Domestic Abuse Outreach Support Worker Job Birmingham area,England UK,Social Work

Domestic Abuse Outreach Support Worker

POST: Domestic Abuse Outreach Support Worker

HOURS OF WORK: 22

Hoursper week (some out of hours work will be expected)

SALARY: £31,537pro rata

JOB PURPOSE:

To deliver tailored, holistic support to women affected by violence and abuse and living in the community, including practical and emotional support to increase women’s and children’s safety and meet identified needs.

Specific community language posts are also available for this role. Please indicate in the supporting evidence if you would be interested in the language post

RESPONSIBLE TO: Service Manager

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SUPPORT WORK:

Tohold an agreed number of cases,working with women to identify their, and their children’s, support needs and incorporate these into women’s individual support plans.
To raise women’s understanding ofDAthrough delivery of our in-houseDAawareness programme.
To raise women’s understanding ofDAthrough delivery of our in-houseDAGroup work.
To provide emotional support to women within a trauma informed framework.
To assess risk and to safety plan with women, reviewing assessments and risks regularly.
To provide advice, support and delivery to manage and maintain women’s and their children’s safety through measures such as DIY injunctions and homelessness prevention measures
To provide one to one practical support on a range of issues including housing, benefits, legal matters, and emotional support to enable women’s recovery from their experiences of abuse
To provide support through the criminal and family courts systems
To provide support to marginalised groups including women with NRPF
Toassess and provide advocacy and support to manage risk through relevant safeguarding processes such asMARACandChildrens safeguarding
To carry out income maximisation assessments
To provide expert advice and information about the dynamics ofDAto partners and stakeholders
To devise and implement appropriate methods of communication with women and children, in agreement with your line manager
To work alongside colleagues at BSWA’sEarly Intervention Hub to provide advice and support to women arounda range of issues.
To support women through their resettlement process where relevant including access to employment and training.
To facilitate access to BSWA and its services and to refer and signpost into specialist statutory and community services where necessary to help meet needs
To encourage the development ofsafe and appropriate support networks within the community
To work within the monitoring and evaluation procedures for the project including encouraging feedback from service users and producing statistical information

DEVELOPMENT:

To identify and develop support strategies to meet the needs of women and children seeking support
To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the Project
To participate inmulti-agency work as agreed with your line manager
To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

ADMINISTRATION:

To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service usersand relevant monitoring data collected and recorded
To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
To produce monthly reports for your line manager

COMMUNICATION:

To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the…