Senior Independent Sexual Violence Advocate - London, United Kingdom - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

This is a new role at The Havens, as part of a newly commissioned schools-based project across South West London which aims to increase the number of disclosures children and young people are making and ensuring they have access to the therapeutic and criminal justice support they need.

The project will also work to ensure that professionals in the boroughs feel appropriately skilled to meet disclosures of sexual violence and abuse with belief, empathy, and a confident knowledge of next steps.

This role involves frequent travel across South West London boroughs.

This role involves frequent travel across South West London boroughs

The Senior Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) role has three components: 1) to provide day to day management, leadership, consultation and safeguarding advice to the Advocates and ISVAs in the team.

2) to build and manage the service, develop pathways and provide training and awareness raising to help the systems around children and young people to understand and respond to disclosures of sexual abuse in an empathic and appropriate way, and 3) to carry a discreet caseload of up to 15 children and young people as required.

The Senior Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) post-holder will be a qualified ISVA, providing case management, line management and internal operational leadership to the Wellbeing team.

The team will be made up of two Child and Young Person's (CYP) Wellbeing Advocates and one CYP ISVA.

The Senior ISVA will work within a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive framework to provide detailed advice and guidance to the team on all client cases whilst supporting good governance and client flow through the service.

The post holder will work with the project's Consultant Clinical Lead and Havens Lead ISVA to develop referral pathways, alongside meeting with professionals across education, social care, health, and criminal justice to build and promote the service and improve outcomes for children and young people who have experienced sexual violence and abuse.

The Havens are London's Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) based at Camberwell, Ladbroke Grove, and Whitechapel. We provide client-led, trauma-informed services that are delivered in partnership with police and third sector agencies.

Our services include acute healthcare and support in age-appropriate settings; police and self-referred forensic medical examinations; follow-up services which address the client's health, psychosocial and on-going needs, alongside the Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) team.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan.

In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Clinical Responsibilities

Provide case supervision and consultation to the Wellbeing and ISVA team
To identify safeguarding issues, assess risk factors and escalate to internal safeguarding meetings and external agencies where appropriate
To ensure that work is carried out within the Home Office guidance on the ISVA role, and that appropriate boundaries are in place for the safe working within the criminal justice process
Attend regular clinical supervision and support the team to engage with supervision
Hold a caseload of up to 15 cases. Such client work will be carried out in line with the Havens ISVA service guidelines

Leadership

Provide clear guidance and support for all members of the team
Ensure the service complies with all relevant guidance, policy and agreements including expectations from commissioners
Contribute to and support decisions made at Havens Safeguarding and CYP Team and ISVA team meetings
Ensure consistency in record keeping and highquality data integrity and compliance with all external reporting requirements.
Work in conjunction with the Lead ISVA to ensure appropriate representation of the team at relevant internal and external meetings and prepare reports for such meetings as required.
Contribute to the development of service delivery, business and other plans and support the Lead ISVA in the production of business cases where required.
Ensure the ISVA team consistently participates in training and awareness raising
Ensure the ISVA team is consistently seeking service user feedback, reviewing approaches and documentation in light of this
Be a role model in terms of traumainformed practice in its widest sense and in championing a strong valuebased workplace