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Female* BRI Hospital IDSVA

Salary: Pt 12 £26,421 (unqualified) or Pt 15 £27,803 (qualified) and benefits
Contract: full time, permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (8am‐6pm on a rota)
Location: Bristol Royal Infirmary

Closing Date: 9am on Monday 15th April 2024
Interview Date: 19th or 22nd April 2024

We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female* Hospital Based IDSVA to join our team based in Bristol Royal Infirmary. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week (8am‐6pm on a rota) and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of Pt 12 £26,421 (unqualified) or Pt 15 £27,803 (qualified) and benefits.

Established in 1999, Next Link is the leading provider of domestic abuse services to women and children in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. At Next Link we are committed to providing holistic, empowering and personalised support and advocacy to women and children experiencing domestic abuse.

In return for joining us, we will offer you:

  • Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
  • 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
  • Excellent development and training opportunities
  • Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
  • Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Long Service Awards
  • Wellness Awards

About the role:

We are looking for a Female Hospital Based IDSVA to be based at BRI and work closely alongside hospital staff, providing training, expert advice and raising awareness to support the disclosure of domestic violence and abuse. The role involves empowering survivors to increase their options, make positive choices/decisions, increase their confidence, safety and recovery.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Female Hospital Based IDSVA:

  • Train and support hospital staff to identify and refer victims of domestic/sexual abuse
  • Establish and maintain support to survivors, with a victim centred approach, focussing on safety and recovery
  • Provide support to enable survivors to safely maintain their current accommodation, access welfare benefits, legal advice alternative housing, and support services
  • Maintain an effective support service with the aim of enabling the survivor to develop the skills and resources necessary to move on and maintain independence and self‐reliance
  • Liaise effectively and collaboratively with all appropriate agencies and community groups to ensure the best access to services and meaningful community engagement for service users
  • Promote the service through building positive relationships with the Clinicians and hospital staff to ensure a steady flow of appropriate referrals
  • Ensure your work with service users is recovery focused and strengths based, supporting survivors in a creative, consistent and assertive way
  • Ensure that survivors currently living in abusive situations are aware of their rights and options
  • Maintain up to date, accurate, legible and accessible records of all work and contact with service users, other agencies/professionals and others
  • Actively participate in regular one‐to‐one supervision, reflective practice groups, annual appraisals
  • This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.

What we are looking for in our ideal Female Hospital Based IDSVA:

  • IDSVA qualified (desirable)
  • Ability to train professionals on domestic abuse including how to identify victims and refer
  • Strong numeracy, written communication and organisational skills
  • Ability to undertake effective casework management and support planning with evidence of a methodical and well organised approach to work
  • Ability to work in partnership with a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies, to achieve outcomes for service users
  • Proven experience of working with women / men and children who have survived domestic abuse
  • Experience of delivering group work and / or training
  • Experience of supporting high risk victims
  • Experience working with the police, Lighthouse and MARAC
  • Experience of assessing the risks and needs of vulnerable people who have experienced domestic abuse and/or complex needs

If you are motivated, resourceful and passionate about empowering female victims of domestic abuse, please apply now to join us as our Female Hospital Based IDSVA to contribute to the valuable work Next Link and its wider services, delivering hope and support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

How to apply:

Please download the application pack from our website and complete the application form. Please submit your application by 9am on Monday 15th April 2024. Please do not send CVs. Interviews will be held on 19th or 22nd April 2024.

or contact us by email: [email protected]

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Female* Children’s Community Worker
10 months’ Fixed Term Contract

Salary: £26,421 per annum plus benefits
Contract: full time, fixed term

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week with some out of hours and weekend work on occasion
Location: Bristol

Closing Date: 9am on Friday 5th April 2024
Interview Date: w/c 8th April 2024

We have been successful in getting new funding from Bristol City Council to provide the domestic abuse services in Bristol, and have a number of rewarding and exciting opportunities available for the right candidates to join our team.

We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female* Children’s Community Worker to join our community outreach team based in Bristol. You will join us on a full-time, fixed term contract basis working 37.5 hours per week with some out of hours and weekend work on occasion.  In return, you will receive a competitive salary of Point 12 £26,421 per annum plus benefits.

Established in 1999, Next Link is the leading provider of domestic abuse services to women and children in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. At Next Link we are committed to providing holistic, empowering and personalised support and advocacy to women and children experiencing domestic abuse. With a focus on survivors’ safety and recovery; we believe the provision of flexible support tailored to survivors’ needs can be transforming, helping to maximise independence and self-determination so survivors can make informed choices.

In return for joining us, we will offer you:

  • Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
  • 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
  • Excellent development and training opportunities
  • Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
  • Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Long Service Awards
  • Wellness Awards
  • Staff Recognition Awards
  • Facility to Work from Home once fully trained

About the role:

We are looking for a Children’s Community Worker to join us and work within our dynamic, fast paced community outreach team, providing play sessions and 1-1 support to children who have experienced domestic abuse.   This will be through both structured sessions and free play.

This post will work within an integrated team within Next Link Domestic abuse services based in Bristol.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Children’s Community Worker:

  • Working with children and young people (CYP) aged 0 – 17 who may have experienced or witnessed domestic violence and abuse and are supported in Next Link’s Resettlement and Community services.
  • To provide a high-quality service and co-ordinated package of on-going emotional and practical support to CYP who are suffering effects from the trauma of, or have experienced domestic abuse
  • To provide personal welfare support to CYP and to ensure that families in the safe house are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment and to maximize the family’s safety when providing support in the community.
  • To be responsible for co-ordinating and managing play and educational activities for children in the community. This includes weekend and holiday activities.
  • To work with children and young people to help them to become integrated into a new or existing community including getting children placed in schools/nurseries and registered with doctors.
  • Develop individual support plans for each child in service as required
  • To provide support to women in promoting the mother/child relationship
  • To help children begin the healing process of working through their traumatic experiences of domestic abuse and change.
  • To help organise and supervise children’s activities during the day and after school as needed. These can be on and off the premises.
  • To report child protection concerns or issues without question and to ensure that child welfare is ensured in accordance with Next Links Safeguarding Policies.
  • Ensuring the confidentiality of client information is maintained, in accordance with Next Link’s Confidentiality Policy.
  • Develop group work with children and young people and support the group work coordinator in delivery of groups.
  • To provide personal welfare support to CYP and to ensure that children in families are safe, supportive and welcoming environment and to maximize the family’s safety and when the family move onto new homes ensuring the needs of the child are met.
  • To develop positive, trusting relationships with CYP of all ages and work in a child focussed way.

This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.

What we are looking for in our ideal Children’s Community Worker:

  • The ability to build rapport quickly with women, children, and young people participating in the service
  • The ability to work constructively with the parent/guardian and their children in order to foster their relationships
  • Experience of providing support to young people and children under stress and who are vulnerable
  • An understanding and awareness of the needs of women and children of all ages who have experienced domestic abuse
  • An understanding and knowledge of child protection and safeguarding and the ability to work within national, local and organisational guidelines
  • A current, full driving licence and access to a car is required for this role

If you are motivated, resourceful and passionate please apply now to join us as our Children’s Community Worker and contribute to the valuable work Next Link and its wider services, delivering hope and support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

How to apply:

Please download the application pack from our website and complete the application form. Please submit your application by 9am on Friday 5th April 2024. Please do not send CVs. Interviews will be held on w/c 8th April 2024.

or contact us by email: [email protected]

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Female* Bristol Respite Rooms IDVA

Salary: Point 15 £27,803 per annum (IDVA qualified) plus unsociable hours payment and benefits
Contract: full time, permanent

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week on a rota basis including some evening and weekend work
Location: Bristol

Closing Date: 9am on Monday 8th April 2024
Interview Date: 10-12th April 2024

Do you have the resilience and the motivational, inspiring personality it takes to bring a rapid response to this vital service aimed at supporting Bristol’s female homeless population?  This is an innovative project for Next Link working with St Mungo’s to provide safe housing and specialist support to women who are fleeing or at risk of domestic or gender-based violence or abuse.

We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female* Independent Domestic Violence Advisor to join our Respite Room safehouse team in Bristol. You will join us on a full-time, permanent contract basis working 37.5 hours per week on a rota basis including some evening and weekend work.  In return, you will receive a competitive salary of Point 15 £27,803 per annum (IDVA qualified) plus unsociable hours payment and benefits.

In return for joining us, we will offer you:

  • Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
  • 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
  • Excellent development and training opportunities
  • Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
  • Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Long Service Awards
  • Wellness Awards
  • Staff Recognition Awards

About the role

Managed by St Mungo’s and Next Link on behalf of the DLUHC (Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities), the Respite Rooms safehouse provides a specialist gender and trauma informed housing and support service for women facing multiple disadvantage fleeing or at risk of domestic and/or gender-based violence.

The service offers short stay temporary accommodation to women who are fleeing or at risk of domestic or gender-based violence or abuse.

This post will be based at the Respite Rooms safehouse providing housing and specialist support to high risk victims of domestic abuse across Bristol. The role will involve working with a complex client group, delivering specialist domestic abuse interventions and holding the specialism within the team.

Working with Next Link and in close partnership with the Police, Lighthouse, Homelessness, and Drug/Alcohol support services to provide a co-ordinated package of emotional and practical support, advice and advocacy to female survivors of domestic violence

The role involves empowering survivors to increase their options, make positive choices/decisions, increase their confidence, safety and recovery. 

In this role you will:

Deliver, in conjunction with other members of the team, support to female clients with multiple support needs who have also experienced domestic or sexual abuse and VAWG.

You will be carrying out IDVA assessments and interventions, providing clients with personalised case management support to help them be connected into specialist external services, and ensuring a housing pathway so the women can be rapidly and safely rehoused.

Working with your small team, as well as liaising closely with partner agencies and the night workers, you will work a rota that will involve some evening, weekend work. This role will pay unsocial able hours payment.

You will be a fully qualified IDVA and will have experience of working with vulnerable people and an understanding of the needs of homeless women and/or women who have experienced domestic or sexual abuse or exploitation.  Strong communication, influencing and reasoning skills are also key, as is a flair for solving problems. Other qualities include knowing how to network and build effective relationships with people at every level, and a keen interest to keep abreast of current DV and VAWG related issues, housing legislation, welfare benefit legislations and other matters relevant to successful support and move on of clients.

This role is only open to female applicants. Due to the specific requirements of this role, this post is exempt under the Equality Act (2010), Part 1, Schedule 9 (Genuine Occupational Requirement)

About you

You will hold an IDVA qualification and will have experience of delivering specialist domestic abuse interventions to women facing multiple disadvantage.  Strong communication, influencing and reasoning skills are also key, as is a flair for solving problems. Other qualities include knowing how to network and build effective relationships with people at every level, and a keen interest to keep abreast of current DV and VAWG related issues, housing legislation, welfare benefit legislations and other matters relevant to successful support and move on of clients.

How to apply:

Please download the application pack from our website and complete the application form. Please submit your application by 9am on Monday 8th April 2024. Please do not send CVs. Interviews will be held on 10-12th April 2024.

or contact us by email: [email protected]

SAFE LINK VACANCY

LGBTQ+ Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA)
Award Winning Service Safe Link

Salary: £29,777 per annum and benefits
Contract: full‐time, permanent

Hours per week: 37.5 on a rota basis (8.30am–4.30pm & 9.30am–5.30pm also occasional Saturday morning on a rota (around 1 in 12) and to be available to work until 8 pm if required)
Location: Bristol (with requirement to travel across Avon and Somerset)

Would you like to work for an award winning service by providing specialist sexual violence support to victims from the LGBTQ+ community who live across Avon and Somerset?

Closing Date: Thursday 28th March 2024
Interview Date: 18th April 2024

We have a rewarding and exciting opportunity available for a LGBTQ+ Independent Sexual Violence Advisor to join our team based in Bristol (with requirement to travel across Avon and Somerset).  You will join us on a full-time, permanent contract working 37.5 hours each week on a rota basis (8.30am–4.30pm & 9.30am–5.30pm also occasional Saturday morning on a rota (around 1 in 12) and to be available to work until 8 pm if required); you will provide support and advocacy to victims who have experienced rape or sexual assault. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £29,777 per annum and benefits.

In return for joining us, we will offer you:

  • Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
  • 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
  • Excellent development and training opportunities
  • Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
  • Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Long Service Awards
  • Wellness Awards

SAFE Link was established in 2009 and is a service that works across the Avon and Somerset Police Area and provides emotional and practical support to victims of rape and sexual assault. SAFE Link provides an independent victim-focused service. The service is committed to the Victims Code of Practice. Our ethos is to enable victims to cope and recover after their assault. We can support victims to report to the police if they wish. 

Our Independent Sexual Violence Advisor will work closely with the Bridge (SARC), CYPS, Police, CPS, safeguarding and both voluntary and statutory agencies including mental health and drug and alcohol agencies. You will have a good understanding of the traumatic impact of sexual assault and rape. You will need to have knowledge around the criminal justice process and will have a commitment to providing a high quality, victim focussed and inclusive service.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to work as a LGBTQ+ ISVA within the integrated team. You will be supported to develop the skills, knowledge and competencies to contribute to and assist in the provision of ISVA support to LGBTQ+ victims and their families to cope and recover. 

Key duties and responsibilities of the LGBTQ+ ISVA:

  • Empathy with the needs of LGBTQ+ Communities victims of rape and sexual assault and the barriers they face
  • An understanding of the impact of sexual violence and abuse on victims
  • The ability to learn new skills and a commitment to learning in the workplace
  • A commitment to participating in a training programme
  • A current full driving licence and access to an appropriate vehicle is essential. 

How to apply:

Please download the application pack from our website and complete the application form. Please submit your application by Thursday 28th March 2024.  Please do not send CVs. Interviews will be held on 18th April 2024.

or contact us by email: [email protected]

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Female* Duty Triage Workers

Salary: Point 12 £26,421 per annum (pro rata for part-time staff) and benefits

We have the following positions available:
• Full-time, permanent basis working 37.5 hours x 2 roles
• Part-time, permanent basis working 18.75 hours x 1 role
These include some Saturday working and participation in an out of hours (home based) telephone rota

Location: Bristol

Closing Date: 9am Thursday 28th March 2024
Interviews will be held on w/c 2nd April 2024

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working to support to women and girls who are being or at risk of being subjected to Domestic Abuse?

We have exciting opportunities for Female* Duty Triage Workers to join our team based in Bristol, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our passionate and dynamic team. 

We have the following positions available:

  • Full-time, permanent basis working 37.5 hours x 2 roles
  • Part-time, permanent basis working 18.75 hours x 1 role

This includes some Saturday working and participation in an out of hours (home based) telephone rota and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of Point 12 £26,421 per annum (pro rata for part-time staff) and benefits.

Established in 1999, Next Link is the leading provider of domestic abuse services to women and children in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. At Next Link we are committed to providing holistic, empowering and personalised support and advocacy to women and children experiencing domestic abuse.

We are looking for outstanding individuals who have a passion for supporting victims of domestic abuse. If you who have professional knowledge and experience of working with domestic abuse and violence issues and are highly self-motivated, we would love to hear from you. 

In return for joining us, we will offer you: 

  • Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
  • 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
  • Excellent development and training opportunities
  • Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
  • Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Long Service Awards
  • Wellness Awards
  • Staff Recognition Awards

About the role:

Our Female Duty Triage Worker is responsible for providing a high-quality telephone crisis response service providing advice, information, advocacy and support to women and children experiencing domestic abuse; families; professionals and other users of the Next Link helpline.

The role involves empowering survivors to increase their options, make positive choices/decisions, increase their confidence, safety and recovery.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Female Duty Triage Worker:

  • Answer Duty Helpline calls, responding to women and families experiencing domestic violence by providing support, advice, practical and emotional help.
  • Provide a triage service ensuring initial needs and risks are assessed and understood, carry out short term risk management, safety planning; identify and refer to services appropriate to their needs
  • Provide high-quality telephone or face to face crisis intervention, information, advocacy and support, in respect to criminal and civil remedies, housing, health, welfare rights and other appropriate interventions
  • Advise women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies to ensure barriers to accessing support and protection are minimised
  • Maintain up to date, accurate, legible and accessible records of all work and contact with service users, other agencies/professionals and others, ensuring that they meet the requirements of data protection, confidentiality and the Advice Quality Standards.

This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.

What we are looking for in our ideal Female Duty Triage Worker:

  • Numeracy and literacy to GCSE level/NVQ 2 or equivalent
  • Experience of providing telephone or 1-1 support to vulnerable people
  • Evidence of the ability to assess the needs of callers experiencing domestic violence.
  • Evidence of a methodical and well organised approach to work
  • Evidence of the ability to build effective relationships, both internally and externally with a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies
  • -The ability to provide respectful, non-judgemental, and confidential support to women and their children.
  • Ability to work as part of a team demonstrating a flexible approach including a commitment to being part of a rota and on-call system
  • Ability to maintain accurate and up-to-date records and to communicate using common Microsoft Office packages
  • The ability to deal with and diffuse crisis and emergency situations in a professional and effective manner.
  • Understanding of the diverse needs of women/ families experiencing domestic violence

If you are passionate about ensuring vulnerable women have a safe, comfortable place to live, please apply now to join us as our Female Duty Triage Worker and contribute to the valuable work Next Link and its wider services, delivering hope and support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

How to apply:

Please download the application pack from our website and complete the application form. Please submit your application by 9am Thursday 28th March 2024.  Please do not send CVs. Interviews will be held on w/b 2nd April 2024 .

or contact us by email: [email protected]

*Due to the specific requirements of this role, this post is exempt under the Equality Act (2010), Part 1, Schedule 9 (Genuine Occupational Requirement)