Senior IDVA

Salary: £32,838 - £35,002 (salary will be offered at the bottom of the band).

Contract: Permanent

Vacancy Reference: S666

Closing Date: 5th May

Interview Date: 8th May

Solace Women’s Aid is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men, and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.

About the Service: Our SASS teams provide advocacy and support to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse living across London. An exciting opportunity has arisen in this busy team for a Senior IDVA based in Redbridge.

About the role: The successful candidate will be responsible for risk and needs assessing and safety planning with survivors of domestic violence. They will hold a caseload of service users identified as high-risk requiring crisis short-term intervention, providing advice, advocacy, and onward referral where appropriate. As the Senior IDVA, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the IDVA team; you will line manage the IDVAs, ensure effective internal MARAC processes, and lead on MARAC within the borough.

You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team and collaborating with external agencies in your work.

About You: We're looking for highly organised and self-motivated applicants who are passionate about ending gender-based violence. You will have a “can-do” approach and demonstrable commitment to Solace’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer. Successful applicants will have in-depth knowledge of domestic abuse and its impact on service users and their children, experience of working with women who have experienced domestic and/or sexual abuse, including strong casework management skills.

In return, we offer great employee benefits including three percent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement, and a focus on learning and development.

Solace Women’s Aid values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Solace is a Disability Confident employer.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1, Section 7(2)e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

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

Unfortunately, we do not accept CVs and request no contact from recruitment agencies.