Domestic Violence Specialist - Safer Accommodation (Older Women and Survivors with Disabilities and/or additional needs)

As a Domestic Violence Specialist , you will work pro-actively with women, offering risk assessed, strength based, and needs led support. You will work alongside each woman, throughout her journey, agreeing individual safety support plans as well as advocating on her behalf to achieve safety and autonomy.

You will be providing a proactive service to older women and women with additional needs (disabilities) who present with homelessness and who have been assessed as being at risk of domestic violence and abuse (intimate partner and/or familial).

It is an occupational requirement that applications are open to WOMEN ONLY , as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010.

For further information about the role, please download the Job Description  which can be found at the bottom of the vacancy's page at our website: 

When completing an application for one of our vacancies, please use clear examples  of how your experience, ability, skills/transferable skills, meet the requirements detailed in the Person Specification.

Please include examples from paid or voluntary work/activities or other 'life' experiences.  This information will be used as a basis for shortlisting.

Where you don’t meet the requirements of the post currently, please explain how you intend on doing so , for instance via training and commitment to personal development.