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INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISOR (Complex Need)
PERSON SPECIFICATION
| QUALIFICATIONS Good general level of educational | Essential | A |
| qualifications e.g. GCSEs, A levels. Relevant degree. | ||
| Safe Lives IDVA Qualification or | Desirable Desirable | A A |
| equivalent EXPERIENCE | ||
| Minimum of two years experience of direct work with adults affected by domestic violence. | Essential | A/I |
| Experience of working with adults with diverse needs and complex lives. | Essential | A/I |
| Experience of multi-agency and partnership working with other statutory and third sector agencies. | Essential | A/I |
| Experience of undertaking risk assessments of service users and delivering a service in keeping with the result. | Essential | A/I |
| Experience of undertaking safety planning with service users and securing practical safety measures. | Essential | A/I |
| Experience of advocating on behalf of service users. | Essential | A/I |
| Experience of court work. PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL | Desirable | A/I |
| KNOWLEDGE) Knowledge and understanding of how domestic abuse impacts on adults | Essential | A/I |
| and children. Knowledge of housing, civil, criminal and other relevant legislation with regard to domestic abuse. | Essential | A/I |
| Knowledge of the legal framework relating to safeguarding both children and vulnerable adults. | Essential | A/I |
| Working knowledge of Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) and Multi-Agency Public Protection' Arrangements (MAPPA). | Essential | A/I |
| The ability to plan, monitor and evaluate own work. | Essential | A/I |
| The ability to write concise and accurate reports, maintain up-to-date computer and paper-based records and to collect and collate data in line with monitoring and evaluation procedures. | Essential | A/I |
| Ability to communicate clearly with a range of people both over the phone and in person, sometimes over sensitive and/or complex issues. | Essential | A/I |
| An awareness and understanding of diversity. | Essential | A/I |
| Ability to speak relevant community languages. | Desirable | A/I |
| Ability to support multi-agency training DISPOSITION AND ATTITUDE | Desirable | A/I |
| Ability to recognise potential risk situations and take the appropriate | Essential | A/I |
| action. Ability to advocate on behalf of clients with a range of organisations. | Essential | A/I |
| Commitment to anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive working. | Essential | A/I |
| Ability to be flexible, organised and to manage time and workload | Essential | A/I |
| effectively. Ability to demonstrate a non- judgemental, person-centred approach. | Essential | A/I |
| TRAINING Wilingness to engage in all supervision processes and to | Essential | A/I |
| undertake training as required. SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS Willingness and ability to work flexibly and occasionally out of hours as required. | Essential | A/I |