Primary Care IDVA

Location: Co-located from Tower Hamlets GP surgeries and Tower Hamlets office, with hybrid working.

Vacancy Type: Fixed Term Contract/ Full Time

Application Deadline: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Interview Date: 25/04/25

Job Summary

Primary Care IDVA

Salary: 2.1-2.2 (£28,255 - £29,913 and £29,923 - £32,623) Candidates will be offered salary at bottom of band.

Hours: 37.5

Contract: 31 March 2026

Vacancy Reference: S661

Closing Date: 18th April 2025

Interview Date: 25th April 2025

Solace Women's Aid is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men, and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.

About the Service

As part of an innovative pilot project, Solace will be providing a specialist IDVA to support survivors referred via Primary Care. They will act as a key link between the Tower Hamlets Solace IDVA team and GPs in the borough.

This is a pilot project and it is expected that there will be a considerable amount of testing and learning, trailing new ways of working to meet intended outcomes.

About the Role

You will carry out risk and needs assessments, safety planning, and support planning with survivors referred to Tower Hamlets SASS by GP services, and advocate on their behalf with external agencies. A key element of the role is training clinicians around domestic abuse awareness, as well as providing administrative and information flow support for LBTH MARAC. You will lead on planning, creating, and delivering the training material.

About You

We're looking for highly organised and self-motivated applicants who are passionate about ending VAWG. You will have a "can-do" approach and demonstrable commitment to Solace's feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer. You will receive training and support for this role as necessary.

Successful applicants will have in-depth knowledge of domestic abuse and its impact on women and children, experience of dynamic risk assessment, and providing emotional and practical support to victims of VAWG. As this is a pilot programme where the delivery model may change, a flexible and adaptive approach to your work is important as well as willingness to contribute to programme evaluation.

A relevant qualification in VAWG is desirable.

In return, we offer great employee benefits including three percent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement, and a focus on learning and development.

Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Solace is a Disability Confident employer.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2)e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.

We request no contact from recruitment agencies.