Overview
ADViSE Advocate Educator – Ashton-Under-Lyne
Number of Positions: 1
Salary: £34,208 per annum.
Working Hours: 35 hours per week.
Location: Cavendish 249, Ashton-under-Lyne
Job Category: Jigsaw Support
Region / Division: Ashton Under-Lyne
Business Unit: Jigsaw Support
Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?
Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days) We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.
As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.
If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company, then please read on.
Who we are:
Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.
We provide quality; low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.
About the department:
At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.
Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward-thinking team that encourages success.
We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.
In addition to delivering our existing support services, we are always seeking new innovative partnerships, solutions and funding opportunities, responding to need and working with communities in which we can make a difference.
With more than 200 staff from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 7,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.
About the service:
The ADViSE Programme is a project within Jigsaw support, which sits with the wider commissioned Domestic Abuse and IRIS projects. ADViSE was commissioned in Tameside in 2021 as part of a pilot programme in Greater Manchester.
The ADViSE (Assessing for Domestic Violence and Abuse in Sexual Health Environments) programme supports sexual health clinicians to identify and respond to patients affected by domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and provides them with a simple referral pathway to specialist services.
ADViSE has grown from a successful, evidence-based programme in general practice which responded to patients affected by domestic violence and abuse, IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety). Whilst the positive impact of IRIS was rapidly expanding, it was recognised that there were some diverse and harder to reach patient groups who may not come into contact with general practice or other primary care services.
ADViSE adapts the IRIS programme for use in sexual health clinics to support sexual health staff to recognise the signs and symptoms of patients affected by DVA, ask them whether they are affected, give a validating response and then offer and make referrals to specialist services in line with British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) DVA guidance.
Role information:
Please note, this is a FIXED TERM role until 31st March 2027, subject to external contract funding.
As a dedicated and skilled Advocate Educator you will work alongside a dedicated clinical lead, working closely with staff at the sexual health clinic, delivering training and promoting the service and generating referrals into service. You will also support victim/survivors of domestic and or sexual abuse, identified and referred in, being their mentor and coach. You will assess and manage risk and co-produce personalized action plans to aid victim-survivors recovery, improving their situation and challenges they face.
You will deal with new referrals, complete assessments and co-ordinate interventions working with victim-survivors to identify the most appropriate course of action. You will deliver face to face and telephone/ video call support and support delivery of group interventions.
You will have experience of working and supporting people with multiple and complex needs including domestic abuse. You will need to be highly organised, self-motivated, engaging, supportive and be confident in using case management systems. You will also be confident and experienced in delivering training to professionals.
You will also support the IRIS Advocate Educator, working as a team to successfully deliver both the IRIS and ADViSE programmes.
If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
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