Domestic Abuse Specialist Practitioner, Birmingham

Pertemps; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care recruitment agency is seeking a Domestic Abuse Specialist Practitioner for a contract role in Birmingham. The role involves case holding and providing direct support to families affected by domestic abuse, working collaboratively with social work teams. Candidates should have extensive experience in domestic abuse and preferably experience in Early Help teams. Competitive pay rate up to £30.57 per hour.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working in domestic abuse.
• Experience working in Early Help teams or with multidisciplinary approaches is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Case hold and provide direct work to families including the perpetrator in a way that does not increase risk to the non-abusive parent.
• Joint work with social work cases providing specific support to families.

Skills

Extensive experience in domestic abuse

Experience with multidisciplinary approaches

Job description

Overview

Domestic Abuse Specialist Practitioner, Birmingham. Pay rate to £30.57 per hour. Contract role.

Vitalis are recruiting for an experienced Domestic Abuse Specialist Practitioner to work in an Early Help team in Birmingham. This is a new role under National Reforms for Family Help. The Domestic Abuse Service is creating a multi-disciplinary team to work alongside social work and early help teams. There is a requirement for extensive experience of working in domestic abuse. There are 3 posts available to be located in the 3 Districts in East Birmingham. Staff will be required to case hold and provide direct work to families including the perpetrator in a safe way that does not increase the risk of harm to the non-abusive parent. Staff will be required in the first instance to joint work with social work cases providing specific support to families and deliver group work programmes.

Responsibilities

• Case hold and provide direct work to families including the perpetrator in a way that does not increase risk to the non-abusive parent.
• Joint work with social work cases providing specific support to families and delivering group work programmes.

Requirements

• Extensive experience of working in domestic abuse.
• Experience working in Early Help teams or with multidisciplinary approaches is desirable.

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