Domestic Abuse Housing Officer

2 weeks ago

Gloucester, United Kingdom Gloucestershire County Council Full time

**Domestic Abuse Housing Officer**:

- Date: 27 Feb 2024- Job Location: GloucesterThis is a Gloucester City Council job.
- Job Title: Domestic Abuse Housing Officer
- Job Location: Gloucester City Council
- Salary: £30,825 - £33,945 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: Two years
- Closing Date: 25/03/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 8562
- This post is open to job share

We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester.

Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It's all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day. We're always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance.

**About the role**

You will manage an active case load, ensuring assessments are completed, advice and options explored with survivors in a timely and sensitive manner. You will provide valuable support to housing colleagues with your specialist knowledge of domestic abuse and by championing best practice approaches. You will participate in multiagency work and will have the opportunity to co-locate with specialist services, working collaboratively with colleagues from across the housing and DA/VAWG sector to prevent and relieve homelessness.

You will work creatively to overcome barriers to accessing housing pathways, collaborating with colleagues from across housing, health and specialist support sectors to prioritise the safety and recovery of survivors.

**What we need from you**

You will bring your understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on individual survivors, their families and the community as a whole. We also need your proactive, solution-focussed skills to overcome barriers to safe housing pathways for women facing multiple disadvantage and intersectionality. You’ll also bring your gender and trauma informed professional practices to build supportive relationships with survivors and professionals. To be successful, you will need excellent organisational skills, to allow you to prioritise dynamic risks and needs, and meet deadlines.

**What we can do for you**

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

- Flexible, Hybrid/Agile working opportunities
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Generous annual leave entitlement - 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years continuous service
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Regular job-specific training, career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and an in-house Occupational Health service
- Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply)
- Employee discount scheme
- Discounted tickets for local events, and reduced rate use of GL1 facilities
- Access to employee led networks such as Black Worker’s, Prism (LGBT+), Carers, Disability and the Young Employees Network, and opportunities to participate in our Equalities Working Group.

**How to apply**

**Additional Information**

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:

- Domestic Abuse Housing Officer Job Profile

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

**Equality and Diversity**
We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

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