Norfolk County Council
Domestic Abuse Worker
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Domestic Abuse Worker | 10893 | Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Fixed Term Contract for Six Months | 37 hours per week | £32,061 to £33,699 per annum | Grade G | Norwich
Do you want to help support Norfolk’s most vulnerable families?
Are you passionate about providing children and their families with the guidance and support they need to live within the community and thrive within the family home?
We are looking to recruit a dedicated resilient practitioner to join our Family Help team with the aim to enable more children to remain at home safely with their families.
About the Role
As a Domestic Abuse Worker, you will undertake specialist support to families and individuals experiencing domestic abuse, working alongside Social Workers/Family Practitioners to promote safety and well-being and prevent escalation of need. You will embrace Norfolk Vital Signs for children as an approach that underpins your work with children and families.
You will contribute to multi agency working and provide specialist knowledge in the field of domestic violence to ensure positive outcomes for children, young people and their families.
Responsibilities
- Deliver interventions one-to-one with families or on a group basis
- Provide face-to-face work with victims and/or perpetrators of domestic abuse and their families
- Understand domestic abuse including the impact on victims and their families
- Understand the principles of risk assessment, safety planning and risk management for victims of domestic abuse and their children
- Undertake Signs of Safety, Restorative Practice and Solihull training
- Provide services for children, young people and their families
- Have a thorough understanding of child development from birth to 19 including factors which impede overall development
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Requirements
- Minimum of three years’ experience of working directly with children and families
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject
- Relevant experience of providing services for children, young people and their families
Working Conditions
- Hours: 37 hours per week, from Monday to Sunday
- Occasional work outside of normal office hours, including evenings, mornings and weekends
- Travel as part of duties, including transporting young people between rural and urban locations
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working
- Financial benefits such as ‘Norfolk Rewards’ employee discounts programme
- Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses (where applicable)
- Advance of expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
- Access to tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel
- Payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
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Application Process
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.
Please ensure when submitting your covering letter, you evidence fully how you meet the essential and desirable criteria of the role.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please call Team Manager, Katrina Warnes on 01603 679186 or email Katrina.warnes@norfolk.gov.uk
The interview process will consist of a competency-based interview. If this is successful, a further safe care (Warner) interview will follow.
Additional Information
- You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
- Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.
- Priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 22 July 2026 at 23:55
All other applicants closing date: 30 July 2026 at 23:55
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