AddressAre you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Domestic Abuse Health Manager
Salary: £32,000 - £35,000 per annum
Location: Hammersmith with travel Services in North & Central West London
Hours: 35 Hours per week (some working from home, up to 2 days)
Contract: Fixed term until March 2025 - with the possibility to extend.
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.
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. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of Domestic Abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
This is an incredible opportunity for a talented manager with a proven track record of working with women presenting with a complex range of needs and managing geographically dispersed teams to join our award-winning charity. Once you join our team, you’ll discover a collaborative, supportive environment where staff encourage each other to perform at their best and deliver the highest quality services to those who need our help. We are a passionate and dedicated team who believe in empathy, empowerment, and our values of listening and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. As a DA Health Manager, you will have a proven track record of leadership in providing services to women experiencing domestic violence and abuse and violence against women and girls in need of housing services, working with Advance management, agencies, and partners to provide consistency and a wrap-around service. Managing frontline workers, you will deliver 1:1 advocacy and ensure that the service fulfils the needs of women accessing it across East and West London Boroughs.
About You:
To be successful as theDomestic Abuse Health Manageryou will need the below experience and skills:
You will bring in-depth and thorough knowledge of VAWG especially domestic violence and abuse and relative issues.
With significant experience of creating, you will be developing and leading teams and remotely, including harnessing the strengths and potential of staff at all levels, building a strong team culture and maintaining staff motivation, particularly through periods of change. You will need to demonstrate how you supervise staff, fostering a positive work environment and maintaining good levels of motivation.
You will bring your experience of working in partnership with statutory and voluntary services, experience of working directly with women presenting with a complex range of needs, risk assessing, needs assessing and safety and support planning.
You will demonstrate your experience of delivering presentations, training and workshops in a multi-agency setting, Recruiting, training and developing a team of highly skilled IDVAs, caseworkers and specialist project staff.
Proven skills in line and performance management of frontline workers and project staff, supporting and overseeing the management of caseloads and casework, ensuring service coverage while monitoring budget and supporting the senior management. The DA Health manager will have a depth of understanding of experiences and emotions of survivors of women and girls affected by violence and be able to demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence, empathy and sensitivity.
Your track record will demonstrate how you build and maintaining networks and working with partner agencies and other stakeholders to develop and deliver services.
How to apply:
Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.
Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 17 March 2024 @23:59- Interviews are taking place week commencing on a rolling basis.
- Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), 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
- 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
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
