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Family Safeguarding Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Job Posted: 2 hours ago

Salary: £ 25,284 - 30,304 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Family Safeguarding Domestic Abuse Practitioner

Location: Walsall Borough
 Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday-Friday (9am-5pm)
 Salary: £25,282 - £30,304 (dependent on qualifications)
 Contract: Permanent
 Travel: Required - full driving licence and access to a vehicle essential
 Occupational Requirement: Female-only (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1)

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Family Safeguarding Domestic Abuse Practitioner to join a multi-disciplinary team supporting vulnerable families across Walsall. This role plays a vital part in improving outcomes for children and families experiencing domestic abuse, mental health challenges and/or substance misuse.

You will work directly with adults and children to reduce risk, build safety, and promote long-term resilience, while collaborating closely with social care, health, and partner agencies.

What You'll Do

Manage a caseload of families, completing risk assessments, needs assessments and safety plans

Deliver evidence-based emotional and practical support using a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach

Facilitate group programmes such as the Freedom Programme and You, Me & Mum

Capture and communicate the voice of the victim throughout all intervention work

Respond quickly to escalating risk and work collaboratively within multi-agency plans

Attend case meetings such as CIN, CP, TAC, TAF, MARAC and MAPPA

Support access to housing, benefits, education, legal advice and community resources

Maintain accurate, confidential records in line with safeguarding, GDPR and organisational policies

Build strong professional relationships across safeguarding, health and voluntary sector partners

Represent the service in meetings and contribute to best practice development

About You

Essential:

Experience supporting vulnerable adults, children or families

Strong knowledge of domestic abuse dynamics and safeguarding

Experience completing risk assessments and safety/support planning

Ability to manage complex caseloads and work under pressure

Confident communicator with excellent report-writing skills

Skilled in building trust, maintaining boundaries, and working collaboratively

IT-competent (Microsoft Office, Teams, case management systems)

Driving licence and access to a vehicle

Desirable:

Experience delivering group programmes

Level 3 qualification in a related field

Knowledge of motivational interviewing

Understanding of trauma-informed practice and VAWG frameworks

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