Senior Hospital Based Idva

**Job Title**:Senior Hospital Based IDVA (PT) - Domestic Abuse
**Reporting to**:Area Manager
**Contract**:Permanent, Part time 37.5 hours per week
**Interview Date**: To be confirmed

**About the Service/Department**
Senior Hospital Based IDVA (SHIDVA) is part of the wider Hestia Domestic Abuse Support Services provision in Slough and the neighbouring counties.Based at two hospitals across the Frimley NHS trust, the aim of the role is to provide immediate high quality support to people experiencing domestic abuse and other gender based violence and to participate in multiagency work including MARAC participation. This role also entails development and a delivery of specialist DA training to staff at the Trust to increase their knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse and appropriate responses to the needs of people experiencing domestic abuse.

Car use is essential as the role is co-located in two different hospitals in the area.

**About the role**
To provide practical and emotional support to victims of domestic abuse and other gender based violence. This includes supporting and signposting Trust staff who are victims of abuse.

Some other main responsibilities of the role include:

- To create and maintain strong links with local statutory and voluntary sector agencies as part of the longer terms support pathways available to the service users
- To ensure all work is recorded to a high standard within Hestia’s casework management system
- To be an ambassador for Hestia, working in partnership with other agencies to ensure an effective, coordinated community response to survivors of domestic violence and their children

**About you**
- Experience and ability to design and deliver specialist DA training to relevant professionals within the Trust
- Ability to monitor, evaluate and incorporate learning from training for the development of the service
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately
- Experience of promoting and developing service user involvement/co
- production
- Excellent administrative and time management skills
- Ability to work confidently on own initiative
- Evidence of being able to work effectively and be calm and resilient under pressure
- Previous experience of using computer-based systems to accurately record work

**Please see the attached documents for the full job description and more information about Hestia.**

**What Hestia offers**
- ** Holiday allowance** of 187.5 hours per annum plus 60 hours public holidays
- ** Company Pension**:

- ** Learning and Development Opportunities** (including career progression opportunities across our services and departments, a full 9 month induction providing an understanding of The Hestia Approach and all Hestia’s practices and policies to support your career in Hestia and if applicable, a foundation knowledge to attain a Skills for Care Certificate)
- ** Hestia Rewards** exclusive membership (Hestia Rewards is our staff wellbeing and benefits scheme which provides access to fantastic retail discounts, gym membership discounts, recognise a colleague eCards etc.)
- ** Access to a range of health and wellbeing support tools** including our Employee Assistance Programme, Flexible working (including holiday trading and TOIL) and some roles include Clinical Supervision
- ** Other benefits** such as Eye care vouchers, Travel/Season Ticket Loans and Cycle to work scheme (with up to 40% savings on a new bike).
- If applicable to the role, Hestia will also support you on joining our existing ASYE (Assisted and Supported Year in Employment) programme if you are interested and fit the criteria.

**About Hestia**

Hestia supports adults and children in crisis across London and the surrounding regions. We campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect them. This includes victims of modern slavery, women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, young care leavers and older people.

Hestia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people who are potentially at risk, and we therefore expect all staff and volunteers to do the same. We require all staff to undertake internal and external safeguarding training throughout their employment with Hestia.

**Please note**
**If offered a role with Hestia, you will be issued a conditional offer based on satisfactory references and an Enhanced disclosure/DBS check.**

**Guaranteed interview scheme**

Hestia operates a guaranteed interview scheme for all applicants with disabilities (including long term health conditions) who meet the minimum criteria for this role.

**How to apply