Domestic Abuse Safety Officer - Preston, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service
Description
Details:
Reference number:
Salary:
- £23,637 - £29,046
Job grade:
- Other
- NPS Pay Band 3 National
Contract type: - Permanent
Type of role: - Operational Delivery
Working pattern: - Fulltime
Number of jobs available: - 1Contents
About the job
Benefits:
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Location
- This position is based at NPS 50 AVENHAM STREET PRESTON, PR1 3BNAbout the job
Job summary:
- Please refer to Job Description
Job description:
This vacancy is open to female applicants only as an occupational requirement exception under Sch 9 of the Equality Act 2010. This post is not open to male applicants.
UK Driving Licence is essential as will be covering Cumbria and Lancashire areas.
Overview of the job
Work with victims and current partners of men attending domestic violence programmes in order to promote the safety of women and children.
Summary
The postholder will provide contact and support at specified periods to victims and partners of service users who are scheduled to attend a domestic abuse intervention programme.
This role will entail regular liaison with group facilitators, case managers and external agencies and will require attendance at high profile risk management meetings such as MAPPA or MARAC.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- Initiate timely contact with victims and partners of perpetrators attending a PS domestic abuse intervention.
- Provide written information and discuss programme content with the victims and partners of perpetrators attending PS interventions and obtain a signed disclosure of information form and manage victims' expectations.
- Assess safety of home visiting, including offender information such as OASys and contact with a range of statutory and nonstatutory agencies e.g. social services, police, Victim Support etc and complete a DASH risk assessment.
- Explain the purpose of the SARA (spousal assault risk assessment) and administer if required.
- Request feedback from partners/victims at regular intervals throughout the intervention.
- Carry out safeguarding children and safeguarding adult duties in accordance with the PS statutory responsibilities and agency policies.
- Ensure that any information relating to the service users' risk is, where appropriate, shared promptly and in a victim sensitive manner with the Probation Practitioner, programme team and other agencies where relevant.
- Complete a victim/partner report as required, summarising key victim issues.
- Promote the safety of victims, children and other dependants by supporting victims to construct a realistic safety plan and provide information about appropriate local support organisations.
- Provide victims and partners with information about the
- ordinated community response to domestic violence.
- Take an active part in interagency risk management meetings where appropriate, such as MAPPA and MARAC.
- To support the programme manager in delivering presentations and providing information about this aspect of the service.
The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
Person specification:
- Please refer to Job Description
Licences: - Full UK Driving Licence
Behaviours:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits:
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
Selection process details:
- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks
Nationality requirements:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK natio
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