PAC - Positive Action for the Community
Application Form – Part 2
Essentials and Desirables
Young Person’s Domestic Abuse Worker
Please ensure that this form is completed and returned as part of your application. Please insert
your answers below each specified essential or desirable e.g. commenting on qualifications,
employment experience, personal experience, and abilities. Please give detailed answers to each
with examples where appropriate.
E = Essential. If you wish to make a successful application you must satisfy all the essential
requirements
D = Desirable. Candidates who can meet some or all of these requirement in addition to the
essentials are more likely to be successful.
Identification of the Essentials or Desirables will be made through the following;
A = Application Form
I = During Interview
C = Certificate
R = References (this will only be requested if short listed)
Name
May 2015
Requirement
Essential
or
Desirable
Identified
by
E
A, I, C
To hold a Safelives YPVA qualification or equivalent or be willing to work towards
this.
Please explain how you meet this criteria
Experience of working with young people, working within a community setting,
working with disadvantaged young people.
E
A, I
E
A, I
Please explain how you meet this criteria
An understanding of age appropriate interventions and engagement activities and
the ability/experience to plan, develop and facilitate age appropriate diversionary
activities, group programmes and one to one support programmes.
Please explain how you meet this criteria
A working knowledge of child protection procedures, safeguarding and the legal
responsibilities surrounding these issues.
E
A, I
Please explain how you meet this criteria
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The ability to work as part of a team and using your own initiative, including
management of a caseload and the ability to organise and priorities work.
D
A, I
E
A, I
Please explain how you meet this criteria
The ability to mentor and support other workers and volunteers within the
project.
Please explain how you meet this criteria
To be computer literate and have experience of accurate and comprehensive
record keeping in a variety of formats and to have the ability to evaluate, review
and produce monitoring figures within the pre-set format.
E
A, I
D
A, I
E
A, I, R
Please explain how you meet this criteria
To have an awareness of recording outcomes and outputs for young people.
Please explain how you meet this criteria
To have an understanding of the issues that young people affected by domestic
abuse face and potential barriers to personal development.
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Please explain how you meet this criteria
To have theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge of civil and criminal
justice remedies for victims of domestic abuse and their children.
E
A, I, R
Have an ability to communicate, negotiate and advise effectively in a variety of
formats with a range of agencies and service users.
Please explain how you meet this criteria
E
A, I, R
To have strong crisis management skills and the ability to deal with stressful and
difficult situations.
E
A, I
E
A, I, R
Please explain how you meet this criteria
Please explain how you meet this criteria
To have an understanding of confidentiality, equal opportunities, nonjudgemental attitudes and be committed to these principles.
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May 2015
Please explain how you meet this criteria
The ability to be empathetic with service users and act with integrity and respect
with all service users, agencies and individuals including the ability to work
sensitively in a multi-cultural environment.
E
A, I,
E
A, I,
D
A, I,
Please explain how you meet this criteria
To have experience of working in a multi-agency framework
Please explain how you meet this criteria
An awareness of existing local community issues and opportunities for young
people.
Please explain how you meet this criteria
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To have experience / knowledge of evidence based interventions for young people
and domestic abuse e.g. recovery toolkit for YP, helping hands, etc.
D
A, I,
D
A, I,
Please explain how you meet this criteria
To have experience of engaging in the Common Assessment Framework
Please explain how you meet this criteria
Please confirm that you meet the criteria by responding to the following;
Criteria
Essential
/
Desirable
Evidenced by
Do you possess a full UK driving license and have use of a
vehicle for work purposes.
E
C
Yes / No
Do you possess/ can you gain and maintain a satisfactory
enhanced disclosure and barring service check
E
C
Yes / No
Are you able to work flexibly and attend staff meetings,
training and multi-agency meetings as required.
E
A, I, R
Yes / No
Confirmation
(please delete as
appropriate)
Additional Information
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May 2015
Please use this space to include any other information in support of your application that you have
not already entered on the application form or above.
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