Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

FDAC , Family Drug and Alcohol Court, is a problem-solving court, where parents are assessed and offered an intensive intervention from a multi-disciplinary team, offering Trauma Informed and Relationship Based Intervention where their children are subject to care proceedings where substance misuse has been a feature of their parenting difficulties . The team work directly with the parents with the hope that they can overcome their difficulties in the timeframe for the child, and support permanency for the child in a time focused manner. 

Coventry FDAC is a well-established and a nationally recognised team for innovative practice within the public sector. The specialist multi-disciplinary FDAC team has developed and refined its knowledge of working with parental substance misuse. The Team’s combined skills and expertise offer an accessible and holistic approach to parent/s to overcome their difficulties to achieve abstinence. The Two elements of the intervention are – Can the parent overcome their difficulties in the timeframe for the child and can they provide safe enough care ? 

In May 2019 the DfE asked Local Authorities to support and invest in families and in practice. The Supporting Families Investing in Practice programme, provided investment through grant funding to develop and expand the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC). 

Coventry City Council and Warwickshire County Council have through the DfE Supporting families investing in practice grant funding to expand the existing FDAC team in Coventry to provide a service to Warwickshire families as well.

What is the job role?

We are looking for  a Domestic Abuse Social Worker who has specific knowledge and experience working within the field join our team on an initial 12-month fixed term basis, working 32 hours per week. 

Within the role you will be work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assessing and intervening with families.  You will work in partnership and empower families to sustain positive behaviour changes and to develop safer relationships .

You will act as a Key Worker with case management responsibilities to co-ordinate and plan integrated and intensive interventions with parents where domestic abuse has been a feature of their difficulties alongside substance misuse. Co dependence, coercion , control, and domestically abusive relationships . The post holder will provide appropriate assessments and support to parents whose children are subject to care proceedings working to mitigate the risks and to develop healthy relationships.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an individual with experience of working with individuals who experienced domestically abusive and exploitative relationships. Assessment and intervention as well as safety planning taking a whole family approach to mitigating risks. This role is a crucial component of the  multi-disciplinary team and intervention.

Relationship based practice and problem-solving skills are key skills as is the ability to write reports as part of the FDAC trail for change.

An understanding of the importance of data collection and  analysis in reporting back on outcomes.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date: 5^th July 2023

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council