Portsmouth City Council is committed to ensuring that, whatever accommodation a person has, they can access the right support at the right time to help them sustain it. However, domestic abuse is the third most common cause of homelessness in Portsmouth, accounting for 11% of all applications made in 2022.
For those residents experiencing or at risk of domestic abuse, the Domestic Abuse Housing Specialist will provide advice and assistance regarding the options available to them, for example helping make the person's current home safe for them where that is what they want, exploring legal remedies available through the courts, or seeking alternative, safe accommodation.
The Domestic Abuse Housing Specialist will work alongside partner agencies to provide a coordinated response for people experiencing domestic abuse.
Skills:
1. Hold an IDVA accreditation, a relevant vocational qualification, or have experience of working within a domestic abuse service and be willing to undertake relevant training and accreditation as necessary and appropriate.
2. Have experience of working with domestic abuse and unhealthy behaviours in a professional or voluntary capacity.
3. Have an understanding and appreciation of the relationship features and dynamics of domestic abuse and unhealthy behaviours, and how to achieve and maintain a healthy relationship whilst exercising professional curiosity.
4. Have the confidence and competence to communicate clearly and accurately, both verbally and in writing, with adults, young people, and professionals.
5. Can build and maintain empowering, strengths-based relationships with adults.
6. Have a good working knowledge and experience of promoting anti-discriminatory practice and addressing equality opportunity issues.
7. Offer a restorative approach to engage with colleagues and families.
8. Have experience of providing evidence-based interventions to both individuals and groups.
9. Have a working knowledge of the MARAC process, the threshold of assessing needs and risk, and the DASH Risk Identification and Assessment and Management Model.
10. Have an ability to manage crisis and have professional resilience to respond effectively in stressful circumstances.
11. Be confident in making safe decisions independently as well as being receptive to seeking and receiving additional professional advice and guidance from others.
12. Experience of complex assessments, analysing information and developing strengths-based, outcome-focused plans with survivors that engage their household.
13. Have good computer skills (as required to navigate electronic databases and case management systems and use Microsoft Office) and be able to keep and maintaining up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive records.
14. Have a good knowledge of the Data Protection Act and an understanding of client confidentiality.
15. Understand and have experience of children and adult safeguarding, both in terms of practice approaches, policy and legal processes.
16. Maintain a keen interest in relevant local and national developments.
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