Domestic Violence Advocate Older Women/Disabilities

Role Overview & Responsibilities

As Domestic Violence specialist, you will work pro-actively with women, offering risk assessed, strength based, and needs led support. You will work alongside each woman, throughout her journey, agreeing individual safety support plans as well as advocating on her behalf to achieve safety and autonomy.

To provide a proactive service to older women and women with additional needs (disabilities) who present with homelessness and who have been assessed as being at risk of domestic violence and abuse (intimate partner and/or familial).

To provide a service that is sensitive to the needs of women who face additional barriers and obstacles to reporting/accessing services including women from Black, Asian, minority ethnic and refugee communities, LGBT women, women who are disabled, learning disabilities, chronically ill and/or otherwise vulnerable and/or intimidated, women with mental health issues or due to their age.