Children Independent Sexual Violence Advisor

Victim Support; England; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working Options

Generous Annual Leave

Birthday Leave

Pension Plan

Enhanced Allowances

Exclusive Discounts

Financial Wellbeing

Wellbeing Support

Inclusive Networks

Sustainable Travel

Career Development

Job summary

Victim Support is recruiting for a Children Independent Sexual Violence Advisor in Cumbria. This maternity cover role is homebased with travel across the Cumberland area, working 37.5 hours weekly.

You will deliver 1-2-1 emotional wellbeing support to victims, complete risk and needs assessments, and collaborate with criminal justice partners to ensure clients are heard and cared for. Driving license essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering risk and needs assessments for victims.
• Ability to provide one-to-one interventions to support wellbeing.
• Ability to work with multiple partners including criminal justice agencies.
• Commitment to promoting and raising awareness of services for victims.

Responsibilities

• Complete risk and needs assessments for victims in line with procedures.
• Deliver one-to-one interventions to promote emotional wellbeing and recovery.
• Collaborate with criminal justice agencies to prioritise client needs.
• Promote services and improve access to support for victims of violence.

Skills

Risk assessment

Emotional resilience

Safeguarding

Community engagement

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Cumbria Team as a Children Independent Sexual Violence Advisor working 37.5 hours. This is a maternity cover position. As an ISVA you will deliver 1-2-1 support to clients in the community across Cumbria.

This role is offered as a homebased role but with the expectation to travel across Cumberland area in Cumbria.

Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?

Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?

If yes, then we'd love to hear from you...

Area of Business

Operations

Number of Vacancies

1

Location or Function

Cumbria

Full time/Part time

Full time

Hours per week

37.5

Work schedule

Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Basic Salary

Qualified • 29,583.00 per annum Unqualified • 27,752.00 per annum

Allowances

Home Working

Contract type

Fixed Term

DBS required?

Enhanced

End date (if fixed term)

27/11/2027

Police vetting required?

Yes

Closing Date

26/10/2026

Ref No

6996

• ISVA- CYP JD.pdf (PDF, 214.48kb)

What we offer

At Victim Support, we are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent. Our competitive rewards and benefits package includes:

• Flexible Working Options: Including hybrid working.
• Generous Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 33 days plus Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell annual leave.
• Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday.
• Pension Plan: 5% employer contribution.
• Enhanced Allowances: Enhanced sick pay, maternity, and paternity payments.
• Exclusive Discounts: High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment, and leisure discounts.
• Financial Wellbeing: Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary-deducted finance.
• Wellbeing Support: Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.
• Inclusive Networks: Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes.
• Sustainable Travel: Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans.
• Career Development: Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career progression.

About the Role

As a Children Independent Sexual Violence Advisor you will:

• Complete risk and needs assessments to address the specific needs of victims in line with VS operating procedures.
• Deliver one-to-one interventions that promote emotional wellbeing, resilience, and recovery.
• Work closely with criminal justice process agencies and other partners to ensures that each victim is heard and their needs are prioritised.
• Proactively promote the service, raising awareness of services & working collaboratively with professionals to improve the access to and quality of services for all victims of sexual violence, abuse or exploitation.
• Follow relevant safeguarding policies and procedures, working with safeguarding leads and other agencies to ensure an integrated approach to address any safeguarding concerns.

This role involves regular travel and due to the location, a driving license and access to a vehicle is considered an essential requirement. If you are unable to drive because of a disability, please indicate this in your application in your personal statement so we can explore the feasibility of alternative arrangements.

About Us

Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet all essential criteria for a job where it is practicable to do so. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible