Salary: £24,956 per annum rising to £25,350 per annum on successful completion of probation, £26,925 upon successful completion of ISVA accreditation
Hours: 37.5hours per week (Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00)
Holiday: 25 days annual holiday entitlement increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service per annum plus bank holidays
Base: The Gables,Swindon, remote working where appropriate
Area Covered: Swindon and Wiltshire
Contract: 18 month Fixed term
About the Role
To work in a multi-agency setting providing a pro-active crisis intervention service to child victims of sexual violence within and outside of the criminal justice system. The post holder will work pro-actively to risk assess and support client needs and develop a comprehensive support plan to help keep victims safe. This role will use advocacy and partnership working skills to ensure victims are supported throughout the criminal justice system from report to court, and to access services to which they are entitled.
There is a commitment to providing a high quality, victim-focused and inclusive service as outlined in the Victim Code of Practice.
The post holder will manage a busy caseload and have excellent partnership skills and an understanding of Children's and Vulnerable people Safeguarding procedures.
This role will work proactively as part of the ISVA Team and will have respect for the diversity of the community in which the service works to ensure the services is accessible to all.
The post holder will be required to provide advocacy and information to clients in high risk situations where the safety of the service user and self is to be prioritised. Appropriate professional record keeping is required using the client information system.
We encourage applications from all genders.
Key responsibilities:
- The Post Holder should have a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of Sexual Violence, and it's impact on Victims, Family Members and Wider Society
- The post holder will travel throughout Swindon and Wiltshire to provide support to clients under 18 years of age.
- Manage a caseload of clients aged 0-18 that will vary between child sexual abuse/violence and child sexual exploitation cases, providing an individual support care plan to meet their needs.
- The post holder will provide face to face, telephone and email support to clients and their supporters where appropriate
- Ensure that a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of sexual violence and child sexual exploitation, and its impact on victims, family members and wider society.
- Be proactive and develop the role of the Children and Young People’s Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (CYP ISVA) across First Light
- Be respectful of the diversity of CYP’s and of the need to prioritise the accessibility of service provision.
- CYP ISVA will support children and young people through the criminal justice process and liaise with the police accordingly.
- The CYP ISVA’s will respond to crisis situations as they arise with their clients and complete onward safeguarding referrals.
- CYP ISVA’s will engage with other agencies such as Paediatric SARC (The Bridge), CAMHS, social services, police and counselling services to provide a multi-agency approach for their clients.
Essential requirements:
- The Post Holder will hold a Valid UK Driving License and have access to a Vehicle.
Added benefits:
- A comprehensive induction and training programme.
- A well-being day per financial year (1stApril to 31stMarch)
- Access to external supervision to discuss personal or emotional responses to traumatic cases, to ensure emotional and psychological well-being.
- Health and well-being resources including our staff Well-being Group, Staff Consultation Committee and active participation in our employee engagement platform.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes a 24/7 telephone helpline offering medical, emotional and financial support.
- Working for an organisation committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We encourage applications from all sections of the community, and all backgrounds regardless of age, race, faith, disability, neurodiversities, genders, gender expression or sexuality. First ...
Salary: £47,422 per annum
Location: Flexible - about to travel within our operating region
Hours: 37 hours per week
Position Type: {Advertised Full Time / Part Time}
Expiry Date: 08/02/2026 23:59
The Vacancy
Are you passionate about ensuring colleagues have the right skills to do their job? As our Systems & Integration Training Lead, you’ll be responsible for leading our training offer that supports effective and streamlined integration, Dynamics activity and systems-based training.
You’ll see the impact of the role and the team really quickly, working with colleagues to ensure the learning offer is engaging, supports modernisation and meets the needs of the business.
You will be joining us at a really exciting time, during 2026 we will be launching our new learning and recruitment system, so you’ll be joining the team at a pivotal time when you can really see the impact of great system-based training.
What will you be responsible for? You will be:
- Working with your senior leader to assume responsibility for ensuring all training that colleagues require on our internal systems is embedded in the LMS, reflecting the requirements of the roles it is assigned to
- Working with our customer services teams to ensure all trade related systems-based training is relevant and fit for purpose
- Leading on training needs arising from integration activity, working with key stakeholders to deliver engaging and effective training solutions
- Working with Dynamics projects groups and key stakeholders to lead on the development of comprehensive training plans for successful implementation of both systems and ways of working
About you
You will come to the role with experience in developing, designing and delivering training programmes and interventions across multi-disciplinary teams on a variety of subject areas.
You’ll likely hold a Level 5 CIPD qualification and relevant learning and development or training qualifications.
You will be an experienced leader, with a natural coaching style that you draw on to develop your team.
Your experience will demonstrate your ability to:
- Carry out training needs analysis (TNA) and develop outcomes into comprehensive programmes of work
- Project manage and stakeholder manage, with strong skills in change management and event management
- Build effective and collaborative relationships with the ability to inspire confidence and respect
You’ll understand current trends by having one finger on the pulse and will also be looking forward to what’s new.
The role will require you to be present within our operating region, to provide training, meet with stakeholders and complete collaborative pieces of work, so you will hold a full UK driving licence and will have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
When not on site you will be able to base yourself from home, this is considered a hybrid role and we will ensure you have everything you need to be effective when working virtually.
Our operating region includes Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and London. You'll ideally be based within or close to our region.
What’s in it for me
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:
- Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
- A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
- We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
- Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
- Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
- Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
- Enhanced leave
- We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives
Ready to apply?
To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.
Interviews will be held on 18 Febru...
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Location:
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Date Posted:
December 12, 2017
Application Closing Date:
January 1, 2080
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