DRIVE Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate

The Opportunity Using your experience of delivering support to victim of domestic abuse, you will provide high quality and pro-active front line service helping to keep survivors safe. You will be assessing risk, completing safety and support plans, and ensuring the service offer is accessible and inclusive to all. We are looking for high calibre, passionate, caring individuals who are excellent team players and are committed to providing high quality, trauma informed services for victims and survivors of domestic abuse. What We''re Looking For We believe in recruiting for potential as well as experience. Our ideal candidate will have: Essential: Twelve months experience of working with adults experiencing domestic abuse and violence. Have a good understanding of the impacts of the abuse on adults and children. Experience of working with adults in a crisis situation. Strong Communication skills. Experience of key working, completing risk assessments and safety plans, creating support plans, delivering support, in a person-centred and trauma informed approach. Proven experience of providing direct emotional, practical and welfare support to women, men and children. Ability to build effective relationships, liaising and with agencies and being an advocate. To have excellent time management and organisational skills working on own initiative and within a multi-disciplinary team environment. An in depth Understanding of safeguarding adults and children. If you share our ..... full job details .....