Domestic Abuse Health Advocate
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Social Work
Family Advocacy & Support Services, Community Health -
Non-Profit & Social Impact
Community Health
* This post is 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.
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
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- To promote the training package, to build and maintain effective relationships with general practice teams, and to recruit local general practices to participate in the training package.
- To provide in-house training for general practice teams on understanding, recognising and responding to domestic abuse.
- To provide ongoing specialist advice and support around domestic abuse to practice teams.
- To encourage general practice health professionals to ask patients about their experience of abuse and respond, record, safety check and refer.
- To provide specialist, individual and needs-led advocacy and support to patients who are or have experienced domestic abuse who are referred from participating practices, and to provide onward referrals where appropriate.
- To collect and collate performance and monitoring data for reporting purposes and also with a view to further embedding and developing the programme locally.
- To work in partnership with Southampton IDVA service to deliver Pippa (Prevention, Intervention and Public Protection Alliance) providing initial advice, information and guidance to victims, professionals, and family members. To participate in the delivery of the on-call out of hours on a rota basis
- Work with those experiencing domestic abuse to increase their personal safety, and that of any children, and inform them of their rights and options in terms of housing, legal and welfare rights
Southampton:
Reference Number: STOPDA
895
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5 (Monday - Friday 9:00 - 5:00pm)
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.
An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.
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