Lead Independent Sexual Violence Advocate

6 days ago


London, United Kingdom King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you passionate about supporting survivors of sexual violence? The Havens are seeking a Lead Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (Lead ISVA) to join our senior leadership team. This role involves guiding a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality, trauma-informed care, and influencing policy within the London sexual violence integrated care system.

**What We Offer**:
**Professional Development**: Opportunities for continuous growth and leadership training.
- Supportive Environment: A multidisciplinary team dedicated to making a difference.
- Impactful Work: Shape services and policies affecting survivors of sexual violence.
- Leadership: Manage the ISVA team, fostering innovation and high standards of practice.
- Clinical Excellence: Maintain clinical credibility through direct client work and case supervision.
- Collaboration: Work with key stakeholders, including the Metropolitan Police Service and Crown Prosecution Service, to influence policy and operational changes.
- Performance: Ensure the ISVA team meets performance targets and delivers exceptional care.
- Advocacy: Represent the Havens ISVA service at sector-wide events, advocating for survivors' rights.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES (averaging 30% of job plan)

Provide case supervision, and supervision of their own case supervision work, to the Senior ISVA.

Provide consultation and advice across the ISVA team on case challenges and complex cases.

Undertake direct ISVA work from time to time where a particular case requires such. This will be where a case has certain challenges or circumstances either in terms of particular client vulnerabilities
or needs or at indicated points or failures within the criminal justice system.

Lead on, and regularly review and monitor, all clinical governance processes and pathways related to the ISVA team, internally and externally.

Be directly accountable for safe, high quality, consistent, trauma-informed ractice across the ISVA team.

Provide senior clinical input and leadership to service safeguarding meetings and processes including deep dive multi-disciplinary case reviews.

Self-manage the requirement to maintain current standards of practice. This may take a number of forms but will require direct client contact and work as appropriate. Whilst the post-holder will not be
required to hold a discreet ISVA caseload it may be appropriate where service needs or complex case needs dictate to hold a small caseload at any time.

Attend regular clinical supervision and reflective practice



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