Domestic Abuse Behaviour Change Worker - Up2U My Choice

Domestic Abuse Behaviour Change Worker (UP2U My Choice) STOPDA787

*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.

 Stop Domestic Abuse is a trauma informed organisation, the work we do to support those effected by domestic abuse may be triggering for those with past trauma. Please only apply if you are living free from abuse. If you’d like to talk to us about this, please get in touch.

Portsmouth:

Salary: £25,750 - £26,383

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday: 9am - 5pm

Contract: Fixed Term Contract - Maternity Cover until November 2026 or until postholder returns

Location: Portsmouth

Reference Number: STOPDA787

Main purpose and scope of the job:

Supporting men and women in acknowledging and addressing their unhealthy attitudes and behaviours in order to be free from domestic abuse and support them to build resilience and develop and improve their sense of confidence and self-worth.

Delivering high-quality therapeutic interventions to victims and survivors of domestic abuse with complex and multiple needs who, display unhealthy relationship attitudes and behaviours.

Providing one-to-one specialist domestic abuse and complex needs assessment using specialist risk assessment tools.

Working in partnership with voluntary and statutory sector organisations and the community and strengthen and develop links with other services to increase collaborative working and understanding of the Up2U: My Choice programme.

To participate in the on-call out of hours service rota. This is a 24-hour, 7 day a week service running outside of usual service hours. The on-call out of hours service may involve the following duties and responsibilities, this is not an exhaustive list and is subject to change to ensure contract and service delivery requirements are met by the organisation and to provide a high-quality service to people affected by domestic abuse.

How to Apply

Please click on links below to download an application pack.

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.

We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Appointment will be on merit alone.

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.