Independent Domestic Violence Advocate in Greenhill

Based: Harrow

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: £15.50ph PAYE or £20ph umb

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Permanent – Hybrid 3 days from home, 1 day in office, 1 day in the community

Our client, a well-respected charity, is looking to recruit an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to join their team.

Synopsis of duties:

• Champion the charities values across the organisation and drive the ‘people’ agenda ensuring a culture based on fairness, collaboration, and trust.
• Strive to make contact and work on a one-to-one basis either face to face or online/telephone platforms with survivors/victims of the Harrow Domestic Abuse service.
• Pro-actively secure engagement, and support victims on an ongoing one to one offer, improving the safety of victims/survivors and link to complementary services.
• Work in a multi-agency framework with existing agencies to design a co-ordinated, strategic individual intervention plan to address identified needs and risks and promote understanding of the impact of abusive behaviours.
• Work closely with the Harrow Domestic Abuse team and external agencies to review risk, develop safety plans, and improve outcomes for all parties involved.
• Responsible over the long term for delivering outcomes, working typically with victims/survivors for a minimum of 12 weeks but up to a period of 1 year.
• Ensure that there is a consistent delivery of services to the identified victims of domestic abuse, including comprehensive risk assessment, support planning, and referrals to multi agency panels including MARAC, MASH and MATAC.
• Undertake assessment of risk and needs to inform the individual victim/survivor’s intervention plan.
• Ensure that risk assessment and risk management procedures are followed at all times.
• Respect and value the diversity of the community in which the service works in, providing a service that recognises the diverse needs of service users and their families.
• Work closely with the Drive team and commissioned IDVA services in supporting victims/survivors and family members of service users in management risk and developing intervention plans.
• The welfare and safety of children and young people is paramount, considered in every aspect of your work, address parenting needs where appropriate and taking action to safeguard children.

Requirements:

• Experience of direct work with vulnerable service users.
• Working within a public protection/safeguarding multi-agency setting e.g. Child protection, vulnerable adults, MARAC, MAPPA.
• Experience in managing safeguarding issues and procedures.
• Writing and presenting information formally and informally, to a range of audiences.
• Working within legislative frameworks and using this application to develop, influence and encourage partnership working.
• Working within conflict management continuum.
• Evidence of keeping reliable and timely reporting and meeting deadlines.

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.

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.