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ID 1854: Child and Family Domestic Abuse Support Worker
Service: Bradford Survive & Thrive Integrated Children’s Service
Salary: Starting at £25, 221 FTE per annum, to £27,780 FTE per annum
£15,132.60 to £16,668.00 per annum for part time (22.2 hours per week)
Grade 2, point 16-19
Location: Bradford, BD1, Working across the Bradford District
Hours: 1 Part Time 22.2 hours Permanent and 1 x Part Time 22.2 hours 12 months contract. Both roles over 3 days
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: 1 x Permanent and 1 x Fixed Term, 12 months from start date. Extension subject to future funding.
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
Our main office is in Bradford city centre, however support sessions are delivered across the Bradford district.
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
The Survive and Thrive Integrated Children’s Service provides specialist support to children, young people and families affected by domestic abuse. We are seeking a Domestic Abuse Support Worker to deliver trauma-informed support to children and young people, helping to reduce the impact of trauma and support the rebuilding of safe, healthy relationships following domestic abuse.
Survive & Thrive’s Integrated Children’s Service delivers support to children and families and we are looking for a Domestic Abuse Support Worker to work with children and young people, focusing on the reduction of trauma symptoms and rebuilding of relationships affected by domestic abuse.
Main Responsibilities:
· Completing whole family assessments to identify need
· Building support plans with families to address the impact of domestic abuse
· Delivering trauma informed interventions with children, young people and their families
· Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced Child Workforce Child Barred Lists
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
· Experience of working directly with children, young people and their families where there has been domestic abuse.
· An understanding and experience of trauma informed approaches to working with children and families
· Experience of safeguarding risk assessment, identifying safeguarding concerns and following procedures
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
Visit our Careers Hub: https://careers.family-action.org.uk Vacancy ID: 1854
Closing Date: Sunday 6th September at 23:59
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Thursday 17th September
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: [email protected]
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
JOB DESCRIPTION & Person Specification:
Job title: Children and Families Domestic Abuse Support Worker
Service: Survive and Thrive Domestic Abuse Service
Salary: Grade 2, point 16-19
Hours: 2 x22.2 hours per week (part time)
Location: Bradford District
Responsible to: Senior Practitioner
Job Summary:
To work with children and their families to provide trauma informed support with the aim of reducing trauma symptoms, rebuilding relationships fractured by domestic abuse and helping parents and professionals understand the impact of domestic abuse on children, so they are better able to support them. Taking a whole-family approach, the post holder will work with other agencies, signposting and making referrals to ensure that families are supported holistically.
- Hold a caseload of 14 (fte) families including assessments.
- To undertake assessment of need for children and families and work with families to devise an outcome focussed, child-centred support plan.
- Utilise evidence-based approaches to strengthen attachments and build relationships between children and their non-abusing parent where they have been fractured as a result of domestic abuse.
- Utilise trauma informed ways of working to reduce trauma symptoms/distress in children and young people and work with families to increase emotional stability and security.
- Deliver psychoeducation sessions to parents/carers and professionals to build on their understanding of the impact of domestic abuse in order that they might respond appropriately to the emotional needs of children and young people.
- Attend and initiate multi agency meetings such as Child in Need meetings and case conferences where required.
- Work with other agencies and community organisations to ensure that children and families receive holistic support that is appropriate to their needs, including brokering pathways and referring into other services where appropriate
- Assist in triaging and processing referrals as required.
- Actively promote the service in a range of ways including attending events and forums and engaging with key services including but not limited to education, health and statutory services.
- Maintain accurate, timely and confidential case records in line with service requirements.
- Ensure all work is carried out to Family Action minimum standards and is designed and delivered to maximise agreed outcomes.
- Ensure that all assigned work adheres to Family Actions Safeguarding Policy and ensure BDSCP procedures are followed in the event of any child protection issues or concerns.
- Take responsibility for accessing supervision and responding to any case or service decisions effectively, recording all decisions and ensuring that confidentiality and professional boundaries are maintained at all times.
- Promote a positive image of Family Action, representing the organisation in order to increase professional and public awareness of the organisation’s work and of the views and needs of service users.
- To represent Family Action in relevant external and internal service-related forums, participating in task groups, skill sets and service development group.
16. Embrace and implement Family Action’s Equality & Diversity Policy in every aspect of your work and positively promote its principles amongst colleagues, service users and other members of the community.
17. Comply with Family Action’s Health and Safety and Data Protection policies and protect your own and others’ health, safety and welfare.
18. Work flexibly as may be required by the needs of the service and carry out any other reasonable duties as required.
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PERSON SPECIFICATION
Requirements
Essential
Desirable
Education, Qualifications & Background
1.
Relevant NVQ level 3 and/ or professional qualification.
✓
Experience
2.
Experience of working with children and families who have experienced domestic abuse/sexual violence
✓
3.
Experience of participation in multi-agency support plans, including CAF and other partnerships or integrated models of working/
✓
4.
Experience of working with parents and children together
✓
Knowledge & Skills
5.
Knowledge and understanding of attachment, child development and the impact of trauma on children and families.
✓
6.
Good planning, assessment, verbal and written communication skills including the ability to produce high quality manual and electronic records and reports
✓
7.
Ability to manage own workload and work independently and creatively
✓
8.
A working knowledge of child and adult safeguarding protocols and procedures, and ability to assess risk and respond appropriately to concerns.
✓
9.
A commitment to undertake appropriate training and professional development in evidence-based trauma informed models of work.
✓
10.
Knowledge and skills in the use of IT, ability to use Microsoft Office packages e.g. excel and outlook.
✓
11.
Experience of working within health and safety principles, policies and procedures (within the context of service provision) and the ability to comply with Family Action’s Health and Safety policy
✓
12.
Commitment to working with people of diverse backgrounds, understanding the impact of deprivation, complying with family Action’s Diversity and Equality Policy and Ethical Policy in every aspect of work and positively promoting it to others
✓
Values
13.
Able to evidence Family Action’s values at all times, which underpin our mission of ‘building stronger families’ by:
· Being people focused
· Reflecting a ’can do’ approach
· Striving for excellence in everything we do
· Having mutual respect for everyone we work with, work for and support through our services
✓
14.
Be committed to equal opportunities and uphold and comply with Family Action’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion policy in all aspects of your work, promoting its principles amongst colleagues, service users and other members of the community.
✓
In addition
15.
Willing to work hours in a flexible way to meet the needs of the service.
16.
Full Driving License and access to own car
✓
17.
Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced Child Workforce Child Barred Lists
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: £25,221.00-£27,780.00 per year
Benefits:
Licence/Certification:
- NVQ Level 3 relevant to role (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bradford BD1 4QU
