Job Details:
Adult Intervention Worker

Job Description

Dear Idea makers, Boundary Pushers, Problem Solvers, and Forward Thinkers! Are you looking for a rewarding role where every day is different?

The Pankhurst Trust brings together Manchester Women’s Aid and the Pankhurst Centre. We work together to ensure the story of the women who won the vote continue to inspire us all, and to ensure that those suffering from domestic violence and abuse get the confidential help they need. We are a group of female champions, empowering women across Manchester and beyond.

If you have a big heart and take pride in making a difference, you may have just stumbled upon your dream role!

But first, what’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary of £28791 per annum
• A flexible working week of 35 hours
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Enhanced sick pay, family leave and pay
• Above market average pension
• A fully funded Enhanced DBS check
• An Employee Assistance programme to support your wellbeing, along with external clinical supervisions where applicable. We also have a funded wellbeing programme with access to discounts, gym memberships, financial advice and more!
• Investment and commitment to your ongoing Training and Development
• If that wasn’t enough, we’ll also celebrate your Birthday with you (after a qualifying period) and let you take the day off, as well as allowing one day a year of paid volunteering.

As an Adult Intervention Worker you will:

• Provide direct support for people with complex needs who have been impacted by DVA
• complete initial assessments of risk and need, devising safety and support plans and liaising with all other appropriate agencies with and on behalf of our service users with complex needs;
• provide support to all internal and external stakeholders as appropriate, to understand the service users needs and build positive relationships which empower service users to sustain successful change
• attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings to ensure best outcomes for service users;
• provide service user support to adhere to all national legislation as well as organisational policy and procedure;
• proactively develop knowledge and skills relevant to the role, sharing learning and supporting volunteers, staff, students, current and prospective partners in the PTMWA portfolio.

To be successful as an Adult Intervention Worker you will need to have:

• A formal qualification in gender-based violence eg Safe Lives IDVA or ISAC or willing to complete in post.
• A formal qualification in social work, social care, psychology or equivalent relevant work experience.
• A working knowledge of the civil and criminal justice system, welfare benefits and immigration.
• An excellent working knowledge of risk assessments, risk management and safety and support planning in relation to domestic abuse and service users with complex needs.
• A sound working knowledge of the practical, emotional, social and economic barriers to establishing and maintaining engagement with service users with complex needs
• A sound working knowledge of mental health, substance misuse, alcohol misuse and other complex needs of victims/survivors of domestic abuse

We actively encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly under-represented groups, as we try and reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. This is a fabulous opportunity to work with some wonderful teams and truly inspiring women, and as such, please note that this role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1. It is also important to note that we support, in some circumstances, the principle of providing single sex services which are lawful under the Equality Act 2010. PTMWA will treat trans/non-binary people according to the gender identity in which they present themselves, but will also maintain and promote the need for single-sex services in some settings.

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If you are passionate about working with vulnerable women as an Adult InterventionX Worker, then apply NOW!