Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Coordinator

Role: Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Coordinator

Based: Remote

Rate: £18 – £20 umb

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Temp for 3 months

Hours: 35 hours per week (condensed hours over 4 days considered)

Our client, a specialist Domestic Violence charity, is looking to recruit a Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Coordinator to offer coordination and project management support to ensure the successful delivery of Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) in line with statutory guidance

Synopsis of duties:

• Responsible for holding a number of DHR cases.
• Act as the lead contact for queries regarding specific DHR cases for panel members and relevant Community Safety Partnership Leads (CSP).
• Liaise with the CSP lead for each DHR case and ensure they are kept up to date with the progress of the review and/or any changes.
• To identify partner agencies to attend DHRs and liaise with CSP Leads and members of staff to secure membership.
• Liaise with CSP Leads, statutory and voluntary agencies, and local community groups to explain the DHR processes, collate information and chase for any outstanding material.
• Review all information provided by external agencies for review by the DHR Chairs. Support agencies with information requests including one-to-one IMR development training, reviewing, and providing feedback.
• Liaise with DHR Chairs and DHR Manager to monitor and update progress against each review case and ensure issues are escalated.
• Prepare and format various documents as required with the use of templates and circulate papers ahead of meetings.
• Schedule panel meetings with DHR Chairs and CSP Leads ensuring all necessary arrangements.
• To produce minutes including agreed actions and circulate them to relevant agencies for all panel meetings and interviews.
• Proofread and provide quality assurance on Overview Reports to DHR Chairs around formatting and grammatical accuracy, citations, and research resources.
• Coordinate and attend interviews with the families and friends of victims and perpetrators, taking minutes and providing support to the DHR Chairs.
• Ensure that essential information of a sensitive and/or personal nature is not disclosed to or discussed with, inappropriate persons and that all information is maintained in accordance with Standing Together standards and policies.
• Maintain records and information for the purpose of internal and external monitoring and evaluation of DHR records.
• Offer support to the DHR manager with any ongoing research, reports or reviews of DHRs as required.
• Offer support to the DHR manager with the development and delivery of training on DHRs as required.
• Support the DHR manager and team with any ad hoc tasks or support as required

Essential Requirements:

• A thorough understanding of domestic abuse, its dynamics and its impact on survivors.
• An understanding of the coordinated community response (CCR) to domestic abuse and commitment to all aspects of partnership working to improve that response.
• A good understanding of safeguarding responsibilities, especially in relation to domestic abuse.
• Excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills, with demonstrable experience working in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines.

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