- This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Stop Domestic Abuse is a trauma informed organisation, the work we do to support those effected by domestic abuse may be triggering for those with past trauma. Please only apply if you are living free from abuse. If you’d like to talk to us about this, please get in touch.
Salary: £25,614.24 - £27,720.54
Location: Basingstoke Hospital
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)
Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday 9.30am - 5.30pm & Friday 9.30am - 5.00pm.
The Health Advocacy service operates seven days a week. Staff work weekends on a rolling rota.
Contract : Maternity Cover - Fixed Term Contract for up to 12 months or until post holder returns
WINCHESTER:
Job Reference Number: STOPDA 662
Main purpose and scope of the job:
To develop and promote the Health Domestic Abuse Pathway for support.
To ensure that Emergency Departments (ED) and Maternity Services are aware of the pathway, understand how to ask the screening questions, record the information, and share this with relevant services.
To attend the hospitals to provide support, guidance, training, and advice to staff on using the tools and also to advise on any concerns
Provide education to ED and Maternity Services on identification and the impact of domestic abuse.
Be a direct link for BNHH to refer patients suffering domestic abuse and to provide advice and support.
To assess patients risk, provide immediate safety advice and support and make referrals to the most appropriate services.
To provide one-to one support for those patients referred to the service for support.
Please click on links below to download an application pack.
Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview.
We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation.
Appointment will be on merit alone.
We will recruit the first suitable applicants, so apply early as we may close applications earlier.
An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.
