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Dewis Choice Wellbeing Practitioner (5508)
Dewis Choice Wellbeing Practitioner
Faculty/Department
Law and Criminology
Salary Scale
£25,742 - £28,759 per annum (pro rata)
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Duration
12 months
Full-time / Part-time
Part-Time
Weekly Hours
22.5
Employment Visa
Non-sponsorable
Posted Date
06/08/2024
Closing Date
19/08/2024
Ref No
5508
Documents
- ALS.24.5508 Disgrifiad Swydd (Word, 393.31kb)
- ALS.24.5508 Job Description (Word, 396.88kb)
Job Description
The Role
What you’ll do
Who You Are – Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge And Skills Required
How to apply
Benefits
Employment Visa
The Role
Dewis Choice
Dewis Choice have been awarded funding from the Moondance Foundation to support older people who experience domestic abuse, and who are living in the Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire areas.
Dewis Choice are recruiting two Dewis Choice Wellbeing Practitioners, one will be located in Pembrokeshire and the other in Carmarthenshire. The Practitioners will provide long-term intensive support to older victim-survivors through community outreach with older victims in their own homes, or preferred community location. The posts will involve a blend of remote co-located desk based and community-based work in the Carmarthenshire or Pembrokeshire region.
The Dewis Choice Initiative aims to use co-production to empower clients, so they are involved in all aspects of the service and the research process.
Overview Of The Role
The Choice Well-being Practitioner is a dual role. First, to provide direct support to older people experiencing domestic abuse, and their family members where safe to do so. As part of a practice team the practitioner will provide a client-centred, integrated, specialist support, involving risk assessment, safety planning and recovery, and working with external partners to ensure access to rights and entitlements for the older person.
The second half of the role will involve engagement activities, including: supporting the work of the Area Coordinator and Well-being Lead in introducing the Initiative and forming multi-agency partnerships with key stakeholders and referrers in the Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire regions; and carrying out knowledge exchange activities for the Initiative both face-to-face and via online platforms to organisations and stakeholder groups.
The roles will involve supporting the overall aims of the Dewis Choice Initiative to promote impact and measure change.
In-house training will be provided to the successful candidates to respond to complex cases where the client has care and support needs, and/or cases where dementia and domestic abuse co-exist. The candidates will also receive training and mentoring in the legal literacy of working with cases that fall within the remit of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
The role is for the initial period of 12 months with the potential for extension subject to securing further funding.
Where a visa sponsorship is likely, this section must briefly but clearly state the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
To make an informal enquiry, please contact Elize Freeman at elf21@aber.ac.uk
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check.
Appointments are normally made within 4 - 8 weeks of the closing date.
What you’ll do
Practice Delivery and Partnership Working
- To work as part of a practice team to provide a client-centered, integrated service offering specialist support involving safety planning, well-being, and recovery for clients and their families, where domestic abuse or harmful behaviors are identified.
- To inform and support the client and other family members (if required) to access criminal and civil options, rights and services and recovery work.
- To provide intensive support for older people living with and recovering from domestic abuse.
- Work closely with the service team to help reduce the risk and support the client and family members to feel they can manage their situation in a more positive way.
- To work within a coordinated community response to older victims-survivors, to deliver best practice, through referral to, and partnership working with, multi-agency statutory safeguarding (MARAC, Adult Social Care, Police) and third sector community service providers.
- To accurately record data on the Oasis case management software and provide reports as required by the Area Coordinator and Well-being Lead.
- On occasions, offer specialist advice and guidance to partner organisations supporting older victim-survivors.
Engagement and knowledge exchange activities
- Under the guidance of the Area Coordinator and Well-being Lead, the Choice Well-being practitioner will take part in knowledge exchange activities with a range of organisations, including, health, social care and housing professionals to increase practitioner awareness and enhance understanding of coordinated community responses, the role of specialist services and other forms of support to produce holistic responses.
- The role will involve supporting the project team in organising impact activities through a range of media.
- The role holder will provide input into the awareness raising campaign through a variety of mediums including the use of social media and workshops.
Practice and Research Development
- The post holder will support the research team, so clients are in a position to share their experiences of help seeking and justice seeking with the researchers.
- Aspects of the role will involve monitoring and recording information in detail about meetings.
- The role will also involve contributing towards the development of new practical tools, helping to develop service guidance, publications, and podcasts.
- The post holder will be expected to adopt a reflective approach to their practice and record keeping. They will also engage with the research team to share learning.
Additional Responsibilities
- Using word, excel, Oasis case management software, email and telephone correspondence.
- To be committed to the University’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
- To undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
- Engaging in any other work to support the initiative as requested by their line manager.
- To be committed to your own development and that of your staff through the effective use of the University’s Effective Contribution Scheme.
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
Essential
Who you are – Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills required
- Experience of working with victim-survivors of domestic abuse
- Experience of working with providers of services for ‘adults at risk’
- Knowledge of adult safeguarding
- An awareness of multi-agency working in the areas of domestic abuse and social care and welfare of older people
- Good communication skills, an empathic nature and a commitment to promoting the rights of ‘adults at risk’
- Highly organised with good written and verbal skills.
- The ability to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines
- The ability to work in a team and independently in community settings
- Valid UK driving license or equivalent right to drive in the UK, and access to a car (travel expenses are reimbursed according to Aberystwyth University rate)
- Oral (spoken) Welsh Level A2* and Written Welsh Level A1* or evidence to demonstrate an on-going commitment to learn Welsh to this level.
Desirable
- Qualified Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (or equivalent) or willingness to work towards this
- Qualified Independent Sexual Violence Advisor
- Oral (spoken) and Written Welsh Level B2.*
- An awareness of policy development and law making in Wales
- Knowledge of the diversity of older people
- More information on Welsh Language Levels can be found at:
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/hr/policy-and-procedure/welsh-standards/
How to apply
To promote a flexible workforce, the University will consider applications from individuals seeking full time, part time, job share, or term time only working arrangements.
Applications for this role must be made through jobs.aber.ac.uk. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally.
Benefits
- Flexible working policy
- 36.5 – hour week for full-time roles
- Generous leave entitlements – 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays and university closed days
- Commitment to Professional Development
- Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension schemes
- Staff recognition and reward schemes
- Opportunity to learn the Welsh language for free
- Staff relocation bursary
- Maternity, Paternity, Parental and Adoption Leave
- Staff discount for gym facilities, hospitality, and retail on campus.
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We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities and, those that are currently underrepresented in our workforce. This includes but is not limited to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.
We are a Bilingual Institution which complies with the Welsh Language Standards and is committed to Equal Opportunities. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally.
Employment Visa
Under the UK Government’s points-based system scheme, this role does
not meet the criteria to be sponsored by Aberystwyth University (AU) for a Skilled Worker Route (SWR) application.
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