HOURS: 30- 37 hrs a week – Work pattern to be agreed across standard service hours of Mon-Fri 9am to 7pm. Occasional weekend work may be required.
BASE: Community-based across Mid Cornwall, including GP surgeries, hospital settings, courts and other outreach locations, with local travel required.
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.
To provide a proactive, high-quality, frontline Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy
(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.
To view a detailed Job Description & Person Specification , please click the link below.
To apply, please download the application form below.
Please send completed application forms to recruitment@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
Closing date for applications is Monday 27th July at 09:00 a.m.
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.
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