This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, strengthening partnerships and making a positive impact for children and families.
As a Domestic Abuse Practitioner, you will provide direct support to victims and survivors of domestic abuse (as defined by the Domestic Abuse Act), including those affected by violence against women and girls, regardless of risk level. You will work with families whose children are looked after or at the edge of care, delivering high-quality interventions to help them live safely and free from abuse.
Your role will focus on supporting those in crisis, building resilience, and promoting safety within the family unit as part of Hertfordshire’s innovative Family Safeguarding model.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver a programme to support to victims and survivors to learn about domestic abuse and violence against women and girls, including how this impacts adults, children, young people and the parenting of children.
- Support victims and survivors to think about how they can be safe in relationships.
- Work alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues to provide a holistic plan for support.
Maintain accurate case records and actively participate in family-related meetings, providing expert guidance and consultation to colleagues on domestic abuse and healthy relationship practices.
About you
We’re looking for someone compassionate, resilient, and committed to making a difference.
Essential:
- Knowledge and relevant experience of having worked with victims of domestic abuse in a previous or current role.
- Build positive and respectful working relationships with a range of stakeholders and service users.
- Have undertaken good quality and appropriate risk assessments of victims of domestic abuse which responded to their specific needs and protect them and their families from harm.
- Up to date knowledge of housing, criminal, civil and welfare rights legislation relating to domestic abuse.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure whilst discharging your duties.
- To be non-judgemental, non-directive and maintain confidentiality of victims/survivors of domestic abuse.
- Excellent communication skills including active listening skills and empathy.
- Demonstrate good report writing, timeliness and resilience, professional curiosity, being creative as you carry out your duties.
- A commitment to HCC’s defined values and behaviours framework.
- Full driving licence and regular access to a car.
Due to the sensitive nature of the work and the needs of the service users, this role is restricted to female applicants only, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Katie Watson katie.watson@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: 23rd June
This job role is within the Health and Social Care level 9 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles – Health and social care
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Additional information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
