Domestic Abuse Re-run August 2023

To provide an integrated domestic abuse service of safe accommodation and community based support and advocacy for adults and children; behaviour change programmes for those who harm; therapeutic support for adult and child survivors; MARAC coordination;

Sanctuary scheme coordination; and a programme of workforce development and advice.

To bring together service provider(s) and create a formal partnership arrangement which will lead the delivery and work flexibly to respond to funding arrangements and investments in this area of work.

To act as part of a system response including to support implementation of the Section 4 Duty, Whole Housing Approach and Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA)

accreditation.

This specification takes into account the current work and opportunities to improve our responses and areas of best practice. This includes:

• Successful multi-agency working
• Trauma informed practice
• Whole Family Approach
• Intersectionality and understanding how individual circumstances can impact the ability of a person to reach out to services or communicate with them.
• Centring the voices of lived experience and adopting a learning approach