* 5 JOB VACANCIES * - 4 have deadline of 27th October 2023

The first 4 have a deadline of 27th October 2023, the 5th is open:

We are currently recruiting for the following 5 roles:

APPLICATION PACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM 6th OCTOBER 2023

Refuge Based Support Worker - Deadline 27th oct 2023

£25,791 per annum FTE

15 hours per week – out of hours/on call is required

25 days leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

Download the following, complete the application form and E&D Form, and email to: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk

Job Advert

Job Description

Application Form

Equality & Diversity Form (E&D Form)

or post to: Recruitment, CHWA, 22 Marlborough Road, Coventry CV2 4EP

Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female please

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Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) - Deadline 27th oct 2023

 £27,230 per annum

37 hours per week

25 days leave + Bank Holidays

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

Job Advert

Job Description

Application Form

Equality & Diversity Form (E&D Form)

email to: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk

or post to: Recruitment, CHWA, 22 Marlborough Road, Coventry CV2 4EP

Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female please

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Community Domestic Abuse (DA) Practitioner - Deadline 27th oct 2023

 £25,791 per annum

37 hours per week

 25 days leave + Bank Holidays

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

Job Advert

Job Description

Application Form

Equality & Diversity Form (E&D Form)

email to: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk

or post to: Recruitment, CHWA, 22 Marlborough Road, Coventry CV2 4EP

Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female please

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MATERNITY COVER for 9 MONTHS

Community Domestic Abuse (DA) Practitioner - Deadline 27th oct 2023

 £25,791 per annum FTE

18 hours per week  

25 days leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

Job Advert

Job Description

Application Form

Equality & Diversity Form (E&D Form)

email to: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk

or post to: Recruitment, CHWA, 22 Marlborough Road, Coventry CV2 4EP

Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female please

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Community Outreach Worker (Specialist FGM) with language specialism 

£25,791 - FTE per annum

37 hours per week

25 days leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

We are particularly interested in recruiting staff with language specialisms, to complement our other languages within the team, to be representative of the communities we serve.

For more information about the role please see the Job Description Form; please click here:

To apply for the position please download and complete the application pack below and email to recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk or post to:

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL - RECRUITMENT, Coventry Haven Women’s Aid, 22 Marlborough Road, Coventry CV2 4EP.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

In order for us to monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment strategy we would also appreciate if you would complete our Equalities and Diversity questionnaire. This will not affect your application.

Application pack:

Advert

Job Description

Equalities Form

Application Form

and email to: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk  

Interviews for candidates will be advised after the applications have been shortlisted, with a view to the successful candidates starting employment as soon as possible.  

On appointment eligible staff will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and provide references.  

We positively encourage applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities.

 Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female please

Engaging with Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse - Coventry Practitioners Only - 10/10/23

For Coventry Practitioners looking at different typologies of Domestic Abuse and how to work safely and effectively with perpetrators.

Relate Coventry, Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse Workshop is a 3 hour online course delivered by Wes Longden on behalf of Relate Coventry. Wes has extensive experience of working with specialist Domestic Abuse agencies, delivering perpetrator programmes including 'Choose to Change,' a voluntary behaviour change programme aimed at medium risk Domestic Abuse.

Aims:The aim of this course is to improve participants knowledge and skills to understand the challenges related to working one-to-one with perpetrators of Domestic Abuse through early identification techniques, working with risk, using a variety of models/intervention/methods to increase engagement and motivation for change; enabling you to be responsive to perpetrators issues whilst maintaining safety for victims and children. The course will also increase your knowledge about the Choose to Change programme and how we work with the fidelity of the programme, enabling identification of relevant referrals and to know the correct referral procedures and pathways.

Who the course is aimed at:

Front Line workers or Team Leaders who come into contact or make decisions regarding perpetrators, such as Social Workers, Counsellors, Healthcare Workers, School Safeguarding Leads, Health Workers, Learning Mentors, Voluntary sector etc.

Objectives:

• Provide a clear understanding of the Government definition of domestic abuse and look at different approaches towards perpetrators

• Increase participants confidence in being able to identify, talk to and work with perpetrators, including the differences between empathic and collusive working with perpetrators and managing denial, minimisation and externalisation of responsibility by the perpetrator

• Gain knowledge about different models and tools that can support work with perpetrators to enable the minimisation of any increased risk for the victim. This will include reference to the Duluth Power and Control wheels, Motivational Interviewing, Good Lives Model, looking at collusion, collision and curiosity, the Change Cycle

• Gain knowledge about risk assessment tools to identify severity of abuse and level of risk. This will include reference to DASH, the Abuse Continuum

• Provide awareness of resources and programmes available locally and nationally for engaging with perpetrators of DA and increase understanding of how to make an appropriate referral into the Choosing to Change programme

• Being ready to increase your personal learning through pursuance of your own research

To book, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-with-perpetrators-of-domestic-abuse-coventry-practitioners-only-tickets-668159471967?aff=erellivmlt

Coventry Women's Partnership - Report Launch Event - 14th November 2023

The Coventry Women's Partnership (CWP) have been working closely with Renaisi (https://renaisi.com/) to review impact of the project, our learning to date and opportunities for the future. 

The CWP is a partnership between FWT, Coventry Haven Women's Aid, Kairos WWT, CRASAC and The Central England Law Centre.

With the commitment and innovation of the women’s sector in Coventry and funding from Smallwood Trust, Coventry Women’s Partnership has developed from a vision, into a successful working model for women across the city, partner organisations, and for wider stakeholders. 

Working with Renaisi on this report has supported us to reflect on the distance travelled for the project, what impact this has had for women within Coventry, and within wider systems. 

We are excited to present this evidence of impact and outcomes to date, alongside raising awareness of the systemic challenges that remain, and providing a space to discuss further steps to shape a better future for women across Coventry.

Please reserve your place via our Eventbrite page and share across your own networks: 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coventry-womens-partnership-building-a-better-system-for-women-in-coventry-tickets-717027126437?aff=oddtdtcreator

Dates for DA Training for Coventry Professionals

Domestic Abuse Awareness Training delivered by Coventry Haven Women’s Aid including:

• Understanding the different types of Domestic Abuse,

• Duluth Power and Control Wheel,

• Early Warning Signs (love bombing/ reg flags),

• Barriers to leaving domestic abuse relationships,

• Impact of domestic abuse on women and children,

• Homicide Timeline,

• Cycle of Abuse,

• Implementation of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and changes to the law,

• Non-fatal strangulation

• Provision of support available in Coventry for victims of domestic abuse.

Other session dates available

September 2023

December 2023

February 2024

To book yourself and your team a space, please click the link: DA Training for Professionals

Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS) - 11 Year Report 2011-2021

Report lays bare 11 years of strangulation and suffocation homicides in England and Wales

There were 342 strangulation homicides from 2011 to 2021 and 75% of these victims were female.

Overall, female victims of strangulation homicide aged 16 or over were 54 times more likely to have been killed by an ex-partner or partner than a male victim of strangulation homicide.

A new report by the Institute For Addressing Strangulation shows that:

• 96% of cases of domestic strangulation homicides where the victim was aged 16 or over, the sex of the suspect was male.

• The most frequent place for a female to be fatally strangled (86%) or suffocated (74%) was in a house. (The data does not include details on whether the house was the victim’s own home).

• Female victims of strangulation homicide were most commonly aged between 25 and 34, whereas male victims were most commonly in the 35-44 age category.

Data shows that 25% of strangulation homicides from 2011 to 2021 victims were male with male victims of strangulation homicide most likely to have been strangled by a friend or acquaintance.

Furthermore, in strangulation homicides where the victim was a child aged under 16, the sex of the suspect was more evenly distributed (11 male suspects and 10 female suspects).

The Institute for Addressing Strangulation is funded by the Home Office

The full report can be accessed here.

Nicole Jacobs - Family Court and Domestic Abuse - Report 18th July 2023

Nicole Jacobs - DA Commissioner for England & Wales - Every day #domesticabuse victims tell me that children’s safety is being put at risk in the #FamilyCourt + that they are retraumatised through the process.

Three years after the Harm Panel report by the Ministry of Justice
found that root and branch reform was needed, we have seen progress but this needs to go further, faster.

We must see immediate accelerated change to protect both children and adult survivors going through #FamilyCourt.

As I launch my report in Parliament today, I outline 10 recommendations but here are three key issues:

1. The voice and experience of children must be central to proceedings

2. Resources must be in place to ensure there's adequate support for children and adult survivors going through the #FamilyCourt process.

3. There must be proper resourcing for the oversight mechanism which will be piloted in 3 areas this autumn. This will help us find out what is really going on behind closed doors.

I want to thank Kate Kniveton MP for hosting today's event and for her kind words that my report has her full support.

We heard from two survivors today who really brought the message home:

The first whose daughter was removed said: "When I left my daughter's father I thought I would be able to provide a better life for her. As a solicitor I thought the law would protect me.

"She was never asked if she wanted this brutal life change. She was never asked who she wanted to be her primary carer."

And the second, whose daughter was also removed but eventually returned said: "This has created lifelong trauma which ebbs and flows on a daily basis.

"We still don't understand the impact of child removal. Those lost years can never be restored or returned to her."

These concerns were backed up by Anna Edmundson from the NSPCC who talked about their work "The research + evidence tells us how important it is for children to have their voices heard in private law procedures. Our research showed children didn't feel heard + this was causing real distress to them especially when there was #domesticabuse"

I was very grateful to Lord Bellamy who shared his insights today: "The #FamilyCourt has a uniquely complex role to play + has a profound impact on children, family, society. The voice of the child must be given absolute priority"

He described it as a national problem and said agencies must come together. He supported the need to gather data through the oversight mechanism.

Very many thanks to everyone who spoke today and to all the survivors, young people, mothers/fathers, legal experts, academics, children's and #DomesticAbuse sector, campaigners and judiciary who have worked so tirelessly over the years to improve #FamilyCourt.

I look forward to working closely with you in the future as we continue to try to improve the Family Court for child and adults survivors of #domesticabuse.

You can read my full report here: https://domesticabusecommissioner.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DAC_Family-Court-Report-_2023_Digital.pdf

Nicole Jacobs DA Commissioner for England & Wales - 18th July 2023

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2 JOB VACANCIES

We are currently recruiting for the following 2 roles:

Vacancy NO: 1

Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA)

 £28,238 per annum (qualified)

             37 hours per week

25 days leave + Bank Holidays

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

 Coventry Haven Women’s Aid is looking for a proactive and self-motivated individual to provide a high quality service to survivors of domestic violence and abuse, who are identified as high risk and have been referred to the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) process.

You will work in partnership with other agencies to develop and deliver risk management plans to ensure victims’ safety. You will be responsible for advocating on behalf of survivors of domestic violence and abuse in a range of settings and managing and reviewing your cases.

Coventry Haven Women’s Aid values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from women of all backgrounds and with language specialisms. 

For more information about the role, please see the Job Description Form in the pack. 

Advert

Job Description Form

Equalities Form

Application Form

In order for us to monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment strategy we would also appreciate if you could complete our Equalities and Diversity questionnaire. This will not affect your application. 

To request an application pack:

Download the pack from the ‘Job Vacancies’ page on our website here: www.coventryhaven.co.uk/vacancies

or email: hlenton@coventryhaven.co.uk  

Closing date for applications: 9am Friday 23rd June 2023

Shortlisting week commencing 26th June 2023 and Interviews week commencing 3rd July 2023

 On appointment eligible staff will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and provide references.

vacancY No: 2

Community Outreach Worker (Specialist FGM) with language specialism 

£25,791 - FTE per annum

37 hours per week

25 days leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

We are particularly interested in recruiting staff with language specialisms, to complement our other languages within the team, to be representative of the communities we serve.

For more information about the role please see the Job Description Form; please click here:

To apply for the position please download and complete the application pack below and email to recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk or post to:

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL - RECRUITMENT, Coventry Haven Women’s Aid, 22 Marlborough Road, Coventry CV2 4EP.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

In order for us to monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment strategy we would also appreciate if you would complete our Equalities and Diversity questionnaire. This will not affect your application.

Application pack:

Advert

Job Description

Equalities Form

Application Form

and email to: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk  

Interviews for candidates will be advised after the applications have been shortlisted, with a view to the successful candidates starting employment as soon as possible.  

On appointment eligible staff will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and provide references.  

We positively encourage applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities.

 Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female please

Trustee/board members Vacancies

For an informal discussion or more information please contact our Chair of Trustees Thea Raisbeck on: chair@coventryhaven.co.uk

5th June 2023

Revised AGM Date - 14th June 2023 - Year Ending 2022

AGM - 14th June 2023 - Yr End 2022

Coventry Haven Women’s Aid Annual General Meeting 2021-2022

You are warmly invited to attend Coventry Haven Women’s Aid AGM which takes place on: 

Date:               Wednesday 14th June 2023

Time:               5pm - 6.30pm

Venue:             Online via Teams   

We will be presenting our achievements and an update on our current work and new projects.

 We really hope that you will join us.

 To confirm your attendance and receive the online link, please RSVP to:

Email:  jsrichards@coventryhaven.co.uk

New Job - Increased Salary

WORKING FOR US

VACANCY

Do you want to be part of a dynamic team who work to promote the safety and well-being of women, children and young people affected by FGM, domestic violence and abuse? 

We are looking to recruit the following post: 

Community Outreach Worker (Specialist FGM) with language specialism 

£25,791 - FTE per annum

37 hours per week

25 days leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

Benefits include an Employee Assistance Programme and Pension Contribution

We are particularly interested in recruiting staff with language specialisms, to complement our other languages within the team, to be representative of the communities we serve.

For more information about the role please see the Job Description Form; please click here:

To apply for the position please download and complete the application pack below and email to recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk or post to:

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL - RECRUITMENT, Coventry Haven Women’s Aid, 22 Marlborough Road, Coventry CV2 4EP.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

In order for us to monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment strategy we would also appreciate if you would complete our Equalities and Diversity questionnaire. This will not affect your application.

Application pack:

Advert

Job Description

Equalities Form

Application Form

and email to: recruitment@coventryhaven.co.uk  

Interviews for candidates will be advised after the applications have been shortlisted, with a view to the successful candidates starting employment as soon as possible.  

On appointment eligible staff will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and provide references.  

We positively encourage applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities.

 Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female please