Job summary
Due to a recent staffing change, there is an exciting opportunity to work at the Sexual Assault and Referral Centre (SARC) in Lincoln.
SARC helps any victims/survivors of sexual violence or abuse who are over the age of 18. The Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Support role is an interesting and varied role which asks the candidate to provide compassionate support to victims who may or may not choose to report their crime to police and the court system. The candidates work closely with police and voluntary support organisations across the county to provide the best possible support to their clients through this traumatic period.
The centre is based in Lincoln LN2 and post holders will work from this site with travel across Lincolnshire to support clients with appointments and court hearings.
Please note that when filling out your application form, to avoid delay in appointment, the details of your references should be accurate, up to date and provide work postal and email addresses to enable employment services to be timely in their request for your reference.
Main duties of the job
Our ISVA Support workers are highly skilled and trained to help survivors of:
- rape
- sexual assault
- sexual abuse
whether they wish to go legal or not.
They are independent of the criminal justice system and can therefore give accurate and impartial advice. They support everyone in a non-judgemental way and will work with clients to assess their needs.
They provide daytime crisis worker cover to help support clients who attend the centre for a Forensic Medical.
They will provide `Triage` of all referrals into the service and help support the ISVA team with administrative duties.
Excellent caseload management and diary management is required to ensure the needs of the clients are met.
Help support the administrator during periods of absence or annual leave.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will provide support services to victims of rape and sexual assault within the context of a non-judgemental and confidential service.
- The post holder will provide brief telephone support, information and crisis management to clients attending for a forensic medical examination.
- The post holder will maintain a high standard of cleanliness in accordance with Forensic Science Service Standards.
- Receive new referrals and provide advice and telephone support according to level of need.
- Support the ISVAs with low level caseload management and administration tasks.
- Attend multi-agency meetings to represent the service.
- Liaison with professionals including VCSEs, police and court representatives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will provide support services to victims of rape and sexual assault within the context of a non-judgemental and confidential service.
- The post holder will provide brief telephone support, information and crisis management to clients attending for a forensic medical examination.
- The post holder will maintain a high standard of cleanliness in accordance with Forensic Science Service Standards.
- Receive new referrals and provide advice and telephone support according to level of need.
- Support the ISVAs with low level caseload management and administration tasks.
- Attend multi-agency meetings to represent the service.
- Liaison with professionals including VCSEs, police and court representatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE in English, grades A-C or level 2 Literacy or equivalent.
- An NVQ level 4 or working towards this currently or equivalent previous working experience
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working in an NHS (or similar) patient focused setting that involves communicating directly with service users and other agencies and understanding of working in a confidential setting
- Excellent Communication and Organisational skills
- The ability to represent clients and advocate on their behalf
- Experience of completing risk assessments and DASH forms
- Experience of working in a multi-agency setting liaising with agencies such as the Police, Probation, etc
Desirable
- Proven relevant experience working with victims of rape and sexual abuse in a professional work. environment, preferably in a facilitative/advocate role
- Thorough knowledge of impact of sexual violence on victims, families and society
- Experience of Safeguarding issues, legal responsibilities, working with Clinical Risk including making a safeguarding referral
- Assessing need and risk to create a plan of care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE in English, grades A-C or level 2 Literacy or equivalent.
- An NVQ level 4 or working towards this currently or equivalent previous working experience
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working in an NHS (or similar) patient focused setting that involves communicating directly with service users and other agencies and understanding of working in a confidential setting
- Excellent Communication and Organisational skills
- The ability to represent clients and advocate on their behalf
- Experience of completing risk assessments and DASH forms
- Experience of working in a multi-agency setting liaising with agencies such as the Police, Probation, etc
Desirable
- Proven relevant experience working with victims of rape and sexual abuse in a professional work. environment, preferably in a facilitative/advocate role
- Thorough knowledge of impact of sexual violence on victims, families and society
- Experience of Safeguarding issues, legal responsibilities, working with Clinical Risk including making a safeguarding referral
- Assessing need and risk to create a plan of care
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
