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About the Role

The Senior IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast-paced, crisis intervention, advocacy, and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process. This role requires confident use of Modus to coordinate and ensure the quality of Duty, adherence to policies and procedures, and the ability to prioritize effectively.

Responsibilities

• Regular case work
• Coordinate and ensure the quality of Duty using Modus
• Work to policies and procedures
• Prioritize effectively
• Risk management
• Safety planning
• Juggling front line work and management responsibilities
• Demonstrate innovation in time management and service delivery methods

Requirements

• Excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children
• Understanding of best practice within the domestic abuse sector and in working with women with children
• 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 working within safeguarding procedures
• Ability to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to work collaboratively
• References
• Confirmation of the right to work in the UK
• Satisfactory enhanced DBS check

Skills

• Crisis intervention
• Advocacy
• Support
• Modus
• Risk management
• Safety planning
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Time management
• Service delivery

Location

• Hammersmith

Work Type

• Permanent
• 35 Hours per week

Experience Level

• Senior
• Experienced IDVA
• Experienced domestic violence advocate

Salary/Compensations

• £36,000 - £38,000

Benefits

• A 35-hour working week
• 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays
• 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 is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.
• We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
• We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community.
• We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
• Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

Equal Opportunity

• This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
• Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
• 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.
• Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment.
• We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.
• We have 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.
• When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.
• We ensure 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.