Independent Victim Advocate

**Employer**: Justice and Home Affairs

**Job number**: SOJ15430

**Closing date**: 12-Sep-2023

**Post requires 5 years residency**: No

**Post requires Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) clearance**: Yes - Enhanced

**Contract type**: Permanent

**Full time or part time**: Full Time

**Term time only**: No

**Working hours**: 37 Hours per Week

**Shift details**: N/A

**Salary**: 42089 - 47711 GBP per year

**Job summary**:
This is an exciting opportunity to work in Victims First Jersey as an Independent Victim Advocate. Working within Victims First Jersey you will deliver all aspects of Victim and Witness care in accordance with the Victim Charter. Principally, the role will be communicating with Victims and Witnesses from a variety of different backgrounds with wide-ranging needs.

You will assess their needs and provide information about court and giving evidence and provide support at Criminal trials. The role demands a high level of sensitivity, initiate and problem solving, in particular coordinating witness arrangements. Victims First Jersey's aim is to ensure Victims and Witnesses have access to both emotional and practical support after crime and remain at the heart of the Criminal Justice System.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Laura Osmand on 448237 Monday-Friday between 08.00-16.00