ADViSE Advocate Educator
PO Box 74643
London
Greater London
W6 6JU
United Kingdom
Salary (full time equivalent)
Type
Hours
Location
Region
ADViSE Advocate Educator
The ADViSE programme is delivered by Advance Charity in partnership with the Imperial college Trust and has been funded by the Violence Reduction Unit and IRISi. Advance is a well-respected, award-winning, and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women experiencing domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.
About the role
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated to liaise closely with sexual health clinics, provide training for clinicians and offer emotional and practical support to patients who are affected by domestic abuse and/or sexual violence.
Contract: 12 month FTC with possibility to extend
Specific training to this role is mandatory and will be delivered before the successful applicant undertakes the operational duties.
The successful applicant will have:
- Experience of working with victims and survivors of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence
- An understanding of the gendered nature of violence and abuse, and of the impact of multiple, intersecting oppressions (e.g., sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism, etc) and the consequent barriers to accessing support services
- Experience of promoting services and confident in building strong working relationships with external organisations
- Experience of delivering training to a range of professionals
- An empathetic approach
- Creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients, professionals and to embed the programme.
- Awareness of Safeguarding procedures
- Strong Administration skills
How to apply for the job
Please click the link https://advancecharity.livevacancies.co.uk/#/applicant/277
Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role and outlining your interest in the position.
Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments to be made at application stage by emailing recruitment@advancecharity.org.uk
Interviews: To be held on a rolling basis
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year, PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Yoga/Meditation and many more activities on our wellbeing online platform
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
- Workplace pension
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BAME backgrounds and the LGBT community. Please note any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
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