strong advocate for RISE interventions, representing RISE and its interventions at key stakeholder events.
• Attend Clinical Consultancy to support safe practice and develop resilience during the delivery of demanding work as directed by the Team Leader.

Confidentiality and Information Security:

• Adhere to the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts and comply with the terms of RISE’s Privacy, IT and Data protection policies, and that of our partners where relevant.
• Comply with security measures in accordance with RISE policies and our partner’s Email and Internet use.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults:

RISE is committed to keeping children and vulnerable adults safe. Post holders with direct service user contact are responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults they come into contact with. Post holders not in direct offender contact have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Other duties:

Undertake other duties as may be required which are commensurate with the grade and nature of the post. Cover for other posts as appropriate, and willingness to be trained in new interventions.

Essential:

• Effective interpersonal skills and communication skills in person and online.
• Ability to effectively undertake risk assessments.
• Ability to write high quality reports.
• Experience of delivering domestic abuse and/or trauma interventions or case work.
• Good understanding of race and equality issues and impact on communities.
• Experience and knowledge of multi-agency liaison risk management.
• Experience of working with both Families, Children and Service Users.
• Ability to motivate and engage a difficult client group while undertaking interventions. This may be as part of one to one basis or group work.
• Openness to new ideas and ways of working.
• Ability to relate positively and empathetically but without collusion.
• Ability to appropriately challenge negatives attitudes, thinking and behaviours.
• Willingness to learn and develop from feedback about performance.
• Experience of effective team working.
• Ability and willingness to use new technology.
• An Enhanced DBS Check is required for this role.

Desirable:

• Ability to develop new interventions.
• A relevant qualification, e.g. social work, probation studies or cognitive behaviour therapy or family therapy.