Iris Advocate Educator

2 weeks ago

West Midlands Region, United Kingdom Black Country Women's Aid Full time
Black Country Women's Aid
Let us introduce ourselves

Black Country Women's Aid (BCWA) is an established charity working across the Black Country and wider West Midlands providing accommodation and community support services to victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking.

Services range fromadvocacy, civil remedies, support in court, individual and group support and access to a range of therapeutic interventions.

All services are client and needs led.

Community Services Directorate
Within this directorate the following vital services are delivered;
Black Country Women's Aid Community Services include;

  • Community Domestic Abuse Support Services (Sandwell, Walsall and Dudley)
  • Black Country IRIS (primary care) educator and advocacy service
  • Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Services (Black Country)
  • Black Country Sexual Abuse Forum
  • Black Country Counselling Service
  • Domestic and sexual abuse Children and Young person's service (Black Country)
  • West Midlands Stalking Service
  • Ask Marc (Male abuse referral centre)
This position is located within the Community Domestic Violence and Abuse Support Service

The BCWA Community Domestic Violence and Abuse Support Service supports victims of domestic violence and abuse in Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall through a range of contracted/commissioning arrangements.

The service works in partnership with otherservices within BCWA and key agencies to assess risk and provide tailored support plans for service users.

Our integrated approach provides effective holistic support for survivors of abuse using a trauma-informed approach.

The team:

Our specialist Community Domestic Abuse Support Service supports male and female victims of domestic violence and abuse living in Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall through a range of contracted/ commissioning arrangements.

The service works in partnershipwith other services within BCWA and key agencies to assess risk and provide tailored support plans for service users.

Our integrated approach provides effective holistic support for survivors of abuse using a trauma-informed approach.

We have a team of supportive,dedicated, self-driven individuals who empower clients to make informed choices, helping them to live a life free from abuse.

Job Role

Job Title:
IRIS Advocate Educator

Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours)

Salary:
£25,590.00

Closing date: 17 February 2023

All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams
Is this you?

We are looking for a confident, organised and compassionate individual be part of our IRIS service.

The post holder will deliver domestic abuse training, work in partnership with health and other agency professionals and provide emotional and practical support,risk assessment and safety planning to standard and medium-risk clients.


The Role:
IRIS is a specialist domestic violence and abuse (DVA) training, support and referral programme for general practices.

The IRIS Advocate Educator provides in-house domestic abuse training and ongoing consultancy for general practice teams and is an advocateto whom patients can be referred for support.

As an Advocate Educator, you will provide tailored practical and emotional support to clients referred by trained GP practices.

You will be part of a national network of IRIS Advocate Educators who deliver training to local GP practices to raise awareness of domestic abuse and improve early identification.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.

Important information for all positions


Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.

Employment checks

Right to work in the UK

Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally.

To avoid discrimination we treat all job applicants equally.

References

Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer.

If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:

  • professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
  • GP or health visitor
- a character reference from a person who knows you
- a civil servant from a government agency
- a bank manager

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