Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Specialist Abuse Advocate for a domestic abuse charity based in the Black Country area.
Location: Sandwell and Birmingham
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £24,310.04 - £27,751.77 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday (will consider flexibility)
Please note for this role access to own vehicle and driver’s license is essential.
Main duties and responsibilities
* To recognise men and children’s individual needs, providing a support service to meet those needs, advocating on their behalf where appropriate.
* To support the empowerment of the client and facilitate their understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence.
* Advocate for and work with clients to help them access services to keep them and their children safe.
* Identify and assess the risks and needs of male clients using an evidence-based risk identification checklist.
* To work alongside partner agencies involved in the family court process, ensuring the woman’s voice is heard and represented.
* To carry out and regularly review risk assessments using evidence-based tools and to complete safety planning with clients keeping them informed about developments in legal proceedings as they arise.
* Recognise, respect and address the needs of clients who face particular barriers when seeking help to access the advocacy service, including those from hard to reach groups.
* To support clients to access services to help keep them and their children safe and to meet needs.
* Support clients though criminal and civil court hearings, ensuring they are kept informed of the court process.
* Prepare reports to feed into MARAC and other operational safeguarding forums.
* Attendance to present cases at MARAC may be required on an ad hoc basis.
* Ensure that any issues in relation to safeguarding children or vulnerable adults are brought to the immediate attention of the designated safeguarding lead (DSL).
Person Specification
* Educated to minimum Level 3 or equivalent, with a good level of experience in Health and social care.
* IDVA/ISVA qualification and/or direct experience of working in domestic/sexual violence.
* Experience of working with adults, acknowledging safeguarding concerns and responding appropriately.
* Experience of working with and supporting vulnerable people.
* Experience of handling a caseload.
* Experience of working with clients with complex needs, such as mental health and substance misuse.
* Experiencing of working within a supportive setting for vulnerable people, providing direct support and a needs led service, undertaking risk and needs assessments and support planning, using a variety of intervention tools.
* Experience of working/liaising within a multi-agency setting with a range of stakeholders and representing clients/organization an external meetings.
* Knowledge of family court proceedings including issues arising for Victims and children subjected to domestic abuse.
* Experience of preparing accurate reports for formal settings such as, MARAC, court, case conferences or similar proceedings.
If you would like to be considered for this position and have the relevant experience, then please email your CV to (email address removed).
Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.
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