Domestic Abuse Practitioner | Preston District | Full Time

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Domestic Abuse Practitioner | Preston District | Full TimeSalary £32,062 - £36,363 per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Preston DistrictDescription

We are looking for a domestic abuse practitioner with a sound knowledge base and keen interest in working with families where domestic abuse is identified. You will work alongside professionals and support early identification and offer responses and interventions to families. Domestic abuse practitioners are frontline delivery staff mainly positioned in our Family Intensive Support (FIS) team and will work with Family Support Workers providing specialist support to children/young people, survivors, and perpetrators of domestic abuse and those in crisis, to help them live safely and free from violence and abuse. You will also support our groupwork offer with oversight of an appropriate response for families experiencing domestic abuse. The successful candidate will work with children, young people and their families, using a whole family approach and where appropriate identify and implement evidenced-based therapeutic approaches to repair family relationships. Flexible working is required; some evenings, early mornings and weekends may be needed to meet the needs of families and service requirements.Responsibilities

Work within the Family Intensive Support (FIS) team to provide specialist support to children/young people, survivors, and perpetrators of domestic abuse and those in crisis.Support early identification, respond with appropriate interventions, and contribute to groupwork with oversight of responses for families experiencing domestic abuse.Apply a whole-family approach and where appropriate implement evidence-based therapeutic approaches to facilitate the repair of family relationships.Work flexibly, including evenings, early mornings and weekends as required by service needs.Qualifications and requirements

Experience as a domestic abuse practitioner or equivalent, with a sound knowledge base and interest in working with families affected by domestic abuse.Ability to work with children, young people, survivors, and perpetrators of domestic abuse; provide frontline operational delivery.Willingness to contribute to groupwork and provide appropriate responses for families experiencing domestic abuse.Flexible working arrangements and commitment to safeguarding and whole-family approaches.Additional information

For further information please contact Michelle Waring, Team Manager (Family Intensive Support), Preston District, Children and Family Wellbeing Service (Early Help), Lancashire County Council. Phone: 01772 539419 or 07717543742. Email: Michelle.Waring@lancashire.gov.uk.Please ensure you upload your supporting statement evidencing how you meet the criteria for the role; shortlisting may depend on this evidence.The post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a disclosure. Further information can be found on the "Our Recruitment Process" tab.In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits (details on the LCC Vacancies website).We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.Travel for this post is ..... full job details .....