CNWL Sexual Health Services are recruiting an Independent Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocate to provide Maternity Cover and support patients 16 and over experiencing domestic and sexual violence who attend our service and live in Barnet, Camden, Haringey or Islington. The role is based within the Safeguarding Team and will provide risk assessment, safety planning, advocacy, and close working with clinical and other safeguarding staff and teams. The role has a focus on being clinic-based to respond to patient disclosures and works directly alongside multidisciplinary teams.
The IDSVA will also provide training, advice, and guidance to staff to strengthen the service response to domestic and sexual violence.
We’re looking for:
An experienced IDSVA (or working towards accreditation)
Strong safeguarding and multi-agency working skills
Our Vision
Wellbeing for life: We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing. Together we look at ways of improving an individual’s quality of life, through high quality healthcare and personal support.
Our Values
Compassion: Our staff will be led by compassion and embody the values of care outlined in our Staff Charter.
Respect: We will respect and value the diversity of our patients, service users and staff, to create a respectful and inclusive environment, which recognises the uniqueness of each individual.
Empowerment: We will involve, inform and empower our patients, service users, carers and their families to take an active role in the management of their illness and adopt recovery principles. We will ensure our staff receive appropriate direction and support, to enable them to develop and grow.
Partnership: We will work closely with our many partners to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for the people we serve.
For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert.
