Domestic Abuse Partner Support / IDVA
Salary: Starting at £27 – £29,000 per annum dependent on experience and qualification – salary to be increased on receipt of IDVA qualification
Hours: 35 per week. Monday to Friday 9-5. Mandatory office day on Wednesdays in Haddenham (centre of Thames Valley) – other days working from home and with clients across the two counties – all client related travel will be reimbursed.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Mainly Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire – Thames Valley Wide project.
Job reference number: 1634
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within the organisation to provide administration to support Domestic Abuse case management interventions across Thames Valley, as part of the Drive Project.
Drive is an innovative national project that aims to improve the lives and safety of victims and children, by holding high-risk perpetrators to account. The project combines case management of perpetrators with a co-ordinated multi-agency response and integrated partner support.
As a Drive Partner Support Worker / IDVA, you will strive to make contact and work on a one-to-one basis with victim/survivors whose partners or ex-partners are high-risk/high-harm perpetrators of domestic abuse and are being considered for engagement with a Drive Case manager.
To do this, you will work alongside the case manager existing agencies to design a co-ordinated, intervention plan, addressing identified needs and risks, and promoting understanding of the impact of abusive behaviours, ensuring that victim voice is present and ongoing throughout the intervention.
You will complete traditional IDVA work such as attendance at MARACs, regular risk assessments, and individualised safety and support planning and improve outcomes and safety for victim/survivors within the Drive Project, and will support clients who are in, or recovering from, abusive relationships.
Extensive training will be provided which may include the opportunity to gain a SafeLives accreditation for working with victim/survivors of DVA.
Required: Full driving license and access to your own vehicle for work 5 days a week – all client related travel will be reimbursed.
We are seeking experienced professionals from domestic abuse, offender rehabilitation, or mental health backgrounds who bring strong case management expertise and a passion for behaviour change.
You will be passionate and committed to working within a multi-disciplinary team and will have a demonstrable track record of working with complex need service clients.
This role involves delivering one-to-one safety and support planning within high-risk domestic abuse, aiming to reduce long-term risk to current and future victims/survivors, and children.
By supporting individuals to make meaningful changes, the role also contributes to improved quality of life and safer outcomes – holding perpetrators to account for their behaviours but working within a team which is trying to support offenders move away from the criminal justice system.
All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
To apply for this role, please submit your CV, along with a Cover Letter outlining your skills, experience, relevant qualifications and values fit for the role to hr@cranstoun.org.uk. Please ensure you clearly state the Job Reference Number on your Cover Letter.
Closing date: There is no closing date for this role.
Interview Date: TBC