Support Advocate

Beyond the Streets; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay – £31,270 FTE incl. 伦

Pension – 5% employer contribution

25 days + 8 bank holidays

Flexible working – core hours 10am to

Job summary

Beyond the Streets is recruiting 5 Support Advocates to join our national advocacy service. You will provide holistic, phone and digital-based advocacy to survivors of sexual exploitation, supporting those with complex needs in a trauma-informed, gender-responsive way.

You will work as part of a growing team delivering a national phone-based advocacy service, building safeguarding with confidence and developing partnerships to improve access to support across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering trauma-informed, gender-responsive advocacy to vulnerable adults.
• Ability to build trusting, professional relationships with survivors of exploitation.
• Experience safeguarding adults and children and identifying risk.

Responsibilities

• Build trusting, professional relationships and communicate respecting each individual’s needs and experiences.
• Promote empowerment and independence, helping individuals identify and achieve goals.
• Provide practical and emotional support to enhance safety, wellbeing and access to opportunities.
• Be alert to risk, recognise safeguarding concerns and changes in circumstances.
• Work independently while contributing to a supportive team culture.
• Maintain accurate case notes using case management systems and evidence outcomes.
• Develop partnerships across the UK to strengthen support pathways.
• Demonstrate reflective practice and trauma-informed approach.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Gender-responsive

Risk assessment

Empathy

Communication

Tools

Case management systems

Job description

• 1 x full-time Advocate (35 hours per week)
• 4 x Advocates at 0.8 FTE (28 hours per week)

Salary: Full time – £31,270 inclusive of London weighting increasing to £32,238 after successful completion of probation. Part time – pro rata £25,016 inclusive of London weighting increasing to £25,790 after successful completion of probation.

Our Direct Work is central to Beyond the Streets. We are recruiting 5 Support Advocates to join our growing national advocacy service, providing specialist, trauma-informed support to people who have experienced sexual exploitation.

You will provide holistic, phone and digital-based advocacy and support to individuals with complex needs. Taking a person-centred approach, you will work alongside survivors to improve safety, access to support services and achieve outcomes that are meaningful to them.

We are looking for people with energy, motivation and experience of supporting vulnerable adults. You will have a highly developed sense of self-awareness and be able to work in a trauma-informed and gender-responsive way.

This role will form part of a growing team of Advocates, Senior Advocates and a Service Manager delivering a national phone-based Advocacy service. You will have frontline experience of supporting individuals facing multiple disadvantage. This might be in the Violence Against Woman and Girls (VAWG) sector, domestic abuse, sexual violence, substance use, mental health or counselling. Experience of supporting individuals affected by sexual exploitation, or a strong understanding of the issues they face, is highly desirable.

You will have a good understanding of safeguarding adults and children and can be confident in identifying and responding to risk whilst maintaining an empathetic approach to support.

Who are we looking for…

We’re looking for people who are compassionate, resilient and committed to supporting and advocating for individuals who have experienced sexual exploitation.

You will:

• Build trusting, professional relationships and communicate in a way that respects each individual’s needs and experiences.
• Promote empowerment and independence, enable people to identify and achieve their own goals.
• Provide practical and emotional support that enhances safety, wellbeing and access to opportunities.
• Be alert to risk, recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns and changes in circumstances.
• Work confidently and independently while contributing positively to a supportive and collaborative team culture.
• Maintain accurate and timely case notes using case management systems, ensuring data is recorded to a high standard and used effectively to evidence outcomes, manage risk and support service development.
• Develop and maintain positive partnerships with services across the UK to strengthen support pathways and improve access to support.
• Demonstrate professional curiosity, motivation and a commitment to reflective practice.
• Work in a trauma-informed way, recognising the impact of trauma, exploitation and abuse.

Using AI tools for your application – We are seeing an increase in generic, duplicated applications generated using AI tools. Submissions must reflect your own experience and individuality. Applications that appear “carbon copy” or not genuinely representative of you may be rejected.

About Beyond the Streets

Beyond the Streets is a UK charity with over 20 years’ experience of partnering with women in the sex industry, to see them safe from coercion, violence and abuse. We deliver trauma-informed, person-centred support, provide training, and create resources and reports informed by research, lived experience, and practitioner experience.

We take the well-being of our staff seriously, and actively encourage our team to take time to reflect and to continuously develop their skills and knowledge. We offer regular clinical supervision, a development and training budget, as well as regular team training and reflection events.

• Co mpetitive pay – earn £31,270 FTE inclusive of London weighting increasing to £32,238 after successful completion of probation
• Pension – 5% employer contribution, 3% employee contribution
• Generous annual leave – 25 days plus 8 bank holidays
• Flexible working – Our core hours are 10am to 3pm
• Family friendly policies – enhanced maternity pay policy and a flexi time policy as standard
• Career opportunities – develop yourself and your career in a reputable national organisation who are specialists in the VAWG sector
• Personal development allowance – to further your work-based skills and knowledge
• Cycle to work scheme – tax free allowance to buy
• Tech Buying Scheme – spread the cost of personal technology equipment and homeware across 12 months via payroll
• Travel season ticket loan scheme – an interest-free loan to enable team members to purchase a season ticket for travel between their usual place of residence and their usual place of work
• Clinical supervision – all staff are entitled to clinical supervision on request. A place to discuss work issues and challenges, and their emotional impact, on a regular basis.
• Blue light discount – a well recognized national discount card scheme. It will cost you £4.99 for two years’ membership but the discounts are large, and it’s widely accepted.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a confidential and independent service designed to help you deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home life, work life, health, and general wellbeing. EAP is available to you and to your immediate family.

Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR)

This role will work alongside women involved in survival sex, survivors of sexual exploitation and women with lived experience of violence against women, and is therefore restricted to female applicants only under Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

All roles are subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, satisfactory references, and a DBS check