The postholder leads the development and implementation of the Borough’s Domestic Abuse and Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy and plans.
This includes supporting the Domestic Abuse Steering Executive and overseeing the Council’s Domestic Abuse Advisory Services and commissioned support services.
A key requirement of the postholder is to develop the partnership approach to the prevention of violence against women and girls and domestic abuse and the provision of relevant services across statutory and other agencies.
The postholder co-ordinates and leads on the delivery of a range of complex projects and initiatives including events, aimed at tackling VAWG and DA in order to address the priorities outlined in the Council’s domestic abuse and VAWG strategy. They also oversee the Domestic Abuse Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) Steering Group to quality assurance domestic abuse case work to drive improvement across the partnership and facilitate Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) and action plans resulting from those.