Female ICEP Specialist DVA Worker
Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
Salary:£14,152pa (£28,304 FTE)
Permanent, Part Time (20 hours per week)
The first suitable applicant will be appointed.
Please note that, in line with the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1, there is a genuine occupational requirement for this post to be filled by a female worker.
PARAGON are a specialist team within The YOU Trust and our mission is 'together empowering change' for individuals, families, and our communities. We are committed to ending violence against adults and children, and do this through empowering individual and communities to change.
Essential Requirements:
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You will be trustworthy in all that you do and act with integrity, treating people with dignity and respect.
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You will have a can-do approach asking how you can achieve things rather than whether we can.
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You will work as part of a team
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You will be warm friendly and approachable to clients and internal and external colleagues.
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Confident to present and facilitate training on teams and face to face
The Role:
This is an exciting role for an experienced practitioner who wants to develop their skills by providing specialist and targeted support to individuals and families with diverse and complex needs. You will be able to identify and engage with groups such as rural populations, older people, BAMER and LGBTQ+ communities and other isolated groups highlighted through the development of this project.
As well as the one to one work you will work in close partnership to build resilience and sustainability within communities by delivering the Dragonfly Project training to champions – allowing each community to offer safe spaces for these affected by domestic violence and abuse to talk in confidence.
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You will be passionate and confident to advocate on behalf of each person you work with, accurately sharing their views and, when required, challenge institutionalised victim blaming language and practice.
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You will support the manager and wider team and use your skills, knowledge and experience to develop a service that meets national accreditation levels.
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You will have an understanding and commitment to a wide range of values that underpin this work including being non-judgemental, person centred, trauma informed and gender responsive and be able to demonstrate these values to your team.
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You will have the ability to engage with, and support your colleagues to engage with, victims and survivors ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to engage with your support to gain the knowledge, skills and learning needed to live the life they want. You will hold values that inspire a client led approach and be self-motivating, reflective and have a positive response to challenging situations.
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You will be experienced in facilitating training in a confident and engaging manner online and face to face.
Our Benefits:
- Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
- Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
- Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
- Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
- Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
- Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
- Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
- Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.
The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.
Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.
Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role.
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