Foyle Womens Aid

Employer Location: Published
Phone Number: 02871416800
Email: jarmila.slugocka@foylewomensaid.org
Web: www.foylewomensaid.org

Job description

To provide a coordinated response for women and children experiencing domestic and sexual abuse; identifying and responding to their safety; and ensuring access to a range of services to support their needs.

Responsibilities

• Identify and respond to women’s needs, including immediate risk, interventions and safety planning.
• Deliver individual support plan interventions to assess and respond to the safety needs of women to ensure that women are provided with a high-quality service in line with Supporting People requirements.
• To assist and encourage women to identify their needs and identify appropriate strategies to meet these.
• Assist women to identify their rights, represent their own needs and advocate, where requested, on their behalf.
• To promote and support the use and knowledge of statutory community services for women who have suffered from domestic and sexual abuse.
• Liaise and link into the Foyle Women’s Aid referral system, and ensure that ongoing support, information and advocacy are available to victims.
• Conduct a risk and safety plan and agree individual support plans, including MARAC assessments.
• Ensure that victims are aware of their rights and range of options available to them.
• Provide written reports as and when required and contribute to the effective implementation and working of the MARAC.
• Observe information-sharing and operational protocols regarding domestic violence and ensure best practice when assessing and monitoring risk.
• Liaise and refer as appropriate with all Foyle Women’s Aid services. Attend supervision, staff meetings and training as required.
• Respect the confidentiality/data protection of all personal information received as a result of the post holder’s duties.
• FULL JOB DESCRIBTION is available on our website under: https://foylewomensaid.org/recruitment/

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Possess a degree in Social Work or a related relevant discipline. Candidates who are studying for a social work degree or related degree will also be eligible.
• Have at least 1 year’s relevant practical experience in a Support Worker role, working with vulnerable families with complex needs or homelessness and managing case work.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of domestic and sexual abuse on women and families, and the appropriate interventions.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Possess a full driving licence and use of a car for business purposes.
• FULL JOB DETAILS are available on our website under: https://foylewomensaid.org/recruitment/