Domestic Abuse Specialist – Family Drug and Alcohol Court
Post: Domestic Abuse Specialist – Family Drug and Alcohol Court
Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work may be required)
Salary: £31,537.00
Job Purpose: To support women and children affected by domestic abuse as part of the FDAC Intervention Team, bringing expertise around DVA into the multi-agency partnership.
Duties and Responsibilities
Development & Support Work:
- To be an active member of multi professional network meetings, in order to generate and share multi-agency intervention plans for each family, prioritising the children’s needs and safety.
- To provide specialist assessment and support to women and children experiencing domestic abuse and involved in the FDAC
- To hold a caseload of families who are part of the FDAC and work with them to secure positive engagement, providing interventions to support families to make required and sustainable changes
- To facilitate group work programmes for women engaged in the FDAC process
- To maintain a high standard of records, preparing reports for internal use and for external agencies as required and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved
- To promote children, young people and women’s participation in all aspects of service delivery and development
- To work effectively with partners from a range of children and adults’ services in order to meet needs and improve outcomes for children, young people and their families who are in need of additional support
- To produce comprehensive and timely court reports on families that are of a high quality as appropriate and to attend court as necessary.
- To be trained in drug and alcohol testing and employ this with parents.
- To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within the staff team and for use when working with women and children around their rights
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services, through participation in research, service evaluation and audit
Administration and Communication:
- To work collaboratively with colleagues and ensure that all team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the service, staff, volunteers and service users by:
- a) following safety procedures
- b) attending team and other meetings
- c) carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager
- d) Working within agreed administrative and financial systems.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and intervention plans of parents, children and families within the service as appropriate
- To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
Training:
- To identify and attend training relevant to the post in agreement with your line manager
- To work alongside colleagues to organise training and information sessions on a range of issues for other professionals and families
General:
- To maintain the confidentiality of the women, young people and children using the service
- To maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the organisation
- To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation, adhering to BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times
- To maintain an awareness of the issues surrounding domestic violence on a national and local level with a particular reference to those related to working with children and young people
- To work within BSWA and local multi-agency adult and child safeguarding procedures.
- To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
- To undertake any other duties which may arise incidentally, develop or be assigned commensurate with the post
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is at 12 noononWednesday4thNovember. Interviews will take place weeks commencing 16thand 23rdNovember.
Domestic Abuse Specialist – Family Drug and Alcohol Court – Job Description
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