Domestic Abuse Practitioner (Early Help)
Opportunity Overview
We are looking for someone with experience of supporting victims/survivors of domestic abuse, managing a caseload and understanding the principles of safeguarding children and adults. The post holder will have a good understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and how this can affect victims.
Date posted: 10/12/24
Job Title: Domestic Abuse Practitioner (Early Help)
Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours), based in Walsall
Salary: £24,310.04 (unqualified) - £29,139.08 (qualified)
Closing date: 07 January 2025
BCWA reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams
The Role:
The Domestic Abuse Practitioner will work at an Early Help Level focusing on providing a local gateway to all services for children, young people and their families. There will be a range of local partners working from the localities family hubs who provide a range of services to local families.
The Domestic Abuse Support will include supporting at school, in the home and at family hubs in other suitable community venues.
Is this you?
If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete an online application form, providing examples/evidence for each of the criteria in the person specification. CVs will not be accepted.
An application pack can be found below:
Domestic Abuse Practitioner JD Dec24
BCWA 063 Application form v3
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MONITORING FORM
BCWA-Privacy-Notice-for-applicants v4 final
Important information for all positions
Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions. Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.
Employment checks
As a responsible employer, we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:
Right to work in the UK
Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination, we treat all job applicants equally. We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed, the unsuccessful candidates' documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.
References
Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer. If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:
* a professional from your centre of study, for instance a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
* GP or health visitor
* a character reference from a person who knows you
* a civil servant from a government agency
* a bank manager
DBS
All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.
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