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About the Role

As a Peripatetic Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA), you will provide front line support across Advance’s domestic abuse services, covering vacancies across teams to ensure service delivery remains effective and consistent. You will cover a range of roles all involving advocacy and support of people experiencing domestic abuse; some roles may also involve co-locating with partner agencies, delivering training or undertaking triage and assessment work. Your office location and pattern of work will change depending on your placement however all roles offer the opportunity for some hybrid working. This role is an excellent opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and experience in a range of settings and would suit someone who is passionate about advocating for victim/survivors of domestic abuse. You will thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy the diversity of working across a range of roles within different teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide front line support across Advance’s domestic abuse services.
• Cover vacancies across teams to ensure service delivery remains effective and consistent.
• Undertake advocacy and support of people experiencing domestic abuse.
• Co-locate with partner agencies.
• Deliver training.
• Undertake triage and assessment work.

Requirements

• An excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children.
• An excellent understanding of best practice within domestic abuse in various areas of need.
• Particular knowledge of safeguarding and legislation.
• Experience as a domestic violence advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs.
• Skilled in risk management and safety planning.
• Ability to remain calm in a crisis.
• Ability to handle sensitive information on a daily basis.
• Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence.
• Experience of supporting women with child safeguarding and needs.
• Experience of working within safeguarding procedures.
• Ability to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.
• Must submit an up-to-date CV with a supporting statement.
• Applications must be made via the job advert on the Advance careers page.
• Applications must include a cover letter.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
• This post is open to female applicants only as this is deemed a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Skills

• Advocacy
• Support
• Risk management
• Safety planning
• Communication
• Interpersonal skills

Location

• Various locations across London
• Hammersmith

Work Type

• Permanent
• 35 hours per week
• Hybrid working (1-2 days per week working from home depending on placement)

Experience Level

• Dependant on level of experience
• Experienced domestic violence advocate

Education Level

• IDVA qualification (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• £28,000 - £35,000 per annum

Benefits

• 30 days paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (nearly 40 days paid holiday per year)
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - employee discount platform
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• Thorough induction and training
• Career development pathways

About the Company

• Advance delivers nationally accredited, high quality domestic abuse services across London.
• Advance's domestic abuse services are community based and include local advocacy services, co-located projects in a range of settings such as housing and children’s social care, and specialist projects for victim/survivors with different intersecting needs including children and young people.
• Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment.
• Advance believes all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.
• Advance has a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities.
• Advance follows rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.
• Advance ensures all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

Equal Opportunity

• Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments.
• We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team.
• We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.