Drive Case Manager - Domestic Violence / Abuse (x2) 
Location: Derby, Derbyshire
Salary: £26,500 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
All applications by Monday 19th April 2021

Our client has an exciting opportunity to be part of their Drive project in Derbyshire.

Drive is a national pilot that aims to improve the lives and safety of victims and children by holding high-risk, high-harm perpetrators to account through delivery of a multi-agency case management approach.  

As a part of this project, you’ll be working alongside partner agencies (e.g. offender management services, Police, Social Care, mental health services) to create and coordinate a multi-agency intervention plan for each individual case to disrupt abuse, encourage and enable the perpetrator to address additional support needs, and deliver 1:1 behaviour change work.  As part of the Drive Project Team, you’ll be responsible for working alongside partners and statutory structures, you’ll increase professionals’ knowledge of safe, effective work with perpetrators, promoting the Drive approach to reduce abuse and increase safety of victims and children.

You’ll also work closely with the IDVA service and other victim services, who’ll be supporting their partners and family members, to help review risk and develop safety plans.

Job requirements:
Work with high risk domestic abuse perpetrators to create and deliver an individual support plan to help them recognise and address their abusive behaviour
Co-ordinate multi-agency interventions to disrupt abusive behaviours and support behavioural change
Work with IDVAs and any other relevant agency ensuring a ‘whole family’ coordinated approach, and multiagency risk management, intervention and safety planning
Influence a change in approach to how agencies work with families experiencing domestic abuse
Uphold the principles of Drive, promoting the integrated, multiagency approach and its evidence base to influence systems change to improve the local response to domestic abuse
Update case files and ensure they’re always up to date
Contribute to regular service reviews for this pilot project, which includes monitoring data, evaluations and workload reviews

What they’re looking for:
Someone with an understanding of relationship abuse, who can help customers to address their behaviours from all angles and empower them to demonstrate love in safe and healthy way
Someone with previous experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and with people who have varying and complex needs
Great communication skills and someone who can build a rapport with people
A flexible and adaptable approach to meet the needs of each case, including out of hours working when required
Someone who can effectively prioritise their work
You’ll be able to drive your own vehicle suitable for business use.
The successful person for this role will need to be DBS checked.

Who they are:
They’re a charity on a mission to end relationship abuse, campaigning for change and providing support in their region. Addressing the issue from all angles takes a group effort. Want to know who helps make their work possible? They’re part of a group of brands dedicated to making this region and the surrounding areas vibrant.

They offer a vibrant culture with a real social purpose, a great pension scheme that they’ll contribute to, a cycle to work scheme, colleague-led development programmes, a modern approach to time off for what matters (including flexi-time and an extra day off that’s just for you), access to free flu jabs and an extensive health scheme, a great reward scheme with discount at leading retailers, cinemas and gyms, as well as all the ongoing training you need to succeed.

Be a catalyst for change and help them impact the way their region addresses abusive relationships. APPLY NOW!

All applications by Monday 19th April 2021
Interview dates: 28 & 29 April 2021

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