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Amy Goffin

North Tyneside

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in risk assessment and safety planning, crisis management, and training development and delivery. Demonstrates proficiency in multi-agency collaboration and communication strategies, ensuring effective participant engagement.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner – Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Training)

Northumbria Healthcare Trust
10.2019 - 07.2025
  • Provide support, advocacy and signposting to victims of domestic abuse who attend health services in both community and acute hospital settings.
  • Undertake risk assessments, safety planning and onwards referrals with victims.
  • Be the first point of contact for acute and community staff, providing guidance and support with risk assessment, case management and referrals.
  • Represent the Trust as the Domestic Abuse specialist at multi-agency meetings including MARAC, case reviews and children and adult strategy meetings.
  • Lead on the development, delivery and evaluation of mandatory domestic abuse training trust wide.

CARA Facilitator

Talk, Listen, Change
04.2024 - 07.2025
  • Delivering awareness raising sessions (both in person and over the phone) to individuals who have been cautioned by the police following a domestic abuse incident that has been assessed as low risk and low harm.

Training Consultant

ICENA
01.2024 - 07.2025
  • Delivering specialist training on sexual violence, sexual harassment and trauma-informed care to a diverse range of professional bodies.

Victim Care Coordinator

Victims First Northumbria
05.2018 - 10.2019
  • Identify, assess and manage the needs of individuals who have been a victim of crime; referring and signposting to appropriate agencies where appropriate.
  • Ensure immediate concerns for individuals are acted upon accordingly; including police welfare checks, crisis management, safeguarding concerns and MARAC referrals.

Dementia Services Coordinator

Age UK North Tyneside
10.2016 - 05.2018
  • Providing face to face and telephone support to people with dementia, their families and carers.
  • Delivering and leading of sessions and activities for people with dementia and their families.
  • Delivering Dementia Friends Champion training to colleagues, private and community groups and larger organisations.

Education

MA - Criminology and Criminal Justice

Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
09.2016 - 08.2017

BSc (Honours) - Criminology and Sociology

Northumbria University
Newcastle Upon Tyne
09.2013 - 07.2016

A-Levels -

Brinsworth Comprehensive School And Sixth Form
09.2006 - 08.2013

Skills

  • Risk assessment and safety planning
  • Crisis management
  • Training development and delivery
  • Multi-agency collaboration
  • Communication strategies
  • Participant engagement

Certification

  • Safelives, Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA), Oct 2020
  • Safelives, Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA), Dec 2021
  • Safelives, Older Persons Violence Advocate (OPVA), Jun 2025
  • Safelives, OCNLR Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Abuse: Prevention and Early Intervention, Jun 2025

References

References are available upon request.

Timeline

CARA Facilitator

Talk, Listen, Change
04.2024 - 07.2025

Training Consultant

ICENA
01.2024 - 07.2025

Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner – Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Training)

Northumbria Healthcare Trust
10.2019 - 07.2025

Victim Care Coordinator

Victims First Northumbria
05.2018 - 10.2019

Dementia Services Coordinator

Age UK North Tyneside
10.2016 - 05.2018

MA - Criminology and Criminal Justice

Northumbria University
09.2016 - 08.2017

BSc (Honours) - Criminology and Sociology

Northumbria University
09.2013 - 07.2016

A-Levels -

Brinsworth Comprehensive School And Sixth Form
09.2006 - 08.2013

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