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Role: Independent Domestic Violence Advisor
Based: Charing Cross Emergency Department
Rate: Qualified £30,850 – Unqualified £28,810 (inc £2,800 London Weighting Allowance)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: FTC until the end of June 2026 with a possible 3-year extension
Hours: 37.5 hours Monday to Friday 9 am – 5 pm Hybrid 4 days office 1 day home working
Our client, a specialist charity is looking for a Hospital IDVA to join their team.
Synopsis of duties:
- Implement effective ways of working with victims and those supporting them to increase safety and reduce harm.
- Provide a high-quality, front-line service to victims of domestic abuse, delivering a premium service prioritised according to risk, primarily focusing on victims/survivors aged 16+
- Work within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse to keep safety central to all services for victims of domestic abuse.
- Be comfortable with running group training sessions and be willing and able to share your specialist knowledge with acute staff across the hospital.
- Having excellent communication skills, a proactive approach and the confidence to be able to influence the way in which this service is delivered are key.
- Please note that the successful applicant will be required to sign an honorary contract with the Hospital Trust in addition to their contract of employment.
Essential Requirements
- Have knowledge of help-seeking barriers and support needs of victims of domestic abuse (in heterosexual or same-sex relationships).
- Have a good understanding of domestic and sexual abuse including the impact of domestic abuse on victims and their children.
- Understand the principles of risk assessment, safety planning, and risk management for victims of domestic abuse and their children
- Understand safeguarding issues, and the legal responsibilities surrounding these issues.
- Direct service delivery to victims of domestic abuse or other vulnerable people.
- Have excellent communication, negotiation, and advocacy skills, both written and verbal when interacting with a range of agencies and individuals. Understand and be committed to equal opportunities and diversity issues in policy and practice.
- Have strong crisis management skills and the ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations.
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency
