Senior Idva

**Location**

Greater London

**Vacancy Type**

Permanent/Full Time

**Application Deadline**

Monday, April 1, 2024

**Interview Date**

11th April 2024

**Job Summary**

**Location**: Waltham Forest / Tower Hamlets

**Salary**: Band 3 £32,356.69 - £34,478.44 per annum ,dependent on experience and qualifications

**Hours**: 37.5 hours per week

**Contract**:Permanent

**Closing Date**:1st April 2024 at 12 noon

**Interview Date**:11th April 2024

Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Senior IDVA at Solace Women's Aid.

We exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.

**About the Service**

The Solace Advocacy Support Service provides advocacy and support to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse living in the borough. Exciting opportunities has arisen in both our Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest Teams for two Senior IDVAs.

**About the Role**

In this role, you will lead the IDVA team, representing the team in multiagency meetings, managing a case load of service users needing short-term intervention, conducting risk and needs assessments, and providing safety planning for domestic violence survivors. You will be responsible for line managing other IDVAs, providing supervision and support, and contributing to the wider advocacy team when necessary.

**About You**

We are looking for highly organised and self-motivated individuals who are passionate about ending gender-based violence. The role requires a commitment to Solace’s feminist approach, you will have in-depth knowledge of domestic abuse and its impact on service users and their children, and experience of working with women who have experienced domestic and/or sexual abuse including strong casework management skills. You will also have experience of line managing staff or volunteers and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

**What we can offer you**

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

- Flexible working
- Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Employer pension contribution
- Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
- Inclusion Networks
- Daily clinical debriefing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flow & Restore yoga classes
- Meditation sessions
- Cycle to Work Scheme

**How to apply**

Please send your CV and Supporting Statement outlining your interest in working for Solace via the recruitment portal and explain how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Profile Document.

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.