Women's Safety Officer

Join Our Team: Women's Safety Officer

Permanent

�37,443 to �39,264 per annum

Full-time

Are you passionate about making a tangible difference in the lives of women facing domestic abuse? Are you dedicated to creating safe spaces and empowering survivors to reclaim their lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Women's Safety Officer at our Reach Out Domestic Abuse Service.

The Women's Safety Officer is a pivotal role, providing a link between the individual attending the perpetrator programme and the survivor. The officer provides a range of practical and emotional support to women who are experiencing domestic abuse.

The role of the Women's Safety Officer is to ensure that the needs of survivors of domestic abuse are taken account of in the context of the service's responsibilities for the assessment of and intervention with perpetrators of domestic abuse. In line with the Safe & Together Model, the service aims to bring about long-term sustainable change by:

• engaging with perpetrators to reduce risk and harm.
• increasing the survivor's safety, wellbeing, and freedom
• improving children's safety and wellbeing

Key Responsibilities

• To contact each survivor within 5 days of the Spotlight Programme receiving a referral
• To hold a caseload of survivors who have experienced domestic abuse from a partner/ ex-partner/ family member who is on the Spotlight Programme
• To conduct this work in a way that shows an understanding of domestic abuse and its impact on survivors and children - ensuring that we deliver our service in a way which does no harm and puts the safety of survivors and children at the forefront of everything we do.
• To work with a diverse range of service users, including those with mental ill health, those impacted by substance misuse, those with learning disabilities, asylum seekers, those with no recourse to public funds and any other factors which could impact access to services and support.
• To maintain accurate, comprehensive case records using specified electronic systems, and always complying with completion deadlines
• To attend monthly case management meetings to gather information on perpetrators' progress and share relevant information with survivors.
• To understand safeguarding legislation and to be confident in identifying safeguarding risks and escalating concerns
• To liaise with the social worker/ practitioner on open cases
• To support the development of domestic abuse services for perpetrators, survivors, and children.
• To support the development of the Spotlight Programme by obtaining and sharing feedback from service users and identifying any areas of improvement, including ways in which we can make our service more accessible.
• To work alongside the child protection teams to develop and deliver effective and efficient support and interventions that enhance social work statutory duties in a timely way.
• To work alongside child protection teams to ensure that the development of services comply with Ofsted required minimum standards and to ensure that any recommendations made within inspection reports are adhered to.

To Be Successful:

• A recognized, relevant qualification (i.e. NNEB, NVQ 3 or approved equivalent)
• Significant experience of working with children and families, including survivors of domestic abuse or with service users with complex needs
• Experience of working with child protection issues
• Experience of dealing with conflict and difficult situations in a professional manner
• Experience of joint working with parents and other professionals
• Experience of writing and maintaining clear and concise case notes, reports, and assessments etc.
• Comprehensive understanding of domestic abuse including its impact on survivors and children.

Why Choose Ackerman Pierce?

Ackerman Pierce calls upon over 15 years' worth of experience in recruiting directly into the Social Work Sector. We can offer a unique experience within recruitment where you have your own personal consultant, a DBS and Compliance service with a quick and easy registration process. We pride ourselves on a guaranteed weekly payment process.

To discuss this vacancy further or any other opportunities, please contact Elise Revett or email in your updated CV to us at Ackerman Pierce.