Domestic Abuse Specialist Job Solihull area,Metropolitan Borough of Solihull England UK,Social Work

Development & Support Work

To be an active member of multi professional network meetings, in order to generate and share multi-agency intervention plans for each family, prioritising the children's needs and safety.
To provide specialist assessment and support to women and children experiencing domestic abuse and involved in the FDAC
To hold a caseload of families who are part of the FDAC and work with them to secure positive engagement, providing interventions to support families to make required and sustainable changes
To facilitate group work programmes for women engaged in the FDAC process
To maintain a high standard of records, preparing reports for internal use and for external agencies as required and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved
To promote children, young people and women's participation in all aspects of service delivery and development
To work effectively with partners from a range of children and adults' services in order to meet needs and improve outcomes for children, young people and their families who are in need of additional support
To produce comprehensive and timely court reports on families that are of a high quality as appropriate and to attend court as necessary.
To be trained in drug and alcohol testing and employ this with parents.
To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within the staff team and for use when working with women and children around their rights
To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services, through participation in research, service evaluation and audit

Administration and Communication

To work collaboratively with colleagues and ensure that all team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the service, staff, volunteers and service users by:
a) following safety procedures
b) attending team and other meetings
c) carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager
d) Working within agreed administrative and financial systems.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and intervention plans of parents, children and families within the service as appropriate
To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager

Training

To identify and attend training relevant to the post in agreement with your line manager
To work alongside colleagues to organise training and information sessions on a range of issues for other professionals and families

General

To maintain the confidentiality of the women, young people and children using the service
To maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the organisation
To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation, adhering to BSWA's framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times
To maintain an awareness of the issues surrounding domestic violence on a national and local level with a particular reference to those related to working with children and young people
To work within BSWA and local multi-agency adult and child safeguarding procedures.
To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
To undertake any other duties which may arise incidentally, develop or be assigned commensurate with the post

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