GMRC is a registered charity working with adult women who are victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs.
We are looking for a qualified Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) to join our friendly and committed team.
Your role will be to support women practically and emotionally as they go through the criminal justice system.
PLEASE NOTE
this role is restricted to female applicants under the Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010)
Overall Objectives
To work within a multi-agency setting to provide a proactive service to adult victims of sexual violence within and outside the criminal justice system to:
- Risk assess and maintain client safety
- Help clients access their rights
- Monitor and keep clients informed of case progress and provide support through the criminal justice system
- Help clients access health and other services they require
- Build ongoing relationships with loved ones of a victim/survivor engaged in the ISVA service
- Provide an information point for loved ones on the CJS
Applicants who are not yet ISVA‑qualified, but who have relevant experience working within the criminal justice system and/or sexual violence services will also be considered. In this case, the successful candidate would be supported to complete the ISVA qualification.
During the training year, the salary would be £28,000 per annum, reflecting the cost of training and supervision. On successful completion of the ISVA qualification, the salary would increase to £30,000 per annum.
The salary for a qualified ISVA would be £30,000 – £32,000, depending on experience.
If you have a trauma informed and feminist ethos and want to contribute to changing and improving the lives of survivors of sexual violence, we would love to hear from you.
Employee Benefits
- Flexible working TBC
- Generous annual leave (30 days a year exc. BH)
- Pension contributions
- Reasonable travel expenses
- Free on-site parking
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Registered Charity
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A service run by women for women who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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You will provide clinical direction and maintain oversight of elop’s counselling services, bringing understanding and experience of delivering trauma-informed approaches to support the emotional health and psychological wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people.
You will oversee and contribute to clinical operational responsibilities, service coordination and delivery, ensuring a professional, safe, smooth running, efficient and well managed service is maintained. You will work alongside the senior leadership team across both strategic and clinical operational levels ensuring lead responsibilities for our counselling teams and services. Working collaboratively with the senior leadership team, implementing clinical delivery decisions, ensuring the counselling service effectively maintains ethical and professional standards of practice and communication across key staff, other agencies and service users.
You will proactively contribute to building a robust and compelling evidence base that continues to demonstrate impact, improved wellbeing, and increased resilience, and have a key role in monitoring, evaluation, and supporting the wider counselling team with reporting and using data to drive operations, and evidence-based best practice.
Your role will also include overseeing referrals and allocation of clients; undertaking client assessments; providing role-management, and clinical support and supervision to trainee and sessional counsellors; line-management of key service personnel; some clinical support work with more complex or acute needs clients; recruiting, inducting and training key staff and volunteers; and liaising with the clinical supervision team.
Full Time: 37 hours per week
There will be one regular evening/ week, and occasional other evening and weekend working required.
Salary: £34,000 inclusive London Weighting
Closing deadline for submission of application: 10.00am Monday 1 June 2026
Initial Interviews: taking place Wednesday 10 June between 9.00am – 3.00pm
N.B. at this current time all elop services are operating via a mix of in-person and remotely via online platforms, whilst we await completion of building works and relocation to new premises.
Registered Charity
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To better the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people, and to challenge the discrimination and inequalities that our community face.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.