Housing IDVA
Location: Islington
Salary: Unqualified: £26,000 - £27,000 Qualified: £27,000 - £29,000
Contract: Permanent
Hours:37.5 (Full-Time)
Vacancy Reference:SWA2933
Closing Date: 6th August at 9am
Interview Date: 18th August 2020
Solace Women’s Aid is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.
You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.
About the Service
Solace Women’s Aid provides a wide range of services to victim/survivors of domestic and sexual abuse in Islington including a large advocacy and support service and specialist services co-located in a number of services. Solace works in partnership with Islington Council Housing Department to ensure that victim/survivors of domestic abuse experiencing homelessness are able to access the necessary support. As part of this partnership Solace are recruiting for an IDVA based in the Housing Department covering crisis intervention, risk assessment, safety planning, assessment of needs and individual support planning. A key aspect of the role will be to advocate on behalf of service users to improve access to housing in Islington. This role will be based three or four days in Islington Housing and two days is the SASS team.
About the Role
A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Housing IDVA for Solace co-located in Islington Housing Department. As the IDVA you will provide immediate support for victim/survivors of abuse attending housing including carrying out risk and needs assessments, safety planning and providing short-term support and onward referral. In addition, you will act as the housing lead for Solace in Islington, providing advice and guidance to Solace staff and Islington housing professionals.
The Housing IDVA will also hold a small caseload of cases with complex housing issues.
You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team and collaborating with external agencies in your work.
About You
We're looking for highly organised and self-motivated applicants who are passionate about ending VAWG and homelessness. You will have a “can-do‟ approach and demonstrable commitment to Solace’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer. You will receive training and support for this role as necessary.
Successful applicants will have in-depth knowledge of domestic abuse and its impact on women and children, demonstrable substantial experience in providing emotional and practical support to victims of VAWG, and a strong understanding of housing options and legislation. A relevant qualification in either VAWG or housing is desirable.
In return, we offer great employee benefits including three per cent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement and a focus on learning and development.
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We are currently recruiting a dedicated and highly skilled Young Persons’ Behaviour Change Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (Exeter, Mid and East Devon) for a 12 months fixed term contract.
The role will be covering Exeter, Mid and East Devon, and will be co-located with the Youth Offending Team in Exeter, with some working at home.
This new role is part of the Leading Lights Accredited Devon Domestic Abuse Support Service, which provides a whole family approach to support victims of domestic abuse, those who use abusive behaviour and their families.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-agency team, providing a dynamic, risk and needs led, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure that young people who show abusive behaviour in their own relationships or within a family setting are supported through every stage of the process of change, and that excellent outcomes are achieved for young people and their families.
Essentials:
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle with business use insurance
- Minimum Level 3 qualification in related subject or significant related experience
- Knowledge of domestic abuse and how that impacts on young people and families
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the youth justice system
- Evidence of recent assessment, planning and intervention activity with young people to promote improved outcomes
- An enhanced DBS is essential for this role.
Hours: 37 per week
Benefits: Personal group pension scheme with up to 4% employer’s contribution, 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and free clinical supervision for front line staff.
The full job description and an application form are available on our website. Please apply by noon on the closing date.
Please note when completing applications forms that there is a 1,000 word limit for the ‘Reasons for application’ section.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Victim Support is looking to recruit a Children & Young People's Youth Advocate, co-located in Newham.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
The main purpose of the Youth Advocate is to deliver a specialist service to young victims or witnesses of gang related crimes or serious youth violence.
The main duties and responsibilities of this role include delivering support to young victims of gang related crime, using appropriate service guidance and policy framework, both on a 1:1 basis and working in partnership with other professional colleagues in the boroughs. The Youth Advocate will be co-located across the borough they are assigned to, working alongside colleagues in other organisations. The Youth Advocate will develop and deliver innovative interventions to address the needs of children and young people, involving them in service design, delivery and evaluation. The role will also require you to develop good working relationships with partner agencies and undertake detached / outreach youth work with Youth and Community workers engaging with hard to reach and hard to engage young people within their own communities. The role will also involve developing and delivering workshops in schools and communities.
The successful candidate must have in depth knowledge, understanding and awareness of the current issues for children and young people experiencing crime, gangs culture and serious violence. You will have a proven track record of successfully delivering services for children and young people and successful youth engagement in a comparable role within a service-driven organisation, including knowledge of safeguarding issues relating to young people. You will be able to work within other professional teams, while representing Victim Support and achieving Victim Support's outcome targets.
The Youth Advocate will be assigned to Newham and will have a VS base in Barking.
VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks, Police vetting and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
VS is the independent charity for people affected by crime and traumatic events in England and Wales. Our specialist teams provide individual, ... Read more