Salary:
£26,401 (core funded)
Sutton Women's Aid is a charity that provides accommodation, advice
and support to women and their children escaping from domestic
violence and abuse.
Applications are invited for this new post at SWA to deliver a high
quality service to survivors of domestic violence in the London
Borough of Sutton. The role will cover: crisis intervention,
risk assessment, safety planning, assessment of needs and
individual support planning. Key aspects of the role are:
1) Helping survivors to safely maintain their tenancies, and
2) To act as an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) for
high risk clients at Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences
(MARAC).
Candidates are required to have a recognised qualification in
social work, housing or counselling. Candidates should be IDVA
qualified or prepared to undertake Caada IDVA training within the
first 12 months of the role. In addition candidates should have at
least two years direct experience of working with survivors of
domestic abuse.
For further details and application form please phone: 07952
719125
Closing
date: Friday 13th May 2011 at 4pm.
This post has a Genuine Occupational Qualification for a female
worker, as set out in Section 7 of the Sex Discrimination Act.
