Children and Young Persons Domestic Abuse Advocate Education

Children and Young Persons Domestic Abuse Advocate Education - West Hampshire
Full-time 40 hours per week
Salary - £23,500 fixed term contract until 31st March 2019
Availability - to start as soon as possible

We are a provider of Support, Care and Advice Services. We work alongside people to gain the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

This is an amazing opportunity for highly skilled, motivated and innovative people to join our new Integrated Domestic Violence and Abuse Service. The organization have been awarded the contract to deliver integrated domestic violence and abuse services across two areas - North and West Hampshire.

We are looking to recruit to the role of Children and Young Persons Domestic Abuse Advocate (Education) who will engage children and young people at high risk of harm due to domestic abuse and carry out appropriate assessments, including DASH RIC with referral to MARAC and/or safeguarding when indicated. The post holder will design and deliver training for schools aimed at increasing the skills of teachers and pastoral staff to effectively engage and support children and young people at risk of harm from domestic abuse, including those impacted by intimate teen violence and young perpetrators and victims.

The post holder will work directly with schools whilst also holding their own caseload of high risk clients.

The successful applicants will cover the West Hampshire areas from the New Forest, up and through Eastleigh, Winchester and Test Valley. Due to the nature of the work being a car driver with a car for work is essential for these posts.

We are looking for a person who has experience of:

* domestic violence and abuse front-line services for men, women and children, (e. crisis accommodation, outreach, IDVA, MARAC).
* safeguarding best practice for children
* carry out assessments and co-produce individual support plans
* completing risk assessment and carrying out referrals
* developing a training programme and delivering this training to professionals within educational settings.
* working with children and young people
* intimate teen violence
* working within educational services
* delivering group work
* child and adolescent development

and who can:

* understand the issues affecting children who have experienced domestic violence and abuse
* understand and commit to diversity and inclusion responsibilities
* be person centred at all times
* share best practice knowledge
* work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and staff team which will include evenings and weekends (as required)
* act with integrity, be trustworthy and treat people with dignity and respect
* remain calm when dealing with a crisis or emergency
* ensure all services meet contract requirements
* ensure clients are at the forefront when making decisions about service design and delivery
* work to raise awareness of the service, produce good publicity materials, develop and maintain excellent relationships with people both within the organization and externally, and be an ambassador and champion for our work

Our clients have told us that they want the post holder to:

* be approachable but also firm and fair
* listen to the client, work with the client
* always be realistic with clients, be honest and patient
* but mostly be HUMAN

If you would like to find out more about the role or take the first step in our application process please send a CV
If you are successful you will be invited to an assessment and interview . Please note we will recruit the first suitable applicants, so don't delay.

Closing Date: Monday 5th February at 4pm or sooner once interview spaces are allocated

We are also recruiting to our bank of Sessional Support Workers, called Premier Crew. If this is something that interests you please ring 01329 821935 for more details