Community Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Supporting Futures Consulting Ltd

Role: Community Domestic Abuse Practitioner (hybrid)

Based: Waltham Cross

Salary: £18 UMB

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Temp ongoing

Hours: 35 hours per week – initially present in the office to be supported in the role and then 1-2 days in the office,3 4 days from home with drop ins (community)

Our client, a well-respected domestic abuse charity is looking to recruit a Community Domestic Abuse Practitioner to join their team.

Synopsis of duties:

• To accept referrals allocated by the service manager or senior DAP and commence an initial need and risk assessment with the client within the specified timescales. Initiating plans to manage and address risks, needs and immediate safety
• Managing own case load, planning and delivery of support to clients and their children based on risk and need.
• To provide support to clients and their children living in the community in line with a structured plan that is driven by the risks posed to the client and the needs and preferences of the individual client. This should regularly reviewed with the client and line manager to ensure it reflects their current situation and priorities, using mandated best practice tools.
• Ensure clients have in place, and continuously review with them and the line manager, robust risk management plans to support them living safely and ensure they always have 24-hour access to support if a crisis arises, and they need to be made safe using additional support.
• To work closely with external partner agencies, advocating on behalf of the client to meet their individual support needs where those needs are specialist e.g. Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Legal etc. Signposting and supporting clients to access the community-based services.
• Ensure you work in close partnerships with other professionals and organisations in the locality. Effectively integrating with their services where this enables us to better reach visible and hidden clients
• Ensure that all Safeguarding measures are always delivered in respect of the client and their children and that you adhere strictly to Safer Places policies and procedures in respect of Safeguarding Adults and Children
• Support clients to improve their resilience and prospects by encouraging engagement with the various programmes and opportunities offered within the service such as specialist programmes for people who have experienced domestic abuse (triple R), improving numeracy and literacy, ESOL, Employability and other programmes provided in house or by other community partners.
• Ensure that all monitoring information is delivered on time, that KPI s are met.
• To maintain and develop effective working relationships within a designated area of responsibility. Ensuring all opportunities are explored to enable clients to directly access our services through local drop ins co-located within partner facilities or within our own facilities
• To maintain confidential records, provide detailed handover reports to colleagues, appropriate referral information when working in partnership with other agencies and ensure that consistent and accurate monitoring systems are maintained.
• Ensure that all monitoring data is completed on time.

Essential requirements:

• Have a good understanding of domestic abuse including the impact it has on victims and their children
• Experience of working with vulnerable groups.
• Experience of managing a caseload
• Experience of recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns
• Experience of working within a multi-agency and legislative framework.
• A fully enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months or on the update service

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.