Working with The Women’s Centre Cornwall means joining a vibrant, friendly and ambitious community of women spread across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and HMP Eastwood Park.
Our staff have access to:
We are united by shared values and we regularly encourage staff to have their voices heard about how our organisation continues to grow.
“After receiving support from The Women’s Centre Cornwall, I found my voice and was finally able to speak my truth. This meant that I could think about becoming a volunteer because I no longer felt like my experience of sexual violence defined me. I became a volunteer and that is when I came home.
I found my calling and walked alongside my tribe of women that understood what I had experienced. They boosted me up, had my back, encouraged me and eventually I became a member of staff.”
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
(IDVA) service to adult female survivors of domestic abuse, through a trauma-informed, survivor-led and risk-focused approach. The focus of the role will be to support women fleeing domestic abuse to secure and maintain safe accommodation. Working within the Locality IDVA team, the postholder will support non-outreach cases as required.
As an Outreach IDVA you will hold a high level of aspiration for the women you are working with. You will support them to identify their strengths and achieve their goals. You will empower them to access a broad range of services and support and to engage with their wider community.
For any questions about the role, please contact the HR Manager, Nicola Cass - nicola.cass@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
To apply, please download and complete the application form below and return it to - recruitment@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
Closing Date for completed applications is Friday 22nd May at 09:00 a.m
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.
GENERAL
The Women’s Centre Cornwall has grown from its early roots as a Rape Crisis Centre into an innovative, award-winning feminist organisation which provides a wide range of services for women and girls in our communities. Our work with survivors of sexual and domestic violence is our core specialism as we believe that there can be no real gender equality without a complete cessation of violence against women. In addition, we provide community-based activities across Cornwall and support women ex-offenders across Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.
PURPOSE
The post holder will be providing outreach, one to one therapeutic support and facilitating group work programmes for girls and young women aged between 11 and 18 who have offended or are at risk of offending.
For a detailed person specification, job description and to download an application form, please click the lnks below.
Please submit applications to: recruitment@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
For any questions regarding the role, please email our HR Manager, Nicola Cass
nicola.cass@womenscentrecornwall.org.uk
Closing date: Friday 8th May at 09:00 a.m.
The post is subject to an enhanced DBS and vetting process and open to women only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
TWCC values diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, especially from women with lived experience of the issues we address, and groups with a protected characteristic such as Black, Asian and minority ethnic women, who are currently under-represented at TWCC.
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