ADAM Project Practitioner (Against Domestic Abuse for Men Project)

4 MAIN TASK To provide a confidential high-quality front-line service to male victims of domestic abuse across Leicestershire to enable them to make long term positive and sustainable changes in their lives and with a view to improving their confidence, increasing safety and reducing the risk of domestic homicide, honour-based violence and harm from abuse.,

• Service Delivery. Provide individual support and informal education to male victims of domestic abuse, including safety and support planning and sign posting to other agencies.


• Service Development. To assess needs, gaps in services and develop services to meet those needs


• General. This includes all duties that ensure the safety and effectiveness of the services, and broader responsibilities that contribute to the development of Women's Aid Leicestershire Ltd


6 Duties

6.1 Service Delivery

• Assess referrals and identify appropriate needs and actions.


• To assess needs of all clients and, in conjunction with them, devise a support plan to address needs identified. For example, welfare benefits, security issues, accessing legal advice, budgeting, and housing related issues.


• To actively promote and develop the service with relevant agencies, networking, attending events/meetings and delivering presentations and ensure adequate information is available to potential clients. The purpose being to generate referrals and raise awareness of male domestic abuse.


• Provide informal education and support services to clients including support when moving into subsequent accommodation.


• To represent individual clients at meetings with outside agencies, as necessary, and refer them onto other agencies where appropriate.


• To work with clients on a one-to-one basis to enable them to safely leave a domestic abuse situation or having left, remain safe, reviewing risks on a regular basis.


• To enable clients to develop themselves, gain independence, make a


• contribution to their community, remain safe and manage their own tenancies.


• To ensure clients' needs assessment and support plans use SMART measures to achieve agreed outcomes.


• To have a thorough knowledge and understanding of legislation,


• injunction procedures and child protection procedures regarding domestic abuse.


• To be responsible and accountable for the efficient recording, storing, and maintaining of client records including contact notes, correspondence, support plans and risk management plans.


• To actively engage clients and promote client involvement via a range of methods e.g., group work, forums, drop ins.


• To work in line with relevant legislation and policy including Safeguarding.


• To work in consultation with the management team and all other members of staff to ensure effective team working.


• To positively represent the Adam Project using effective liaison with relevant organisations and agencies.


• To ensure monitoring is up to date, including the submission of case studies, supporting the management team with Service requirements.


6.2 Service Development

• To assist in developing local support networks.


• Participate in local activities to promote a better understanding of domestic abuse.


• To assist in identifying gaps in service provision and make recommendations to improve and develop services for male victims/survivors.


• To assist in providing publicity material, publicising the service and ensuring adequate distribution of information to potential clients.


• To represent the ADAM Project to relevant external agencies.


• To keep up to date with policy and practice in your area and undertake staff development and training relevant to the post.


• To assist the management team in the collection of statistical information for monitoring, auditing and quality assurance purposes.


• To contribute, where appropriate, to Women's Aid Leicestershire Ltd volunteer training and domestic abuse awareness training offered to outside organisations, individuals and groups.


6.3 General

• To act in accordance with the policies and practices of Women's Aid Leicestershire Ltd. In particular to maintain the strict confidentiality of the Refuges.


• To act in a fair and supportive way and positively promote equal opportunities.


• To work in a safe and responsible way ensuring that safety procedures are followed and that you do not endanger yourself, your colleagues or service users.


• To be punctual and minimise absence from work.


6.4 Other duties commensurate with responsibilities

• To attend all supervision, staff meetings and training days


• To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role
  
  A good standard of general education, equivalent to NVQ Level 3 / A Levels, or demonstrable relevant experience.


Desirable Requirements:

- A recognised domestic abuse/social work/housing/legal/counselling or other relevant qualification

- Counselling Qualification

- First Aid qualification

Method of Assessment: Application Form, Interview and ID documents

Experience

Essential Requirements:

- Knowledge and experience of issues facing men who have, or are, experiencing domestic abuse and the barriers to accessing services.

- Knowledge and experience of working as part of a team, working on own initiative and managing time effectively.

- Knowledge and experience in devising needs assessments, support plans, risk assessments and providing support in relation to these.

- Knowledge of health and safety in relation to lone working.

- Knowledge and experience of issues relating to vulnerable people.

Desirable Requirements:

- Knowledge of domestic abuse, mental health, substance misuse issues, welfare benefits and relative legislation

- Knowledge of health and safety issues

- Knowledge of outcome-based assessments., Understanding of safeguarding protocols including child protection issues and legal responsibilities.

- Ability to promote the service, devise, and present information to relevant agencies at meetings and events.

- Ability to complete risk assessments and devise safety plans.

- Ability to meet the requirements of funders and to work to these, including reporting and collecting statistics.

- Ability to prioritise own workload.

- Working knowledge of ICT, including ability to uses databases, Microsoft office packages, including Word and Excel, and use email

- Good administrative skills, including ability to write computerised reports

- Ability to maintain confidentiality, in particular, to maintain the strict confidentiality of the address of the refuge, dispersed accommodation & all matters relating to the residents and their children

- Ability to work in a non-discriminative way, and promote equality of opportunity

- Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team

Desirable Requirements:

- Understand funding arrangements within the voluntary sector., Ability to work under pressure and cope with the stress of others.

- Reliable and a good timekeeper

- Understanding of diversity and have a commitment to equal opportunities.

- Interpersonal skills and ability to empathise with others., Able to work to Policies and Procedures

- Available to work occasional evenings and weekends

- A willingness to be flexible and adapt to changing needs

- Full Driving Licence and access to own vehicle for work

Pulled from the full job description

• Additional leave


• Casual dress


• Company pension


• Sick pay