Commissioner Domestic Abuse

We are looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking individual who is committed to supporting the commissioning of high-quality services. We welcome applications from candidates who have an interest in the current health and social care and community safety landscape – particularly domestic violence and abuse.

About Us

Warwickshire County Council is moving at pace to deliver an ambitious vision for transforming Care and Support for Adults, Children and Young People, and their families. Our People Strategy and Commissioning Service has been re-designed to deliver a challenging all age portfolio of projects across Public Health and Social Care; supporting models of integrated delivery focused on assets and strengths, improving outcomes, and preventing escalation of need.

It is an exciting time to be an employee of Warwickshire County Council as we continue to drive forward in achieving our ambition and vision of "Warwickshire County Council, a great place to work with outstanding leadership, and a talented, agile workforce".

The Role

Working as a member of the Vulnerable People’s Team, the role will focus on monitoring, developing, and reviewing domestic abuse services, to drive a high performing culture. You will also be responsible for the delivery of the Safer Warwickshire Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and Delivery Plan, working collaboratively with a wide range of partner agencies such as Warwickshire Police and the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board. The successful candidate will be instrumental in commissioning services to support victim-survivors of domestic abuse across the county, to ensure that the ambitions within the Safer Warwickshire Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, are delivered. You will work with the Lead Commissioner and other Commissioners to develop and lead activity.

Success in this role will require a high degree of resilience, empathy, excellent project management skills, an ability to manage and maintain effective relationships with providers and a breadth of different partner agencies at both a local, regional, and national level.

This is a fixed term post until August 2025.

For further information please see the attached Job Descriptions and Person Specification.

Additional Information

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For further details or an informal discussion please contact Stacey Mann - Lead Commissioner Vulnerable People. staceymann@warwickshire.gov.uk ; 01926 74 2059

Closing date:21st September 2023

Interview date: We are aiming for interviews to take place during week commencing 2nd October 2023.

To apply for this vacancy please click on the ’Apply’ button.

Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not be submitted unless asked to do so.

If you are unable to apply using the ’Apply’ button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.

You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. Seemore