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Title:

Young Person’s Violence Advocate (YPVA)

Area:

Safe in Salford IDVA Team

Reporting to:

IDVA Team Leader

All paid members of staff are accountable to the CEO, and ultimately the Trustees of TDAS

Contract:

Fixed term until 31st March 2027 with potential to extend dependent on funding.

Place of work:

Based across Salford

Hours of Work

37 hours per week

Salary/scale:

£29,851.88

Benefits:

A generous package including 33 days holiday per year inclusive of bank holidays (FTE), extra holidays, for long service, Employee pension scheme with 3% employer contribution (after 3 months of employment), Cycle2work Scheme, Life assurance benefit, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme

Closing Date

Friday 12th June at 10am

Date of Interview **

W/C: Monday 15th June

Start Date

ASAP

Contract Length

Fixed term to 31st March 2027 - potential to extend subject to funding

**If you cannot make the interview date please inform us when submitting your application.

Background

Trafford Domestic Abuse Services (TDAS) is a Quality accredited, registered charity offering support to individuals and families who are affected by domestic abuse since 1990. We support families who live/work in the Trafford area and also provide IDVA and Children and Young People (CYP) support services in Salford. We provide both intervention and prevention services and work in partnership with other voluntary organisations to support families across Greater Manchester.

TDAS Values

Innovative: introduce new ideas, are creative and foreword thinking.

Collaborative: work in partnership with key stakeholders to enable people to achieve a defined & common purpose

Openness: create an open culture, provide transparent reporting, good fundraising and governance.

Person centred: provide coordinated, personalized and enabling services to everyone

Empowering: empower our service users to become stronger, more confident, being aware of their rights and privileges and live a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Purpose of the role

To play an integral and active part in the community based IDVA and Safe in Salford Partnership team

To provide safety and support to young people who have or currently are living with domestic abuse and suffering the traumatic effects of such. The YPVA will provide a trauma informed support service to support Young People in the local community and deliver specialist domestic abuse support.

Main Duties

• Access, organise and deliver the appropriate services to meet the needs of the children/ young people identifying as high risk of harm.
• Undertake the appropriate risk assessments to measure level of risk i.e DASH
• Undertake initial assessments on children and young people and compile individual support and safety plans based on recognised frameworks within agreed timescales.
• Identify and Liaise with the local agencies, professionals and forums which would need to be involved in identifying the cases of young people experiencing serious harm from interpersonal violence and abuse, and ensure that they are linked into an agreed care/referral pathway that includes both safeguarding and MARAC.
• Engage local agencies, professionals and forums in developing such a care pathway.
• To keep individual recordings which are factual, accurate and up to date
• Deliver Safe and Healthy relationship workshops with young people
• To obtain, record and report outcomes for the service through the use of TDAS Case management system
• Support the IDVA team when required by holding a small adult case load.
• Liaise and work in conjunction with key agencies ensuring that multi-agency work is undertaken as part of the process involved in the assessment and delivery of services provided to children and young people.
• Liaise with LGBT, diverse communities and other hard to reach groups to imbed inclusion and ensure equality and diversity.
• To complete internal referrals to other areas of the support service to meet the needs of the child or young person.
• To complete external referrals to appropriate services to meet the needs of the child or young person.
• Access regular feedback from service users to ensure the continued improvement of services and support offered to children and young people by TDAS.
• To plan and manage own workload working on own initiative, often in times of crisis
• Provide an environment for children/young people in which their physical, emotional, intellectual and social wellbeing is promoted.
• To be aware of, implement and keep up to date with Child Protection/Safeguarding Procedures in accordance with TDAS and Trafford safeguarding Partnership Protection/Safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Work in partnership with children, young people, families, staff, statutory, voluntary and community organisations to promote the welfare and wellbeing of all children and young people living in the Community.
• Provide a welcoming, safe, stimulating and inclusive environment in which children/young people can be supported, enjoy themselves, develop to their full potential and meet the requirements of Every Child Matters and current legislation.
• Promote an inclusive environment that meets the differing needs of all children and young people.
• Work with the Director of Operations, CYP Services Manager, CYP Team Leader and other support workers on the team to promote and support the development of TDAS.
• Work to the standards laid down within the bounds of the Policy and Procedures of TDAS, including Equal Opportunities, Equality & Diversity, Data Protection, Child Protection and Safeguarding, Protection of vulnerable Adults (POVA)Health & Safety and core service user policies at all times. This is not and exhaustive list and all other policies and procedures within TDAS must be complied with.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the Director of Operations, the CYP Services Manager, and the CYP Team Leader commensurate with the grade and job title of the post.

General

• Work with the Chief Executive Officer and other staff members to promote and support the development of TDAS.
• To adhere to TDAS Code of Conduct at all times.
• To attend staff meetings when required
• To work in line with, and follow, the policies and procedures of TDAS.
• To ensure that all TDAS policies and procedures are implemented and promoted by staff.
• To actively promote diversity in the organisation.
• To act as an ambassador for and represent the TDAS at external functions.
• To represent TDAS on local and regional forums.
• To build positive relationships and partnerships with key local agencies
• To embody TDAS’s values and act as a role model.
• To participate actively in the management team, contributing to the strategic development of the organisation.
• To undertake any other duties as may be deemed consistent with the requirements of the post.

Application Criteria and Process

To apply for this position it is essential that you have a minimum of two years’ experience of working with children and young people in a residential or community based setting and environment.

You must also have experience of working with children and young people in a crisis situation, demonstrating strong crisis management skills and ability to cope under pressure and experience of supporting high risk victims of domestic abuse.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS.

Applicants with minimum qualifications and experience will only be considered. Please do not send CVs, as they will not be processed.

No agencies please.

For further information please contact sophia.ibrahim@tdas.org.uk Tel: 0161 872 7368

An application pack is available to download from https://tdas.org.uk/vacancies/youngpersonsviolenceadvocateypva/