* Please note - we do not accept CV's, application is via application form only. Please see details below.
GENERAL
Safer Futures delivers specialist Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy (IDVA) services to individuals experiencing domestic abuse to provide a pro-active service to survivors of domestic abuse to help keep them safe. The service provides inclusive, trauma‑informed and survivor‑led advocacy to people of all genders, ages and backgrounds, including adults and children and young people (CYP) aged 13 and above.
The Women’s Centre Cornwall are the lead provider and contract holder for the service, which is delivered in partnership with Konnect Communities, West Cornwall Women’s Aid, Intercom Trust, and The Olive Project.
This role sits within a multi-agency partnership model and works closely with statutory and voluntary agencies including health, police, social care, MARAC, and the courts. The postholder will work flexibly across multiple settings, including GP practices, hospital
environments, community venues, outreach, MARAC and court settings, acting as a key point of contact for professionals, ensuring survivors receive coordinated, high‑quality support.
PURPOSE
To provide a proactive, high-quality, frontline Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy - covering Mid Cornwall with the potential to work four or five days per. week.
(IDVA) service to female survivors of domestic abuse, through a trauma-informed, survivor-led and risk-focused approach.
The role involves responding promptly to referrals and disclosures, including making initial contact with survivors, explaining the service, assessing risk and the impact of domestic
abuse, and providing ongoing, short- to medium-term advocacy and case management where appropriate.
The postholder will work pro-actively within a multi-agency framework, including engagement with MARAC, MARU and other statutory safeguarding processes, to ensure coordinated responses that reduce and manage risk. This includes developing, delivering and regularly reviewing Individual Safety and Support Plans, informed by ongoing risk assessment and professional judgement.
Support will be delivered through advocacy, practical assistance and emotional support, with effective use of advocacy and partnership working skills to ensure survivors are supported to access the services and protections to which they are entitled. The role will also support survivors to understand and access their legal rights and protective options, including Non-Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders, Restraining Orders and other relevant civil or criminal protections.
All work will be underpinned by a holistic assessment of risk and impact, delivered in a way that listens to, believes and respects survivors, empowers informed choice, and prioritises safety, dignity and long-term wellbeing.
Genuine Occupational Requirement: ‘This post is open to women only in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1’.
Safer Futures values diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, especially from groups with a protected characteristic such as black and minoritised women, who are currently under-represented in the service.
Our premises in Bodmin are fully wheelchair accessible.
* To download a detailed Job Description and Person Specification, please visit www.womenscentrecornwall.org.uk/work with us.
To apply for this role, please download the application form at the website address above. Please send completed application forms to [email protected]
Closing date for completed applications is: Monday 27th July at 09:00 a.m.
Pay: £25,883.00-£28,630.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bodmin
