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Primary Care Independent Domestic Violence Advisor

SOUTHERN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE
28,608.76 - 29,722.63 per year
PAN Hampshire
Full-time
Listed today

Category:Co-Located Primary Care

Type:Full Time

Location:PAN Hampshire

Contract length:Permanent

Stop Domestic Abuse is a trauma informed organisation, the work we do to support those affected by domestic abuse may be triggering for those with past trauma. Please only apply if you are living free from abuse. If you’d like to talk to us about this, please get in touch.

Main purpose and scope of the job

  • Working across primary healthcare settings in Hampshire to improve the early identification and response to domestic abuse, ensuring victim-survivors can access timely, appropriate, and trauma-informed support.
  • Delivering training and awareness sessions to healthcare professionals on identifying abuse, responding safely, and making effective referrals.
  • Providing specialist consultation, advice, and guidance to staff supporting patients experiencing domestic abuse.
  • Facilitating referrals to specialist domestic abuse services and other relevant support agencies.
  • Strengthening referral pathways between primary care and specialist services to ensure timely and appropriate support.
  • Identifying barriers, service gaps, and inequalities within current systems and contribute to improvements.
  • Ensuring that client welfare is ensured in accordance with Stop Domestic Abuse Protection from Abuse Policy and the Local Safeguarding Children Board/Safeguarding Adults Board policies and procedures.

Portsmouth:
Reference Number: STOPDA910
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37

Applying for this post

Please download and complete the job pack, equalities monitoring form and job application form listed at the top of this page.

You can apply by:

  • Submitting your application and equal opportunities forms via the online form below
  • Emailing your completed application and equal opportunities forms to: humanresources@stopdomesticabuse.uk
  • Posting your application and equal opportunities forms to: FAO: Human Resources, Stop Domestic Abuse, PO Box 53, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1UA

There is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the role. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Appointment will be on merit alone.

We will recruit the first suitable applicants, so apply early as we may close applications earlier.

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

*This post are open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.