PBNI: PBNI Domestic Abuse Pilot

Overview

This contract is for the provision of support to the women and children of domestic abuse. Any intervention must ensure that the safety of women and children is at the centre of the work. Although separate to the male domestic violence programme, the support for victims will run parallel to the timeline of the male programme. The service provider is required to ensure that the risk to women and children does not increase by the perpetrator participating in the male programme, and to enhance the safety of the victim.

Project Specification

The target group for inclusion on the PPRP programme are males, aged 18 years and over, who have been given the opportunity, by the Pilot Domestic Abuse Court, to engage in the programme prior to sentencing. Their participation on the programme will be regularly reviewed by this Court throughout the period. Partner/victims will be offered support and advice whilst the perpetrator is participating on the programme.

The Pilot Court Supervised Perpetrator Programme requires:

Partner Support Worker

• To develop and establish a new model of delivering Partner Support Work services to cover the North West region regarding PBNI’s domestic abuse programmes / interventions services
• To plan and deliver training as required to PBNI staff and other staff to deliver a regional Partner Support Worker service to the victims / partners / ex-partners of men on the pilot Court Supervised Perpetrator Programme who have been perpetrators of domestic abuse
• To share in delivery of the Partner Support Worker service as required, including modelling/mentoring of PBNI staff and external staff under this tender in role development
• To regularly monitor, review and evaluate the project against objectives and to provide reports when required.
• To attend relevant team/organisation meetings, training and supervision.
• To ensure familiarity with and adherence to appropriate policies and procedures
• To promote and positively support the ethos of PBNI’s domestic abuse programme work in internal and external communications and representation.

The successful applicant will deliver the required service from September 2017 – 31 March 2019, with the possibility of extension.

PBNI invites applications from organisations that can meet the requirements and deliver on the objectives of the project in the Community and Voluntary Sector.

On operational advice there is a requirement to appoint a woman to this role. This gender balance is deemed a Genuine Occupational Qualification to ensure effective service delivery.

Further detail is set out in the project advert (PDF) and the application form here (doc).