September 2015
Dear Applicant`
Intervention & Recovery Services Coordinator
Thank you for your interest in the above post. Please find enclosed the following:
Job Description Person Specification Information about Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd Women’s Aid Federation of England Statement of Purpose Application Form Main Terms and Conditions of Employment
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Friday 16th October 2015 The date for the interview is 29 October 2015 at The Farr Centre, Worksop.
Applications will not be accepted by email or fax. You must send a hard copy by post.
Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd accepts no responsibility for non-receipt of application forms. It is recommended that you check the weight of your application form before posting and apply the correct postage as incorrect postage will result in non-receipt of application.
Please note that application will not be accepted by CV. Yours faithfully Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd
Mandy Green Head of Services Encs NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WOMEN’S AID
Job Description: Intervention and Recovery Coordinator
Hours of Work: 21 hours per week (some out of hours working will be necessary)
Salary Scale: £27,052- £28,636 per annum, pro rata for part time
Responsible to: Head of Service
Purpose of the post: To be responsible for the day to day management, support and development of: The IRIS Advocate Educator and the implementation and role out of the IRIS project across North Nottinghamshire, Medium Risk Intervention team Medium risk plus service, looking at repeat complex medium risk cases To oversee and support the women’s counselling service
Ways of Working The organisation is made up of paid and unpaid workers working as a team to discuss and agree decisions. Paid and unpaid workers are consulted on forward planning and longer term developments. All workers bring their own individual skills and are all valued equally. Encouraging and nurturing skills are crucial to the personal and professional development of workers and that of the organisation as a whole. We aim to empower women by encouraging them to make their own decisions and to support these decisions no matter what they may be.
Duties:
1. Staff Management a) To provide line management, support, supervision and appraisals for the staff of the IRIS project, Medium risk intervention team leader, Women’s Counselling service and other staff as requested. b) To be proactive in the role out of the IRIS project across North Nottinghamshire and build up excellent relationships with the Clinical Commissioning Groups, ensuring national IRIS standards are maintained c) To ensure the volunteer counsellors are supported, placement reports are completed and regular service meetings are facilitated at all time maintaining the BCAP standards d) To liaise with educational institutes to recruit female counsellors level 4 or level 5, and to be responsible for the induction ongoing support e) To ensure that the Staff provides support, supervision and appraisals to volunteers, work placements and students. f) To develop and maintain excellent partnerships both operational and strategic across north Nottinghamshire 2 g) To ensure that agreed monitoring including targets and outcomes are adhered to in line with contracts and charitable funding secured. h) To ensure that staff development and training needs are identified and addressed within training budget constraints. i) To ensure that the quality standards achieved organisationally are maintained j) To dip test staff case files on a monthly basis to ensure the correct information is being captured k) To assist in the organisation of an annually agreed training programme for the staff team. l) To ensure that effective staff induction systems are implemented and monitored as appropriate within the Farr Centre or any other office space across the organisation. m) To assist in coordinating and attending Service Coordinators meetings. n) To coordinate staff cover, annual leave, on-call where necessary and to ensure the smooth running of services. o) Ensure all staff understand, implement and are involved in development of all Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd policies and procedures. p) To attend and facilitate team and project meetings as required. q) To assist with the recruitment within the project team or other services as requested by the head of services. r) To take turn on a rota basis to be the manager on call for the organisation s) To have an excellent understanding of Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd safeguarding polices and procedures
2. Finance a) To have responsibility for the financial management of the IRIS project, Medium risk services including medium risk plus and the women’s counselling service, including budget management. b) To assist in the development of the budget for the service in conjunction with the Head of Service and Finance Team Leader. c) To work with the Head of Service and Business Development Coordinator to develop and implement a fundraising strategy, including contributing to making funding applications. d) To ensure monitoring and financial procedures and relevant grant conditions are adhered to at all time. 3 3. Training a) To be work with the senior management team to develop training resources and the development and delivery of training courses as appropriate.
4. Development a) To participate in the development of services and implementation of the business plan for Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid b) To be aware of and disseminate information re: changes in legislation that impact upon women, children and young people affected by domestic violence and Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid services. c) To participate in the development and regular review of policies and procedures. d) To participate in the development and implementation of user consultation strategies, monitoring and evaluation systems as per agreed Quality Standards. e) To ensure that Services undergo annual reviews, equality impact assessments, and maintain achieved quality assurances. f) To work in conjunction with the management team to plan and deliver AGM.
5. Public Relations a) To ensure that the public profile of Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid is raised in conjunction with the Head of Service and all project staff. b) To participate in the development of publicity materials and information about the work of Nottinghamshire Women’s AId in conjunction with Head Of Service and all other staff c) To respond to media enquiries in liaison with the Head of Service. d) To maintain partnership working in conjunction with the Head of Service and all other staff to ensure representation of Nottinghamshire women’s aid on relevant forums and committees.
6. Board of Trustees a) To support the Board of Trustees in ensuring that Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid adheres to its memorandum and articles of association. b) To provide quarterly reports to the Head of Service for circulation to the board of trustees and other reports as required. c) To attend the Board of Trustees meetings, team meetings and other committees that form part of the structure of the organisation. d) To work with the Head of Service and members of staff to prepare plans with costs for submission to the Board of Trustees for the maintenance or expansion of the existing
4 service and for new developments and projects undertaken at Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid. e) To ensure the service user involvement policy is implemented f) To contribute to the production of the Annual Report for Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid.
7. General a) To ensure that Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid projects, premises and working conditions adhere to all relevant legislation as may, from time to time, be in force, such as Health and Safety regulations and requirements. b) To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times. c) To maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the organisation. d) To work within the ethos values and principles of Nottinghamshire women’s aid. e) To understand and implement Nottinghamshire women’s Aid policy on Equal Opportunities and effectively communicate this internally as well as to external agencies, other professionals and service users where necessary. f) Any other duties as requested by the Head of Service and commensurate to the post.
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Intervention and Recovery Coordinator – Person Specification
Applicants will need to demonstrate in the application form and at the interview that they have the ability to meet each of the following requirements. Evidence for this can be drawn from your employment, voluntary or life experiences.
Values: 1. Commitment to and understanding of Women’s aid Federation England’s aims and objectives. 2. Commitment to equal opportunities and anti oppressive practise and policies 3. A feminist analysis of the causes of male violence against women, children and young people
Experience: 1. At least two years experience of management and Project development. 2. Experience in the support, supervision and development of staff. Including volunteer counsellors 3. Understanding of managing a specialist women’s counselling service and the BCAP standards 4. Experience of working with women, children and young people affected by domestic violence and/or who require specialist counselling services. 5. Demonstrate an understanding of working with women with complex issues who are affected by domestic abuse 6. Experience in managing risk and safeguarding women, children and young people 7. Experience of developing policies and procedures. 8. Experience of managing and maintaining financial targets 9. Experience of developing and delivering training courses 10. Experience of monitoring and evaluating services 11. Excellent IT, written and verbal communication 12. Experience in monitoring and evaluating services 13. Must hold a full driving licence and have access to a car
Skills: 1. Ability to deliver work within time schedules. 2. Ability to deliver presentations to external agencies. 3. Ability to prioritise and organise own workload 4. Ability to enable team members to plan and prioritise their workload.
Personal Qualities: 1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 2. Flexibility and good problem solving skills 3. Self motivated and responsive to change 4. Excellent interpersonal skills
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Intervention & Recovery Coordinator Main Terms and Conditions of Employment:
Salary: £27,052- £28,636 per annum, pro rata for part time
Pension: October 2015-September 2017 Employer pays 1% Employee pays 1% October 2017-September 2018 Employer pays 2% Employee pays 3% October 2018 onwards Employer pays 3% Employee pays 5%
Hours: Part time 21 hours per week (out of hours working will be required as part of this posts responsibilities)
Holidays: 26 days per year, plus bank holidays.
Travel: Mileage rate is currently paid at 35p per mile for authorised travel.
Equal Opportunities: Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd is committed to the prevention of discrimination or harassment against any of its workers, support group or users of its services on the grounds of race, religion, sexuality, size, age or HIV status.
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Background Information Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd, formally Bassetlaw Women’s Aid Ltd was formed in 1984 by a group of women who saw the need for a Refuge in this area. Since then it has grown and developed services in response to need. It is a charitable company limited by guarantee governed by a Board of Trustees. In 2003 it changed its structure from a collective to a linear management structure and in 2006 after consultation with its members changed its name from Bassetlaw Women’s Aid Ltd to Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd It offers temporary emergency accommodation, confidential advice, information and support to single women and women with children who have been physically, emotionally or sexually abused.
Mission Statement Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd exists for the benefit of all women, young people and children experiencing physical, mental or sexual abuse in their relationships. We offer information, a menu of options, access to (temporary) accommodation, ongoing support and aftercare. Women’s Aid recognises that violence against women results from the unequal position of women in society. We are opposed to all forms of emotional and physical violence and abuse against women, young people and children. We are committed to the principle of self- help and self-determination and encourage women seeking advice, information, support or refuge to determine their own future.
Quality Assurance Women’s Aid National Quality Standards Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd has passed stage 1 of the Women’s Aid Federation England National Quality Standards.
Leading Lights Accreditation Our Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) service achieved Leading Lights Accreditation (a nationally recognised advocacy qualification) in July 2011, achieving re accreditation in January 2015. Currently only 20 other IDVA services have achieved this standard in the United Kingdom. Investors in People In September 2011 the organisation achieved recognition from Investors in People, being awarded the GOLD standard. In September 2014 we maintained the GOLD standard award. We are currently awaiting the outcome for Champion Status.
8 Aims and Objectives Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd aims to help women and their children who have experienced any form of physical, emotional or sexual abuse by meeting the following main objectives:
Refuge provision We will meet the immediate housing needs for women and their children who are escaping abuse by offering an immediate and temporary place of safety in the Refuge. Our “open door” policy ensures that no woman will be turned away without receiving assistance from our organisation. We will offer the women and their children the support needed to adapt to their new environment and to provide the appropriate advice to empower women by encouraging them to determine their own future without prejudice or persuasion.
Domestic Abuse Support Service We will enable the woman to maintain an assured short-hold tenancy through ongoing support and resettlement work up until the time the woman determines this is no longer needed. We will recognise the varied and individual needs of each woman by reflecting this in the personal support agreements and respect these individual needs.
We will ensure that all women who are or have experienced domestic violence and have chosen to stay within their existing homes are given the same opportunities for information, support, and training. We will endeavour to reduce the isolation of the women seeking our services due to location, disabilities, etc by providing an accessible rural as well as urban outreach service.
The Farr Centre We will provide support to women in the community who are experiencing domestic violence, abuse, poverty, unemployment and changes to their lives. We will provide information, support, guidance and training. We will enable women to develop skills through involvement in social activities, to become confident, self aware and assertive in order that they can take control of the lives through self- determination.
Children’s Services Young People Domestic Abuse Support Service We will provide direct support to young people and children as individuals, within the family or in groups, around their experiences of domestic violence. We will provide child-focused support to women around their children’s experiences of domestic violence. We will liaise and advocate on behalf of young people, children and carers with other local agencies in order to coordinate support services in the community.
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10 Reference No ______Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd
Application for the post of: Intervention & Recovery Services Coordinator . Please return the completed form, clearly marked Private and Confidential to: Intervention & Recovery Services Coordinator Employment Group Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd The Farr Centre Chapel Walk, Westgate Worksop, Notts S80 1LR
Closing Date: 16th October 2015 at 12 noon Interview Date: 29th October 2015 Personal details (please complete in block capitals) First Name Last Name
Address
Postcode Telephone numbers Day Evening
Email address: National Insurance Number: Are you related to any current worker, volunteer or trustee of Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd? YES NO If yes please state their name
Do you have a full current driving licence ? YES NO Do you have regular use of a car? YES NO Are you eligible to work in the UK? YES NO Referees Please provide details of two referees below. Relatives are not acceptable referees. One of the referees must be your present or most recent employer and normally no offer of employment will be made without reference to her/him. If you have not been previously employed, then head teachers, college lecturers or other persons who are able to comment authoritatively on your educational background and/or personal qualities are acceptable as referees. Name (Referee 1) Name (Referee 2)
Address Address
Telephone Telephone Email Email How long known? How long known? Can we approach before the interview YES NO Can we approach before the interview YES NO
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Disclosure of Criminal Background Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd is required under the Police Act 1997, the Protection of Children Act 1999 and the Criminal Justice & Court Services Act 2000 to check the criminal background of those employees whose jobs give them access to children or other vulnerable members of society. Decisions to appoint will be subject to consideration of a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If the post for which you are applying requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check, you must provide information about ALL convictions, as the post is automatically exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and rules relating to “spent” convictions do not apply.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are “protected” and are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account.
Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website www.gov.uk/dbs
Please answer the following questions.
Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence? YES NO
Have you ever been cautioned for a criminal charge? YES NO
Are you at present the subject of a criminal charge? YES NO
If YES to any of the above questions please give brief details including dates.
Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will receive the organisation’s Safeguarding Policy that outlines the duties and responsibilities of the employer and employee. Equality Act 2010 The Equalities Act 2010 states a person has a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a long-term and substantial adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities. The Act requires an employer to make reasonable adjustments to working conditions in order to enable disabled applicants to have equal access to employment opportunities. Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd is committed to the development of positive practices to promote equality in employment. The organisation guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements. If you would like to declare your disability, please tick the appropriate box below.
Do you consider yourself to be disabled? YES NO
DATA PROTECTION ACT 12 The personal information collected on this form will be processed on computer to manage your application. If successful, your personal information will be retained whilst you are an employee and used for payroll, pension and personnel administration. It will not ordinarily be disclosed to anyone outside the Organisation without first seeking your permission, unless there is a statutory reason for doing so. This Organisation is under duty to protect the public funds it administers and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. For further information visit: ww.informationcommissioner.gov.uk Declaration
I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information given on ALL parts of this form is correct. I understand that, should my application be successful and it is discovered subsequently that information has been falsified, then disciplinary action may be taken which may include dismissal from the post. I confirm that I have a legal right to work in the UK and if this application is successful, I undertake to produce appropriate documentary evidence to prove this, prior to commencing work with the Organisation.
I consent to the collection, storage and use of my race, disability, gender, belief or religion, age or sexual orientation details. I understand that these details will not be used as part of the selection process. I understand that any use of these details will only involve producing anonymous statistics to monitor the effectiveness of Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd Equal Opportunity Policy.
Signed Date
Please return your completed form by post to arrive by the closing date to: “job title” Employment Group, Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd, The Farr Centre, Chapel Walk, Westgate, Worksop, Notts S80 1LR
If you have not received a reply within the next 6 weeks, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
PLEASE NOTE: CORRECT POSTAGE MUST BE USED TO ENSURE DELIVERY OF YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT DELAYED. Postage rates must comply with the royal mail size guide.
13 Statement of Support for the Work of Women’s Aid Federation of England
Please read the following, tick the two boxes, sign, and return to us.
Women’s Aid Vision:
Women’s Aid Federation of England (Women’s Aid) is working to end domestic violence against women and children.
Women’s Aid Mission:
Women’s Aid’s mission is to advocate for abused women and children and to ensure their safety by:
Campaigning for full and effective legal protection and promoting public policy and practice which respond to women and children’s needs. Providing a 24 hour National Domestic Violence Helpline service. Co-ordinating and supporting a national network of over 500 organisations providing refuge and other services. Communicating the message that domestic violence is unacceptable and promoting action to prevent it.
Women’s Aid Key Role:
Women’s Aid has two unique functions in the prevention of domestic violence:
To give abused women and children a voice in the development of policy and practice by representing their needs to government and to other agencies working in the field of domestic violence.
To support, resource, inform and train refuge and outreach service providers to ensure that they are able to maintain and develop their key role in providing a place of safety and the support and advocacy services which women and children survivors need in order to rebuild their lives.
I hereby declare that I/we have read and support these statements. (Please tick)
I also declare that I/we will not do anything to bring Women’s Aid into disrepute or act against Women’s Aid’s interests. (Please tick)
Signed: …………………………………………………………………………………………….. Please print name: ……………………………………………………………………………. ………………
14 EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY MONITORING FORM
Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd Equality in Employment Statement This part of the application form will NOT be used to shortlist candidates for interview and will NOT be viewed by the Recruitment panel. Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd is committed to the development of positive policies to promote equal opportunities in employment and in the delivery of our services, regardless of race, disability, gender, belief or religion, age, pregnancy and maternity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership or sexual orientation. This commitment will apply to recruitment and selection practices, training and promotion, in the application of national and local agreements, in respect of pay and conditions of service and in the provision of all services. One aim of this policy is to make sure that you and other applicants for jobs are not discriminated against. The policy also aims to make sure that you are not disadvantaged by job conditions or requirements that are not relevant Our workforce profile data is collected against categories which are determined through the National Census of the UK population. The categories on this form reflect those which the Office for National Statistics advise are likely to be used in the next census. In order to monitor and ensure the successful development of this policy, all applicants for jobs are requested to complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring information detailed below and overleaf.
Please tick as appropriate Your gender – are you? Female Transsexual/Transgender
Your age 16-25 26-35 46-55 56 and over
I would describe my ethnic origin as : (please note this question does not refer to your nationality/country of origin) White English Other British Irish Other white background (please describe)
Black or Black British Asian or Asian British
African Indian Bangladeshi
Caribbean Pakistani Chinese Other Black background (please describe) Other Asian backgrounds (please describe)
Mixed (dual heritage) Other ethnic group Asian and White Arab Gypsy Black African and White Irish Traveller Black Caribbean and White Romany Other mixed background (please describe) Other ethnic group (please describe)
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What is your religion or belief?
No religion/belief Christian Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Other religion (please describe) Other belief (please describe) Sikh
What is your sexual orientation?
Heterosexual Bisexual Lesbian Other
If you consider yourself disabled, please specify Communication Hearing Learning Mental Health Mobility Physical Visual Other
Please give further details below if you wish:
Please indicate how did you found out about this vacancy? NWAL website Women’s Aid website Other website (please specify)
Word of mouth Local Press (please specify) Indeed
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EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING Please give details of Secondary Schools and Colleges attended both full and part-time and any other relevant training courses (continue on a separate sheet if necessary): From/To Name and Address of School/College Details of qualifications gained (state level)
Employment History Please give details of your previous employment during the last ten years, starting with the most recent (continue of a separate sheet if necessary): From/To Name & Address of Position held and Reason for leaving Employer main duties
17 Please give details of relevant experience, skills or knowledge to support your application in each of the following areas. Be concise but make sure that you cover ALL the essential points of the person specification. Please use additional sheets if necessary.
1) Your understanding of the root cause of male violence towards women, children and young people?
2) What is your understanding of Women’s Aid Federation aims and objectives?
3) Please give details of your experience of working with women, children and young people affected by domestic violence?
18 4) Your experience in managing and developing women only projects?
5) Give examples when you have had to drive forward changes with the support of workers?
6) Your experience in support, supervision and development of staff?
19 7) Your experience of managing and maintaining financial targets?
8) Your experience, knowledge or understanding of the development of policies and procedures?
9) Your experience of report writing and performance management?
20 10) Your experience of prioritising, delivering and managing workload within time schedules?
21 11) Your ability to demonstrate excellent ICT, written, verbal and interpersonal skills including your experience of delivering presentations to external agencies?
12) Your understanding of partnership working and the implications of confidentiality and information sharing in a multi agency setting?
13) Your experience and understanding of managing a women’s counselling service and the
22 BCAP standards?
14) Experience of monitoring and evaluating services, and why this is important?
15) What skills or experience do you have in managing contracts including quality assurance of services?
16) Your experience of enabling team members to plan and prioritise their workload?
23 17) Please give examples partnership working, and why this is important?
18) Your commitment to equal opportunities and anti oppressive practise and policies?
19) Your experience or understanding of the needs of women experiencing domestic abuse with complex needs
24 20) Your ability to be flexible and your skills in problem solving?
21) Please tell us anything else about yourself that supports your application for this post?
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