Macpt Idva

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 As a MACPT IDVA, you will:

• 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.
  
  Are you an experienced Domestic Abuse professional looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to adults and children affected by domestic abuse?
  
  As a result of service expansion, we are recruiting several MACPT IDVA's to join the GDASS team in Gloucestershire. Working as part of a multi-agency team, you will provide specialist domestic abuse advice, support and safety planning to families who are also working with Children's Services.
  
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