Independent Domestic Violence Advisor

6 months ago

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom The Haven Wolverhampton Full time

Offering flexible working within a friendly team, we are looking for a Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) to provide a high-quality frontline service that is sensitive to the gendered dynamics of VAWG, whilst delivering a service to those identified at high risk using initiative at point of referral to ensure that support received is effective and timely.

Your responsibilities include working within a multi-agency framework, advocating within multi-agency settings including MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse on behalf of VAWG support service users and their needs. You will work with the Senior IDVA to identify repeat referrals and work with victims and agencies to identify underlying issues/causes of why victims are referred into services. You will also line manage a volunteer/placement or member of the community team, having regular 1-1 meetings and annual appraisals, and supporting their development.

**The role is full-time and hybrid and open to women only under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.**

**Scope of Role**

**Safety and Specialist Support**
- Provide a specialist pro-active service that reflects women’s individual risks and needs, whilst respecting their autonomy and right to make decisions.
- Work with women to identify needs of their dependent children and refer to services suitable, and where a child or young person is identified as high-risk, ensure that referrals are made to the relevant statutory agencies.
- Challenge norms, raise awareness among professionals and challenge other professionals and services where required (institutional advocacy).
- Work with women to identify barriers to them overcoming abuse and empower them to them in recognise the features and dynamics of domestic abuse present in their situation and help them regain control of their lives, overcoming and addressing barriers, seeking to restore control to victims of abuse.
- Ensure that meaningful support plans and objectives are created and monitored with womens, performing regular reviews to ensure that needs are met at the level of both the individual and the service.
- Advocate for victims with agencies who can help to address the domestic abuse by:

- Provide advocacy, emotional and practical support and information to victims including in relation to legal options, housing, health and finance.
- Work directly with all key agency partners to address the safety of high-risk victims and ensuring that their safety plans are coordinated through professional meetings.
- Work within a multi-agency setting which will include participation at the MARAC, contributing to interventions and helping to design a plan to protect victims and children, while maintaining an independent role on behalf of your client, keeping their safety as central to any response.
- Be proactive in carrying out case reviews based on a review of risk and abuse which:

- Feeds back into action planning to further progress, signpost or close cases.
- Provides feedback to your team/clients/agencies.
- Ensures safe exit from the service.
- Identify and monitor repeat referrals, and work with victims and other agencies to identify underlying issues/causes of why there has been a repeat incident/referral to improve practice and better serve victims.
- Utilise wellbeing programmes to work with women and children and provide a wraparound service to support their emotional wellbeing and give ongoing support to help them become independent of the service.
- Review cases with non-engagement and identify barriers and challenges that victims face, working to overcome them, whilst addressing challenges with other agencies.
- Maintain accurate and confidential case management records and databases, contributing to monitoring of information for the service.
- Work with men and children to get honest evaluation and feedback regularly, to help develop and steer the design of the service.
- If not qualified, be willing to work towards gaining a recognised qualification to support the role of IDVA.

**Housing and Accommodation Safety**
- Working with agencies across the City to develop referral pathways and source referrals to service
- Maintaining safety in the home, including obtaining court orders, installation of safety measures
- Advise victims on housing rights and responsibilities, including maintaining and accessing safe housing options.
- Empower victims to identify long-term solutions to their needs around rehousing and tenancy sustainment.
- Tenancy sustainment - Advise Victims on maintaining secure accommodation and liaise with a range of housing providers as appropriate.

**General Duties and Responsibilities**
- To line manage a member of the community team, completing regular supervisions, develop work plans and complete annual appraisals.
- To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as maybe reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.

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