Female*Domestic Abuse Health Advocate- STOPDA 503
*This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Workers should be “violence free in their own lives.” Applicants are asked not to put themselves forward for selection if this is not the case.
Salary: Saturday - £5,987 pa
Location: Winchester/ Andover Hospitals
Hours: Saturday: 6 hours: 10.00am - 4.00pm
The postholder will also be required to attend clinical supervision for 1.5 hours during the month and management supervision 1.5 hours during the month. Both of these will be on a weekday and the candidate will be paid.
Contract: Permanent
MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB
To develop and promote the Health Domestic Abuse Pathway for support.
To ensure that Emergency Departments (ED) and Maternity Services are aware of the pathway, understand how to ask the screening questions, record the information, and share this with relevant services.
To attend the hospitals to provide support, guidance, training, and advice to staff on using the tools and also to advise on any concerns
Provide education to ED and Maternity Services on identification and the impact of domestic abuse.
Be a direct link for, ED and Maternity Services to refer patients suffering domestic abuse.
To assess patients risk, provide immediate safety advice and support and make referrals to the most appropriate services.
To provide advice and support to ED and Maternity Services
A driving licence and car owner is essential
Workers should be “free from abuse in their own lives.” Applicants are asked not to put themselves forward for selection if this is not the case.
Please click on links below to download an application pack and email your completed application form and equal opportunities form to humanresources@stopdomesticabuse.uk.
We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation. Appointment will be on merit alone.
Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview. Please note that if you have not heard from us within two weeks, please assume on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
PLEASE PUT THE REFERENCE NUMBER ‘STOPDA 503’ ON THE APPLICATION FORM.
We will recruit the first suitable applicants, so apply early as we may close applications earlier.
An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.