Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Oxford

£29705.48 to £33433.78

Job Purpose

To work as part of a specialist Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Team, supporting the delivery of interventions designed to reduce abusive behaviour, increase accountability and improve the safety and wellbeing of victims, children and families.

The role involves working directly with individuals who have used or are at risk of using abusive or controlling behaviour within intimate or family relationships. The successful candidate will use a trauma-informed, strengths-based and non-judgemental approach
, while maintaining clear professional boundaries and placing victim and child safety at the centre of all work.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with perpetrators of domestic abuse to address and challenge abusive behaviours.
• Support individuals to recognise the impact of their behaviour on partners, ex-partners and children.
• Deliver or support structured interventions and behaviour-change programmes.
• Undertake assessments of risk, needs and suitability for intervention.
• Develop effective working relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Challenge minimisation, denial, victim-blaming and justification of abusive behaviour appropriately.
• Maintain a clear...