Group Facilitator

CROSSROADS DERBYSHIRE

GROUP FACILITATOR- CHANGES

Team: CHANGES

Accountable to: Operations Manager

**Salary**: NJC Scale point 18: £27,344 (rising within NJC Scale 6 with successful appraisal)

Overall Purpose: The Changes Project is a Respect Accredited structured programme-based intervention for both male and female perpetrators of domestic abuse, assessed as medium or standard risk, who have acknowledged their behaviour and demonstrated a desire to change. The programme’s aim is to promote the safety of survivors and their children by ensuring their access to support and holding perpetrators to account, support individuals to reduce incidents of abuse and help develop skills and strategies to engage in healthy, non-abusive relationships.

Service Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

- As a Group Facilitator you will deliver a Respect Accredited structured programme-based intervention to both male and female perpetrators of domestic abuse, assessed at standard or medium risk, who have acknowledged their behaviour and demonstrated a desire to change.
- Working alongside Partner Support Worker you will ensure the safety of survivors and their children is at the heart of the intervention. You will deliver a programme that aims to hold perpetrators of domestic abuse to account, support individuals to reduce incidents of abuse and help develop skills and strategies to engage in healthy, non-abusive relationships. We are looking for individuals who are able to work empathetically and within strict professional boundaries, and are committed to building strong relationships with a wide range of professional agencies.
- Training from RESPECT will provided as part of this role.
- To undertake group and one to one work with clients (perpetrators) who attend Changes

Project.
- Prioritise the safety of those at risk from Domestic abuse.
- Participate in a range of team and multi-agency meetings and forums that address the safety of those at risk from domestic abuse.
- Conduct abuse prevention work in a way that shows an understanding of domestic abuse and the impact this can have on the lives of adults and children who are living / have lived with it.
- Co-deliver a structured programme (Changes Programme) for clients who have been abusive to a current or former partner. This will include both delivery group and one to one sessions;
- Review and assess referrals into the Changes programme. This will include appointment
- based assessments with potential clients to assess their eligibility and suitability, informed by risk, acknowledgement of behaviour and desire to change.

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- Work closely with Partner Support Worker and other team members as appropriate, to ensure the safety of survivors and children is central to the intervention and that any changes in risk are fully clearly communicated and managed.
- To work with other agencies as appropriate. This will include: attendance at and preparation of reports for multi-agency meetings for example: safeguarding case conference; core group;
MARAC meetings as required;
- To engage with case management and supervision (both one to one and group) to assess progress and implement agreed actions to promote positive change and the safety of all involved.
- To assist in the promotion of the service including: delivery of or attendance at presentations, workshops, meetings conferences as required.
- To attend practice and clinical supervision.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records using case management system. Maintain records in accordance with service contract and to meet both contractual and internal key performance indicators;
- Assist with monitoring, producing statistical and other reports on work done with the

Project to meet the requirements of the service and our commissioners.
- To attend and contribute to team meetings and case reviews as required.
- To attend line management sessions as requested and to provide information on client work, service delivery and organisational issues to the Operations Manager. To implement any actions agreed.
- Attend relevant training to ensure you are continuing your professional development to deliver a high quality service.
- To undertake other duties as reasonably requested.

Generic Duties and Responsibilities:

- To advocate for the needs of service users, whilst empowering them to develop their own solutions.
- To ensure that all practical, financial and emotional support is provided to service users as identified in the individual support and safety plan and in accordance with Crossroads Derbyshire’s Adult

Protection and/or Safeguarding Children policies and procedures.
- To communicate with the staff team to ensure that appropriate support is provided to address the identified needs and that any specific needs are addressed, whilst adhering to Crossroads

Derbyshire’s Safeguarding Children and Confidentiality policies and procedures.
- To promote service user involvement in the development of service provis