TABW IDVA

📍 Location: Barry, Vale of Glamorgan (Some flexible working available)

⏳ Contract: Fixed Term until March 2027

💷 Salary: £24,535 to £27891 (Dependent on qualifications and experience)

🕒 Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary is determined by the employing Police and Crime Commissioner area. The applicable rate will be confirmed at offer stage.

Female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

The Role

Vale Domestic Abuse Services provides specialist support to women and children who have been subjected to violence against women, domestic abuse and/or sexual violence (VAWDASV). 

TABW is a collaborative programme, funded by the Police and Crime Commissioners in South Wales, Gwent and Dyfed Powys. The aim of the service is to provide a trauma-informed, strengths-based and needs-led approach to supporting adults, children and young people who have experienced police-perpetrated VAWDASV. 

The service will enable victim-survivors to access high quality, independent, specialist support that responds to their needs, choices and circumstances. It will provide emotional and practical information, guidance and advocacy to help victims and their families to become and remain safe, and to make informed decisions about their lives. 

The purpose of this role is to provide trauma-informed, needs-led, strengths-based and risk-assured support to victim-survivors of police-perpetrated VAWDASV, with the aim of:

•        Improving feelings of safety

•        Supporting victim-survivors to use their voice, report abuse and tell their story

•        Improving their understanding of their rights so they can make informed decisions

•        Improving understanding of power dynamics within relationships

•        Increasing trust that police will take meaningful action against their staff and in the process

•        Improving self-worth and emotional wellbeing

•        Strengthening support networks

What this job does

Relationships & Engagement

•        Use a variety of approaches to engage with victim-survivors, ensuring every avenue is explored.

•        Develop and maintain relationships with key partners across the South Wales, Gwent and Dyfed Powys regions.

•        Work in partnership with other agencies, including participation at MARAC, contributing to the design of interventions and plans that protect survivors whilst maintaining an independent role.

•        Engage with communities and professionals across the regions to ensure the service and referral pathway is promoted and understood.

Provides Support to Clients

•        Build professional, trauma-informed relationships with victim-survivors of police-perpetrated VAWDASV to support them to overcome their experiences, ensuring their voice is heard.

•        Establish the risks to and needs of victim-survivors and ensure a co-produced Individual Safety and Support Plan is in place and regularly reviewed.

•        Provide information, advice and support to help victim-survivors of police-perpetrated VAWDASV understand their rights and responsibilities and make informed choices.

•        Advocate for the safety and wellbeing of victim-survivors with relevant departments and agencies, including the Professional Standards Department, Probation Service, Social Services and Behaviour Change Programmes, being proactive to mitigate risks and achieve positive outcomes.

•        Conduct regular, dedicated support sessions with victim-survivors, helping them recognise the features and dynamics of police-perpetrated domestic abuse.

•        Respond to all safeguarding concerns in line with Vale DAS safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance, and participate in appropriate strategy meetings.

Case Management

•        Maintain timely, accurate and confidential case management records.

•        Evaluate distance travelled with clients and actively seek their views and experiences to inform service development.

•        Carry out regular case reviews with the line manager to reassess ongoing risk and need, using outcomes to inform action planning.

•        Ensure confidentiality and data security are maintained in line with Vale DAS Data Protection policies and GDPR requirements.

Team Contribution

•        Be an ambassador for Vale DAS, modelling behaviours consistent with our values at all times.

•        Demonstrate behaviours that accord with our values: 

Curiosity, Strengths Focused, Collaborative, Self-Awareness, Integrity,Kindness,Inclusive, Dedication

 •        Participate in team meetings, supervision, and training (internal and external) as requested by the line manager.

•        Work within the Policies and Procedures of Vale DAS.

•        Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the line manager.

Your Knowledge & Expertise

Essential

•        Passionate, committed and caring about the work Vale DAS undertakes.

•        Safe Lives IDVA qualification and/or NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Preventing and Tackling Domestic Abuse.

•        A minimum of two years’ experience working as an IDVA or Support Worker, including effectively managing and recording casework.

•        In-depth understanding of violence against women and girls, domestic abuse and sexual violence.

•        Understanding of power and control within relationships.

•        In-depth knowledge and understanding of victim-survivor rights.

•        Knowledge of police procedures, processes and the professional standards framework.

•        In-depth knowledge of safeguarding protocols for adults and children.

•        Knowledge of trauma-informed, needs-led, strengths-based and risk-assessed approaches to support.

•        Up-to-date knowledge of VAWDASV legislation and the impact of domestic abuse on survivors and their children.

•        Excellent organisational and administrative skills.

•        A clear alignment with Vale DAS’s core values and behaviours: curiosity, kindness, collaboration, integrity, inclusion, self-awareness, strengths focus, and dedication.

Desirable

•        Experience of working within a multi-force or multi-commissioner programme.

•        Knowledge of local partnership structures across South Wales, Gwent or Dyfed Powys.

•        Experience of participating in multi-agency forums such as MARAC.

•        Welsh language skills (written and/or verbal).