Working and volunteering with Leeway

• 18.5 hours per week
• Location: Bury St Edmunds
• 2 positions available

Fixed term contract until 30th April 2025

Salary CAYPO Worker £22,422 (pro rata) following sucessful completion of 6 month probabtion period. Starting salary is £ 20,422.

Job Purpose:

• To provide a flexible, effective, safe, supportive, and confidential service for children, young people and adults who have experienced domestic abuse as part of Leeway’s CAYPO team.
• To follow CAYPO operational policies and procedures.
• To support the CAYPO Coordinator in working towards the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Essential Requirements: A level 2 Children and Young Peoples qualification. Experience of working with children and young people individually and in a group session. Good interpersonal skills. Ability to be creative plan and run children’s activities. Experience of working in a multi-agency team and developing partnerships. Good computer skills (including Microsoft applications), Proactive/flexible approach to working hours. Good communication and presentation skills.

• 25.5hrs per week
• £28,579 (pro rata)

Job Purpose: The IDVA will be part of our team within the Norfolk Integrated Domestic Abuse Service (NIDAS), which is a community-based service providing an effective, safe, supportive, and confidential support for service users aged 16 plus and their families including children aged 5-18, who are assessed as high or medium risk, and living with or fleeing domestic abuse.

The purpose of the role is to work in a multi-agency framework providing a range of support to reduce the risk of further harm posed to service users and support them to safely engage with criminal justice proceedings, Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) and The Sanctuary Scheme, if appropriate as part of the NIDAS team.

You will work alongside a caseload of our service users to ensure that they feel safe, happy with the service they are receiving and have the widest opportunities available to them to enhance their lives and improve their safety and wellbeing. You will ensure they receive an excellent level of support that uses a strengths-based and trauma informed approach and is centred around their aims and aspirations.

Responsible to: NIDAS Senior Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor

Duties and responsibilities:

• To be the specialist lead within NIDAS for people who have disabilities.
• Build a relationship with each service user and engage at their pace and in their preferred way; taking a service user led, flexible approach to providing practical and emotional support and advocacy.
• To manage a case load of the high/medium risk cases, and regularly review support and safety needs in line with the accredited standards.
• Facilitate a holistic assessment with each service user, building a relationship and creating a personalised support plan that incorporates risk and safety, and builds on their strengths and needs.
• Participate in facilitation of group programmes within the service, supporting colleagues and service users to create and contribute to an environment that makes participation safe, supportive, and fulfilling. Similarly, support group programmes and activities including drop-ins at other services to support service users in the community.
• Comply with all Health & Safety policy and procedures and carry out activities in a safe manner.
• Maintain accurate and thorough case records.
• Comply within Data Protection and GDPR legislation and best practice.
• To offer a flexible service over 7 days a week to ensure referrals reach the NIDAS IDVA service as part of a NIDAS Rota system.
• To offer telephone, virtual, group or face to face advice and support to service users who have been assessed as high or medium risk.
• To participate in MARAC meetings and service user groups as required.
• To liaise with other teams within the NIDAS partnership to ensure seamless handover of service between the triage service and other teams within NIDAS.
• To track cases through the Police, CPS, court, and other systems to ensure service users have accurate and up to date information in compliance with the GDPR, confidentiality and data protection.
• To provide or coordinate support for criminal justice trials as required.
• To ensure that all Safeguarding issues and concerns are reported and dealt with in accordance with organisational policy and procedure, Legislation, and best practice.
• To promote and work within the policies and guidelines of NIDAS and employing organisations.

Requirements:

• An accredited IDVA qualification or working towards one.
• Driving Licence, Business insurance and ability to travel across Norfolk.
• Experience of working in a voluntary or statutory agency for a minimum of two years with victims of domestic abuse.
• Experience of public speaking and advocating for victims.
• Experience of using risk assessment tools for victims of domestic abuse
• Knowledge of legislation around safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, engaging with service users, colleagues, and partners.
• IT skills including use of Microsoft Office, Teams, case management systems, and databases.
• Inquisitive and problem solving. A commitment to seeking new ways of working to achieve positive outcomes.
• A clear understanding of Data Protection, confidentiality, and data sharing protocols.
• An understanding of a strengths-based and trauma informed approach to support.
• An understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on young people, children, and families.

Desirable requirements:

• An accredited IDVA qualification or willingness to work towards one, as training will be provided commensurate with the post.
• Experience of using risk assessment tools for victims of domestic abuse.
• Experience of delivering talks and presentations to people with disabilities and professionals.
• An understanding of a strengths-based and trauma informed approach to support.
• An understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on people with disabilities.
• Reliable, enthusiastic, non-judgmental, and understanding.
• Ability to be flexible and work independently, or as part of a team.
• Ability to respond calmly in sometimes pressured situations.
• Respect and value the diversity of the community and recognise the needs and concerns of a diverse range of survivors ensuring the service and your approach is accessible to all.
• Always seek to expand your learning and undertake all training and development essential for this role.

• 37hrs per week
• £25,000

Job Purpose: The Family IDVA will be part of our team within the Norfolk Integrated Domestic Abuse Service (NIDAS), which is a community-based service providing flexible, safe, supportive, and confidential service through face to face or accredited groupwork for children and young people who have experienced or are living domestic abuse.

The purpose of the Family IDVA role is to work in a multi-agency environment in partnership with the IDVA supporting the non-abusive parent. You will also provide holistic whole family support to encourage and empower children and young people to take control of their lives and assist them in making choices appropriate to their age and development level. You will need to be creative, plan and run a range of therapeutic activities for children and young people.

Full and accredited training to work with children and young people (aged 5-18) will be provided to give the skills and knowledge for the role, following a successful probation period. This training will result in a nationally recognised qualification. You will be required to represent the service by providing presentations and attending events as required and support the NIDAS Partnership Board in working towards the best possible outcomes for our service users.

Responsible to: NIDAS Senior Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor

Duties and responsibilities:

• Build a relationship with each service user and engage at their pace and in their preferred way; taking a service user led, flexible approach to providing practical and emotional support and advocacy.
• To offer telephone, face-to-face and group advice and support to children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse and make referrals to other agencies as appropriate.
• To work with children and young people between the ages of 5 – 18 years old, to develop support plans, risk assessments and safety planning appropriate to the age and emotional development level of each child and young person. Regularly review support and safety needs in line with the accredited standards.
• To create opportunities using play, games, sports, drama, and artwork in order to stimulate young people’s intellectual, social, and emotional development.
• Facilitate a holistic assessment with children and young people, building a relationship and creating a personalised support plan that incorporates risk and safety, and builds on their strengths and needs.
• Work in a multi-agency framework and environment, safeguarding adults and children.
• Promote Equality, Diversity, Fairness, and Inclusion at all times.
• Promote a ‘Team NIDAS’ culture across the service delivery.
• Ensure that our service users voices are central to all aspects of service delivery and is evidenced through safety and support planning, risk assessment and reviews.
• Be part of a team of community and family IDVAs and work collaboratively with colleagues throughout the NIDAS Partnership to deliver our visions, values and objectives.

Essential Requirements:

• · Driving Licence, Business insurance and ability to travel across Norfolk.
• Experience of working in a voluntary or statutory agency for a minimum of two years with children and young people or vulnerable people.
• Experience of advocating for children and young people.
• Knowledge of legislation around safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, engaging with service users, colleagues, and partners.
• IT skills including use of Microsoft Office, Teams, case management systems, and databases.
• Inquisitive and problem solving. A commitment to seeking new ways of working to achieve positive outcomes.
• A clear understanding of Data Protection, GDPR, confidentiality, and data sharing protocols.

Desirable requirements:

• A relevant childcare qualification level 3 or equivalent and experience of working with children and young people.
• Experience of using risk assessment tools for victims of domestic abuse.
• Experience of being creative, planning and running a range of therapeutic activities for children and young people.
• Experience of delivering talks and presentations to children, young people and agencies.
• An understanding of a strengths-based and trauma informed approach to support.
• An understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on young people, children, and families.

• 37hrs per week
• £25,000

Job Purpose: The CAPVA (Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse) IDVA will be part of our team within the Norfolk Integrated Domestic Abuse Service (NIDAS), which is a community-based service providing flexible, safe, supportive, and confidential service.

The CAPVA Intervention is a new service for Norfolk where support is offered to the whole family when the child/ren/adolescent (8-18), engages in abusive and violent behaviours towards people close to them, usually a parent or adult carer. Abusive behaviour can include physical violence; emotional, economic, or sexual abuse; and coercive control. It may also include damage to property and abuse towards other family members, particularly siblings.

The purpose of the CAPVA IDVA role is to work in a multi-agency environment supporting both the child/adolescent and the non-abusive parent/s or care giver. You will also provide holistic whole family support to encourage and empower non-abusive parents and children/young people to take control of their lives and assist them in making choices appropriate to their age and development level.

Responsible to: NIDAS Service Manager

Duties and responsibilities:

• To deliver the Respect Young People’s Programme with young people (8-18) and their families.
• Build a relationship with each family and engage at their pace and in their preferred way; taking a service user led, flexible approach to providing practical and emotional support, and utilising the evidenced based intervention (RYPP) designed to address CAPVA.
• To offer telephone, face-to-face and support to young people and their families encouraging everyone to take a role in stopping the abuse and learning respectful ways of managing conflict difficulty, and intimacy.
• To work with families to provide support, insight and simple solutions to help improve family relationships via weekly structured sessions which takes about three months to complete.
• Work in a multi-agency framework and environment, safeguarding adults, and children.
• Promote Equality, Diversity, Fairness, and Inclusion at all times.
• Promote a ‘Team NIDAS’ culture across the service delivery.
• Ensure that our service users voices are central to all aspects of service delivery and is evidenced through safety and support planning, risk assessment and reviews.
• Be part of a team of community and family IDVAs and work collaboratively with colleagues throughout the NIDAS Partnership to deliver our visions, values, and objectives.

Essential Requirements:

• · Driving Licence, Business insurance and ability to travel across Norfolk.
• Experience of working in a voluntary or statutory agency for a minimum of two years with children and young people or vulnerable people.
• Experience of advocating for children and young people.
• Knowledge of legislation around safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, engaging with service users, colleagues, and partners.
• IT skills including use of Microsoft Office, Teams, case management systems, and databases.
• Inquisitive and problem solving. A commitment to seeking new ways of working to achieve positive outcomes.
• A clear understanding of Data Protection, GDPR, confidentiality, and data sharing protocols.

Desirable requirements:

• A relevant childcare qualification level 3 or equivalent and experience of working with children and young people.
• Experience of using risk assessment tools for victims of domestic abuse.
• Experience of being creative, planning and running a range of therapeutic activities for children and young people.
• Experience of delivering talks and presentations to children, young people and agencies.
• An understanding of a strengths-based and trauma informed approach to support.
• An understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on young people, children, and families.