Macpt Idva

Gloucester Source: WhatJobs

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This is a varied and rewarding role where your expertise will help keep people safe, strengthen multi-agency working and ensure that the needs of children living with domestic abuse are recognised and responded to.

About the role

Provide practical, emotional, housing-related and specialist domestic abuse support to people experiencing or at risk of domestic abuse.
Work with families across all levels of risk, completing and reviewing risk assessments and developing appropriate safety plans.
Manage a caseload and support clients to identify and achieve their own goals, choices and outcomes.
Work closely with social workers, family support workers and other professionals to provide a coordinated, trauma-informed response.
Ensure that the needs and experiences of children affected by domestic abuse are identified and appropriate support is put in place.
Attend and contribute to MACPT meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Child in Need meetings, Strategy Meetings, MARAC's and other multi-agency forums as the domestic abuse specialist.
Provide specialist advice, consultation, training and guidance to Children's Social Care and other professionals.
Liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies including health, probation, housing providers, legal services and other support organisations.
This role involves regular lone working and visits to clients and remote locations. You will therefore need to be able to meet the requirements of our lone-working procedures and have access to your own transport to travel between locations.
You will also be required to work in accordance with organisational policies covering safeguarding, health and safety, confidentiality, information security and data protection.
Maintain accurate, confidential records and ensure information is managed in line with data protection and organisational requirements.