Domestic Abuse Housing Advocate

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Advance Charity Full time

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Are you a fast learner with a passion for social justice? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability? Working within a supportive team plus 30 days holiday, then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you

We are looking for **x 2 **Domestic Abuse Housing Advocate**

**Location**: Hammersmith (With travel to other service locations (Finsbury Park and Stratford)

**Hours**: 35 hours per week

**Contract**: Permanent

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This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010._**

**About us**:
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.

**Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.**

**About the role**:
As a Housing Domestic Abuse Advocate, you will provide intervention, advocacy, and support to survivors of domestic abuse. Working within a fast-paced team, you will help empower women and ensure that the voice of survivors informs every stage of their journey towards improved safety. You will have your own caseload of survivors who hold social tenancies with local authorities or housing associations, and you will encourage them to engage with our service and ensure they have access to support. You will also co-ordinate the provision of multi-agency support which focuses on working with domestic abuse survivors to maintain their tenancies and prevent homelessness.

**Key responsibilities include** (but are not limited to):

- Crisis management and successfully managing high numbers of calls and/or caseloads
- Risk and needs assessment, safety, and support planning, particularly with clients with complex/multiple needs
- Initiate and manage support plans either face-to-face or over the phone
- Advising survivors of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies
- Preparing reports for courts, case conferences and information for Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACS)

**About You**:
To join us as a Housing Domestic Abuse Advocate, you will need:

- Solid experience of supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse in all its forms, come from a sector with transferrable skills or possess a feminist/VAWG degree and be keen to learn and to train on the job
- A good understanding of violence against women and girls with a particular focus on the dynamics of domestic abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, so-called ‘honour-based violence’, forced marriage, stalking and harassment) and its impact on women, children, families, and communities
- Skills and experience in conducting comprehensive assessments of needs and risk for survivors experiencing domestic abuse, including carrying out short risk management and safety planning
- Experience in assessing the needs and safety of any children that women using the service may have
- An understanding of the criminal justice system and relevant legislation with regard to legal and civil options, housing, benefits, matrimonial and children
- A good knowledge of safeguarding practice, procedures, and legislation

**Other skills and experience**:

- Good data collection, monitoring and IT skills
- A relevant qualification or training, for example in domestic abuse, criminal justice, law, social work, substance misuse or related area
- Flexibility to work as part of Advance’s duty team on a rota basis which will involve completing intake assessments and providing crisis intervention support

**How to apply**:

- ** Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis.**

**What we can offer you - Employee Benefits**:

- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year, **PLUS** public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year)
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways

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