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At Victim Support, we are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent. Our competitive rewards and benefits package includes:

• Flexible Working Options: Including hybrid working.
• Generous Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 33 days plus Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell annual leave.
• Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday.
• Pension Plan: 5% employer contribution.
• Enhanced Allowances: Enhanced sick pay, maternity, and paternity payments.
• Exclusive Discounts: High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment, and leisure discounts.
• Financial Wellbeing: Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary-deducted finance.
• Wellbeing Support: Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.
• Inclusive Networks: Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes.
• Sustainable Travel: Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans.
• Career Development: Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career progression.

About the Role

As a Senior Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (Senior IDVA), you will play a key role in supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse who are referred through police, MARAC and criminal justice pathways. Working closely with policing partners and other statutory agencies, you will provide specialist advocacy, risk management and safety planning to help improve safety, reduce risk and support recovery.

Alongside managing a reduced caseload of high-risk and complex cases, you will act as a senior point of expertise for colleagues, support effective multi-agency working and help ensure victims receive a coordinated and high-quality response throughout their journey.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage complex, high-risk domestic abuse cases.
• Provide specialist advocacy, risk management and safety planning.
• Respond to referrals received through police, MARAC and criminal justice pathways.
• Support and mentor colleagues.
• Represent the service within MARAC and multi-agency partnerships.
• Deliver briefings and awareness sessions to partner agencies where required.
• Strengthen partnership working across policing, criminal justice and community services.

About You

Ideally, you will have knowledge of police domestic abuse procedures, referral pathways and information-sharing arrangements, as well as experience delivering briefings, awareness raising sessions or professional consultation to partner agencies.

You Will Need:

• A recognised SafeLives IDVA qualification (or equivalent).
• Experience supporting high-risk victims of domestic abuse.
• Strong knowledge of risk assessment, safety planning and safeguarding practice.
• Experience working within multi-agency partnerships and legislative frameworks.
• Good communication, advocacy and relationship-building skills.
• Experience supporting or mentoring colleagues.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage complex caseloads.
• Confidence using case management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• A commitment to delivering high-quality, victim-centred support.

About Us

Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet all essential criteria for a job where it is practicable to do so. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process.

How to apply

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.