Female Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Worker

The YOU Trust LTD; Swindon; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Enhanced annual leave

Matched pension

Sick pay allowances

Professional training

Career development

Employee Assistance Programme

Uniform provided

Staff discounts

Job summary

The YOU Trust is seeking a Female Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Worker (DVA Worker) to join PARAGON in Swindon. You will provide practical and emotional support to women, families and individuals affected by domestic violence and abuse, delivering trauma-informed interventions and ensuring a whole-family approach.

Role requires flexible hours including evenings and weekends, travel across the county, and safeguarding knowledge.

Qualifications

• Health & Social Care qualification or NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• Experience supporting women, men and children who have been subject to domestic violence and abuse
• Car driver with willingness to travel across the county for meetings/training
• Understanding of domestic violence and abuse issues affecting families
• Experience and knowledge of safeguarding adults and children

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to individuals and families experiencing domestic abuse.
• Deliver a range of interventions with partners to ensure a whole family approach.
• Lead on assessments, drop-ins and group work in accommodation or community settings.
• Organise campaigns and awareness events and coordinate parenting support interventions.

Skills

Health & Social Care

DV support

Driver

Safeguarding

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Female Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Worker (Internally known as DVA Worker)

Location: SWINDON

Salary: £26,920 + £2,500 R&R allowance per annum FTE (Salary will be pro-rated for part time)

Permanent, Full Time and Part Time positions available

The first suitable applicant will be appointed.

Please note that, in line with the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1, there is a genuine occupational requirement for this post to be filled by a female worker.

PARAGON are a specialist team within The YOU Trust and our mission is ‘together empowering change’ for individuals, families, and our communities. We are committed to ending violence against adults and children, and do this through empowering individual and communities to change.

Essential Requirements:

• Health & Social Care qualification or equivalent to NVQ level 3orequivalent work level experience
• Experience supporting women, men and children who have been subject to domestic violence and abuse on 1;1 or group work basis
• Car driver with willingness to work across the county and to travel beyond occasionally for meetings and training
• Understanding of domestic violence and abuse issues affecting families
• Experience and knowledge of safeguarding adults and children

The Role:

PARAGONDomestic Abuse Workers are part of a team providing practical and emotional support to individuals and families experiencing domestic abuse.Domestic Abuse Workers work with individuals,parentsand others to develop and deliver a range of effective interventions and with partners to ensure a whole family approach, where indicated.This may be via proactive in-reach support to people living in refuge,and outreach, move on and resettlement support, providing a flexible, trauma informed, client centred risk led service.Workersleadon assessments, facilitatedrop ins, develop a range of parenting support interventions, lead on and arrange campaigns and awareness raising events and design, develop andfacilitategroup work in accommodation and community settings.

About You:

• I will be trustworthy in all that I do, acting with integrity and treating people with dignity and respect.
• I will be person centred ensuring the service is designed around what matters to clients and that people are in the centre of the support they receive.
• I will be innovative in my approach and embrace new ways of working to ensure the service is always at the forefront of practice
• I will have the ability to work client focused flexible hours, including evenings, nights asrequiredand weekends and form part of anon callrota which may requirenight timecall out.
• I will be ready to work as part of a team of committed individuals dedicated to making a positive change.

Our Benefits:

• Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
• Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
• Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
• Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
• Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
• Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
• Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
• Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.

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