Domestic Abuse Community Engagement Officer

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Kirklees
Adults & Health
Communities and Access Service
37 hours
1
Across Kirklees
Temporary
Until 30/09/2023
Grade 9

£32,076 - £34,834

We want Kirklees to be a place which combines a strong and sustainable economy with a great quality of life; a place where people live in cohesive communities, feel safe and protected from harm; and children have the best start in life.

Kirklees Place Partnerships have been established to respond to strategic issues on a geography greater than a ward and are committed to tackling domestic abuse, with dedicated funding to empower our communities to respond to domestic abuse; and to equip staff in all our communities to mitigate the impact of domestic abuse on victims and children and challenge perpetrators about their behaviour. 

We have established a Domestic Abuse Community Engagement Officer on a fixed term basis to creatively engage communities with the Domestic Abuse Strategic Partnership.  Specifically, to establish mechanisms for encouraging people that represent the diversity of our communities to share their lived experience of domestic abuse to contribute to our strategies, communications activity, training for staff and commissioning of services.  This role will also support our Consultant roles to collate feedback from communities and professionals about our response to domestic abuse and where improvements can be made.

You will have an excellent understanding of domestic abuse and its impact on adults, children, communities and local services.  Your positive and supportive approach will support local people to share their stories and their experiences.  You will have the ability to establish arrangements to listen to and collate feedback from a variety of sources, compile evidence, share intelligence and provide specialist support and advice to other services around domestic abuse, barriers to engagement and establishing effective community engagement processes.  Working in partnership with other members of your team and our broader partnership, you will deliver briefings and make good use of available technology to support the community to engage with activities to tackle domestic abuse.

In this role you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and work with a range of colleagues within Communities, Adults and Children’s Services, our partner agencies and across our communities. Tackling domestic abuse is a key priority for Kirklees and as such, you will be line managed by the Service Manager for Domestic Abuse & Safeguarding Partnerships and be working within a supportive, committed team who are passionate about achieving the best outcomes for those who have experienced domestic abuse.

At the current time, due to Covid-19, the post holder will be required to temporarily work from home but, even under normal circumstances, the post holder will be encouraged to work flexibly to ensure the needs of the service are met whilst maintaining a good work/life balance.

Our offer to you:

  • Friendly and supportive team environment
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Career development and training
  • Generous annual leave entitlement
  • Excellent pension scheme

Interviews

Provisional dates for interviews are 23rd-25th August 2021.

HelenT Lee is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

16 August 2021, 9:50 AM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.