Primary Care Independent Domestic Violence Advisor

Stop Domestic Abuse; Manor Park; Híbrido; GBP 28.000 - 38.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Birthday day off

Hybrid working

Healthcare cashback

Eye care vouchers

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Descripción de la vacante

Stop Domestic Abuse in Portsmouth and Hampshire is seeking a Training and Advocacy Coordinator to deliver in-house training to general practice teams on understanding, recognizing and responding to domestic abuse. You will recruit local practices, build effective relationships, and provide ongoing specialist advice and support to patients referred by practices.

You will collaborate with the Pippa network, contribute to data reporting, and help connect victims with safety, housing, legal and

Descripción del empleo

• To promote the training package, to build and maintain effective relationships with general practice teams, and to recruit local general practices to participate in the training package.
• To provide in-house training for general practice teams on understanding, recognising and responding to domestic abuse.
• To provide ongoing specialist advice and support around domestic abuse to practice teams.
• To encourage general practice health professionals to ask patients about their experience of abuse and respond, record, safety check and refer.
• To provide specialist, individual and needs-led advocacy and support to patients who are or have experienced domestic abuse who are referred from participating practices, and to provide onward referrals where appropriate.
• To collect and collate performance and monitoring data for reporting purposes and also with a view to further embedding and developing the programme locally.
• To work in partnership with Southampton IDVA service to deliver Pippa (Prevention, Intervention and Public Protection Alliance) providing initial advice, information and guidance to victims, professionals, and family members. To participate in the delivery of the on-cable out of hours on a rota basis
• Work with those experiencing domestic abuse to increase their personal safety, and that of any children, and inform them of their rights and options in terms of housing, legal and welfare rights

• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (Increasing with service)
• - Birthday day off
• - Child's first day of school off
• - Option to purchase up to 10 additional days' leave per year
• - Flexible and hybrid working
• - Protected time of up to one hour each month

Family-Friendly Benefits:

• - Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave
• - IVF Leave

Health and Wellbeing:

• - Westfield Health Healthcare Cashback Plan (after probation)
• - Westfield Health Personal Health Insurance (after 2 years' service)
• - Employee Assistance Programme
• - Eye care vouchers
• - Cycle to Work Scheme

About Stop Domestic Abuse:

Stop Domestic Abuse is a proud women-led organisation supporting victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse across Portsmouth and Hampshire. Our vision is a world without domestic abuse, and we work to ensure that it's 'everyone's business.'
We provide refuge and community-based support, delivering in a trauma-informed way for adults, children and young people, tailored to individual needs. Our 19 refuges offer safe, welcoming homes, and across our services we provide one-to-one support and group activities to help improve their safety and to meet others with similar experiences. We support children process their experiences and help regain a sense of safety.
We also deliver training to professionals, including the hair and beauty industry, to recognise domestic abuse and connect people to specialist support services.

Our Values:

Equality, Openness, Honesty, Respect for individual dignity and diversity, Empowering women and children, and Care and Compassion - are at the heart of everything we do. By committing to these values, we aim to significantly improve the lives of those we support and work towards our vision of a world without domestic abuse.