Job Introduction
ID: 1398 Young Person’s Independent Domestic Violence Advisor
Service: Bradford Survive & Thrive Integrated Children’s Service
Location: Bradford, BD1
Hours: 22.2 hours per week (part time) - We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Salary: £24,971 - £27,504 FTE per annum (£14,982.60 - £16,502.40 per annum for part-time, 22.2 hours per week)
Contract type: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
We are looking for a Young Person’s IDVA to provide a range of targeted interventions with young people (13 -17yrs) across the Bradford district, where they are significantly affected by, or at risk of, teen relationship/ family based domestic abuse. You will be part of a service that works with young people to promote their safety and resilience, reduce symptoms of trauma, and empowers them to make positive life choices.
Main Responsibilities:
- Completing assessments and risk assessments with young people to identify need
- Building support plans with young people to address the impact of domestic abuse
- Delivering trauma informed interventions with young people who have been affected by domestic abuse.
- Signposting, making referrals, safety planning and advocating for young people
- Working closely with statutory and voluntary services to ensure a holistic support package is in place
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
- You will have experience of working directly with children, young people and their families where there has been domestic abuse.
- You will have an understanding and experience of trauma informed approaches to working with children and families
- You will have experience of safeguarding risk assessment, identifying safeguarding concerns and following procedures.
- Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced Child Workforce Child Barred Lists
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
- Closing Date: Sunday 9th March 2025 at 23:59
To Apply: Visit our website careers page: www.family-action.org.uk/careers: Info
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: moji.alaiyemola@family-action.org.uk
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
