Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Job Title: Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours
- Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm), based in Dudley

Salary: £25,282.44 (unqualified) – £30,304.64 (qualified)

Closing date: 31 July 2026

All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams

We are looking for someone with experience of supporting victims/survivors of domestic abuse, managing a caseload and understanding the principles of safeguarding children and adults. The post holder will have a good understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and how this can affect victims.

The Domestic Abuse Practitioner will work within the family safeguarding team focusing on providing support to victims of domestic abuse who have been referred from Children’s services specifically those on child in need and child protection plans.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.

Black Country Women’s Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting then welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.

Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part
1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.

As a responsible employer we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:

Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination we treat all job applicants equally.

We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed the unsuccessful candidates documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.

Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer.

• a professional from your centre of study, for instance a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
• GP or health visitor
• a character reference from a person who knows you
• a civil servant from a government agency
• a bank manager

All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.