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Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate

3 months ago


Catford, Greater London, United Kingdom Refuge Full time

Location
Athena,Lewisham

Service/location/team
Athena, Lewisham

Salary
20,984.32

Role Overview
We are recruiting for _our Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA) positon_ to join our team in _Athena, Lewisham._

Job Title:
Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA)


Location:
Athena, Lewisham, SE6 2ZD

Salary:
£20,984.32 per annum including a London Weighting of £2,240

Contract type:
Part-Time, Fixed term

Hours: 28


We are recruiting for a Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA) who will provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of gender-based violence at the highest risk and their children, with a focus on clients who have additional vulnerabilities due to health concerns.

In this role you will work within Lewisham GP Practices to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of gender-based violence at the highest risk and their children.


This role will be part of increasing the ability of partner agencies, including those in health to recognise, reject and respond appropriately and safely to all forms of gender-based violence (including domestic violence, sexual, financial, and emotional abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriage and so called 'honour' based violence).


Some key responsibilites include:

  • Establishing the risks to and the needs of survivors of genderbased violence, identifying and prioritizing those at the highest risk.
  • Developing and delivering individual support and risk management plans to address the risk of harm to survivors of genderbased violence and their children, working directly with all key agency partners to ensure that their plans are coordinated through the MARAC.

This is a part-time post that can be from 6 to 9 months - flexibility on the number of working hours per week.

Please see the job pack for more information.

Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career.

We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff.

More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Other information


Further information on how we commit to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment can be found on our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website page and within the job information pack for this role.

This contains information on our values, our Respect, Inclusion and Belonging strategy and our Respect Charter'.