Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Refuge Full time

**Location**

Lewisham Athena, London

**Role Overview**

**Job Title: Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA)**

**Location**: Athena, Lewisham
**Salary**: £28,104 per annum, inclduing London weighting allowance
**Contract type**: Permanent, Full Time

**Hours**: 37.5 hours

We are recruiting for a Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA) who will provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of gender-based violence at the highest risk and their children, with a focus on clients who have additional vulnerabilities due to health concerns. In this role you will work within Lewisham GP Practices to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of gender-based violence at the highest risk and their children.

This role will be part of increasing the ability of partner agencies, including those in health to recognise, reject and respond appropriately and safely to all forms of gender-based violence (including domestic violence, sexual, financial, and emotional abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriage and so called ‘honour’ based violence).

**Responsibilities**
- Establishing the risks to and the needs of survivors of gender-based violence, identifying and prioritizing those at the highest risk.
- Developing and delivering individual support and risk management plans to address the risk of harm to survivors of gender-based violence and their children, working directly with all key agency partners to ensure that their plans are coordinated through the MARAC.

**Please refer to the job pack for more information.**

**Essential Skills or Experience**

For us it is important that you are passionate, committed and care about the work Refuge undertakes. Not all roles require previous experience in the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector. You may be able to bring relevant experience from another industry or transferable skills from a different type of role or volunteering/community experience.

**Benefits**

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

**Other information**

**Closing Date**:09:00 am 31st May 2023

**Interview date: W/c 5th June**

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.



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