Learning Disability Domestic Abuse Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Midland Mencap

Midland Mencap
Midland Mencap
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job Description and Person Specification

with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful applicant will be responsible for the cost of the Enhanced Disclosure.


Job Title:
Learning Disability Domestic Abuse Assistant


Hourly Rate:
£10.90


Employment Status: 16 Hours Per Week | 12-month fixed term contract


Responsible To:
Domestic Abuse Lead


Location:
Birmingham (

Head Office:
Woodgate Valley)


Experience Essential

  • A minimum of 1 year experience working in an environment
supporting people affected by domestic violence or abuse.


Desirable

  • A knowledge of community support available for people with
learning disabilities.

  • Experience of collecting and inputting data.

Skills, Abilities

& Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to work to deadlines.
  • Ability to support the collection and inputting of contractual
objectives & targets.

  • Ability to work within Midland Mencap's policies and procedures.
  • Ability to work effectively with internal teams and external
partners.

  • Well organised, with good literacy and numeracy skills.
  • A good communicator.
  • Willing and able to work flexibly.
  • IT literate: Comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
& Outlook.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality & GDPR.
  • Car driver with valid license (Note: Business Insurance Cover required).

Training &

Qualifications

Desirable

  • Demonstrable work history or experience.

Essential

  • A commitment to continued professional development.
Job Description and Person Specification

with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful applicant will be responsible for the cost of the Enhanced Disclosure.


Who We Look For

Midland Mencap is looking to recruit a
Learning Disability
Domestic Abuse Assistant, to work alongside

the Domestic Abuse Lead.

This new role will
support the development of support pathways, prevention activity, training and the

production of accessible resources across our organisation, partners, and communities across Birmingham.

Are you a
personable,
caring, and
ambitious individual who can help us to develop domestic abuse

resources, training, awareness, and systems specifically to help people with a learning disability?

Are you looking for a new
opportunity, are a good
communicator and enjoy
working with others?

Midland Mencap is constantly innovating in our pursuit of delivering the
best life outcomes for
everyone we

support. We place a high value upon
integrity,
ethical standards, and a commitment to
excellence.
for an individual who can support the Domestic Abuse Lead in establishing vital domestic abuse support for

people with a learning disability.


What does this role involve?
Working alongside and with the guidance of the Domestic Abuse Lead and management team:

  • Specifically, with and for people with a learning disability to:
  • Increase survivor awareness of domestic abuse, and their rights.
  • Enable survivors to more actively engage with local support services.
  • Support survivors to have increased emotional wellbeing.
  • Strengthen prevention pathways & partnerships between us and other organisations.
  • Collect and record information for data monitoring purposes in digital systems:
  • The number of clients for whom awareness of rights has been increased, local engagement with
support services, increased emotional awareness, pathways/partnerships in place and

producing case studies to demonstrate work undertaken.

  • Support the Domestic Abuse Lead in preparing returns to the funder to agreed deadlines.
  • Keep records of relevant project activity.
  • Attend events and forums as required.
  • Deputise for the Domestic Abuse Lead as required.
  • Support the Domestic Abuse Lead in the delivery of internal/external training.
  • Support the Domestic Abuse Lead in delivering 1:1 & groupbased learning.
  • Provide advice, guidance, and signposting to connect people with a learning disability to services.
  • Support with producing resources in accessible formats.
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