About the Role
You will be co‑located within the Family Help and Building Your Futures teams and work as part of a multi‑disciplinary group that includes children’s social workers, Family Help lead practitioners, specialist adult workers such as mental health and substance use practitioners, and other professionals.
Your main responsibilities include assessing, planning and delivering specialist domestic abuse interventions for parents and carers whose children are open to Children’s Social Care, including those who have experienced or used unhealthy or abusive behaviours within relationships. You will complete needs and risk assessments, ensure that individuals affected by domestic abuse receive timely, appropriate support, and contribute to the development of a coordinated multi‑disciplinary plan. Guidance and advice to other professionals will be provided, and you will work within the “Team Around the Worker” model, using strengths‑based approaches and positive risk management. You will maintain consistency with legislation and local and national safeguarding procedures, ensuring safeguarding responses are timely and focused on both child and adult safeguarding. All direct work will be delivered using restorative and trauma‑informed approaches, including Motivational Interviewing, and you will engage fully in supervision, reflective practice, learning and development activities. You will also contribute to quality assurance processes such as audits and learning reviews.
Qualifications
- An IDVA qualification or equivalent experience in domestic abuse work (or willingness to undertake training)
- Strong knowledge of adult and child safeguarding procedures
- Experience working with families and understanding the impact of adult needs on parenting and child development
- A trauma‑informed, inclusive, strengths‑based approach
- Confidence working both independently and as part of a multi‑disciplinary team
- Experience of complex assessments and applying theory to practice
- Strong organisational, IT and communication skills
- Understanding of Motivational Interviewing and Restorative Practice (or willingness to train)
Equal Opportunities
We are a disability confident employer and committed to the Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. All applicants are considered under our equal opportunity policy and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds.
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