Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner

<p><strong>Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner</strong></p><p><strong>Salary: £28,598.62 a year</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Staffordshire Moorlands</strong></p><p><strong>Hours per week: 37.5</strong></p><p><strong>Contract type: Permanent</strong></p><p></p><p>As a Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner, you'll support adults and families living in our client's safe accommodation services. You'll deliver focused and tailored one-to-one support to help them live a life free from abuse.</p><p></p><p><strong>What you'll do: </strong></p><ul><li>Process customer referrals, identify risk and support needs, and deliver tailored practical, emotional and advocacy support.</li><li>Line manage staff and contribute to a safe, flexible, and high-quality support service.</li><li>Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners, attending meetings (e.g. MARAC/CYP) and advocating for customers.</li><li>Support customers with housing, benefits, tenancy responsibilities, and progression towards independence.</li><li>Assist with service delivery, including rota management, on-call support, reporting, and meeting targets/funding requirements.</li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Who you are: </strong></p><ul><li>A good level of education such as GCSE English and maths, or equivalent.</li><li>Experience delivering support to customers, recognising their individual needs, making sure they have access to opportunities, all while meeting set deadlines.</li><li>Experience supporting adults with complex needs such as relationship abuse and mental health.</li><li>Experience of supporting a team, completing appraisals and check-ins.</li><li>Knowledge of housing and health and safety requirements in a safe accommodation setting.</li><li>An understanding of domestic abuse, including the impact on those affected by it and the legal and practical remedies available to them.</li><li>The ability to work well under pressure and in complex situations.</li><li>Good written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle for work.</li></ul><p></p><p>The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.</p><p></p><p>Apply now! They may close this vacancy early if they receive a high volume of applications. </p><p></p><p> </p><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?p4QwZ6nBSKlDi8a50JRToX5Vw2Lc3Wine" width="0" height="0" />