Teenage Intimate Partner Abuse Support Worker (TIPAS)

Teenage Intimate Partner Abuse Support Worker (TIPAS)

Female only* – STOPDA754

*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.

It is essential that the postholder has a driving license and access to a car for work purposes as this role may cover multiple sites.

Salary: £25,750 - £26,383

Location: Portsmouth

Hours: 37.5 Monday to Friday: 9am - 5pm

Job Reference Number: STOPDA754

Main purpose and scope of the job:

To give young people knowledge and understanding about domestic abuse and sexual exploitation, its cause, who it happens to, its effects, how to recognise abusive tactics and behaviours, and how to form healthy, non-abusive relationships.

To enable young people to reduce the impact of domestic abuse and sexual exploitation on young people.

To promote social cohesion and social inclusion and reduce anti-social behaviour.

To equip young people to know where to seek help and support for domestic abuse.

To support young people to recognise how society and the media impacts on beliefs and behaviours, ideas, fears, wishes etc., in a safe place.

To provide protection for young people, thus reducing immediate risk.

To break the cycle of abuse, whether as perpetrator, victim or offender.

To empower young people to make safe choices and to develop an individual safety and support plan, if receiving one-to-one support or group work.

To support young people to look critically at how social media can be used to increase or decrease young people's safety.

To allow young people to develop or increase their sense of confidence and self-worth.

To provide support, advice and assistance to young people who have experienced domestic abuse living in the community and in refuge.

To work to empower and support young people to make positive choices.

To provide group work and holistic one to one support including exploring healthy relationships, expressing emotions, safety, wellbeing, education and family relationships.

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.