Victim Support is looking for a Domestic Abuse Caseworker based in Bristol. This role is Home Based with travel around the area.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
This role will provide support services across Bristol, predominantly to male victims of domestic abuse. The roleholder will:
Provide a high quality support service to victims of domestic violence and abuse through on-going risk assessment, individual safety planning and advocacy, emotional and practical support:
Work within a multi-agency framework and with local partnership responses to domestic abuse to keep safety central to all services for victims of domestic abuse and:
Work with survivors and other agencies to co-ordinate their care pathway and ensure they remain safe and empowered.
To be successful in this role you will have a good understanding of domestic abuse including the impact of domestic abuse on victims and their children. You will understand safeguarding issues and the principles of risk assessment, including the use of Safelives/DASH risk and needs assessment. You will have experience of direct service delivery to victims of domestic abuse or other vulnerable people and multi
agency working. You will have excellent communication and crisis management skills and have good IT skills.
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans, and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.
VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.
Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
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Location: Bristol (home during Covid Pandemic) with occasional travel across UK
Fixed term for 12 months
We work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse. We want what you would want for your best friend. We listen to survivors, putting their voices at the heart of our thinking. We look at the whole picture for each individual and family to get the right help at the right time to make families everywhere safe and well. And we challenge perpetrators to change, asking ‘why doesn’t he stop?’ rather than ‘why doesn’t she leave?’ This applies whatever the gender of the victim or perpetrator and whatever the nature of their relationship. We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, nearly 11,000 professionals working on the frontline received our training. Over 65,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last three years, over 1,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
The Role
To provide effective and efficient co-ordination of resources and support for the Training team and the learners across all SafeLives’ training programmes.
Context
SafeLives’ Training team develops the knowledge and skills of professionals responding to victims and survivors of domestic abuse, whether adults, young people or children. The programme includes sector-leading accredited training - foundation and expert courses - for independent domestic violence advisors (Idvas) and independent domestic abuse advocates in Scotland (Idaas), independent sexual violence advisors (Isvas), domestic violence and abuse outreach workers, and other frontline workers who come into contact with people experiencing domestic abuse.
SafeLives also delivers Domestic Abuse Matters (DA Matters), a change programme for police officers and staff which we deliver on behalf of the national College of Policing.
SafeLives is very proud of its reputation for high-quality training programmes, and your role in maintaining our standards and delivering for learners will be vital. The successful post holder will support a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. You will get an insight into all the workings of a charity which is really well regarded and innovative and will support colleagues and learners to fulfil our values; rigorous, human and brave.
Benefits include a generous package including: 25 days holiday a year and public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, flexible working, Cycle to Work scheme and National Railcard.
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.
Closing date: 30th November 2020
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.
No agencies please.
37.5 hours per week, 12-month fixed term
Flexible location (home, Bristol office or London office) with regular travel across UK
Our training programme significantly improves the ability of domestic abuse professionals and other frontline responders and organisations, including police, children’s social care staff, and corporate HR and community teams, to identify and respond to domestic abuse and closely linked issues. We take a holistic approach, looking at the whole family and the connections between them to keep families safe sooner, and offer a whole range of training products to develop people who support them, including accredited professional training (e.g Idva, Ypva), accreditation of specialist DA services (Leading Lights), and bespoke services for public, voluntary and commercial organisations.
Our training programme across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland aims to create:
- user value: with learners who attend our training feeling more confident and better equipped to fulfil their role
- social value: with measures showing professionals who attend our training provide more effective interventions for those who experience abuse
- financial value: responsible for generating around a third of SafeLives’ annual income
As one of SafeLives’ trainers and assessors you will be part of the SafeLives learning and accreditation programme, with shared responsibility for developing, delivering and continuing a range of courses from within our suite. More broadly, you will work to ensure that SafeLives’ training programmes are in line with our strategic priorities and are of the highest quality, including course development and delivery with external partners and associate trainers.
You will combine teamwork with working independently on a day-to-day basis at home, in SafeLives’ Bristol or London office and at training locations.
This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the performance of professionals within the domestic abuse and related sectors at a national level as well as the response of other frontline or first responders in the public, voluntary or commercial sectors, and thus help address the risks faced by victims of domestic abuse.
Benefits include a generous package including: 25 days’ holiday a year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.
Closing date: 26th November 2020.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.
No agencies please.