Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner £28,598.62 a year Staffordshire Moorlands Permanent Full-Time As a Senior Domestic Abuse Practitioner, you’ll support adults and families living in our safe accommodation services. You’ll deliver focused and tailored one-to-one support to help them live a life free from abuse. What you’ll do: * Process customer referrals, identify risk and support needs, and deliver tailored practical, emotional and advocacy support for both male and female service users. * Line manage staff and contribute to a safe, flexible, and high-quality support service. * Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners, attending meetings (e.g. MARAC/CYP) and advocating for customers. * Support customers with housing, benefits, tenancy responsibilities, and progression towards independence. * Assist with service delivery, including rota management, on-call support, reporting, and meeting targets/funding requirements. * Happy to clean and prepare voids. Who you are: * A good level of education such as GCSE English and maths, or equivalent. * Experience delivering support to customers, recognising their individual needs, making sure they have access to opportunities, all while meeting set deadlines. * Experience supporting adults with complex needs such as relationship abuse and mental health. * Knowledge of safeguarding. * Experience of supporting a team, completing appraisals and check-ins. * Knowledge of housing and health and safety requirements in a safe accommodation setting. * An understanding of domestic abuse, including the impact on those affected by it and the legal and practical remedies available to them. * The ability to work well under pressure and in complex situations. * Good written and verbal communication skills. * Good computer skills. * Domestic abuse and safeguarding qualifications. * A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle for work. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check. Apply now! We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. #DomesticAbuse #RelationshipAbuse #Staffordshire #JobsThatGiveBack #SeniorDomesticAbusePractitioner #GreatBenefits