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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. 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, covering vacancies across teams.
• Cover a range of roles involving advocacy and support of people experiencing domestic abuse.
• Potentially co-locate with partner agencies, deliver training, or undertake triage and assessment work.
• Adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.

Requirements

• An excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children.
• Understanding of best practice within domestic abuse services 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.
• Experience handling sensitive information on a daily basis.
• Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence.
• Experience supporting women with child safeguarding and needs.
• Experience working within safeguarding procedures.
• Must have an excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children.
• Must have some past experience working directly with victim/survivors of domestic abuse.
• Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
• This role may be subject to Police Vetting in the future.

Skills

• Advocacy
• Support
• Risk management
• Safety planning
• Crisis management
• Handling sensitive information
• Partnership working

Location

• Various locations across London
• Hammersmith

Work Type

• Permanent
• 35 hours per week
• 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 authority commissioned 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.