ISVA Team Leader

We are seeking a compassionate and experienced ISVA Team Leader to lead support and develop our team of Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs and Childrens ISVAs).
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about improving outcomes for survivors of sexual abuse and ensuring the delivery of high-quality trauma-informed support services.

As Team Leader you will provide day-to-day operational leadership case oversight and supervision to ISVAs ensuring safe effective and survivor-centred practice. You will play a key role in maintaining service standards managing risk and contributing to development and promotion of the service. The team leader will also hold a small case load of their own clients.

Key Responsibilities
Provide line management supervision and support to ISVA team including case management oversight
Ensure the delivery of high-quality trauma-informed survivor-centred support in line with best practice and service standards
Monitor workloads risk levels and safeguarding concerns across the team
Lead on performance management professional development and wellbeing of team members
Develop and maintain strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders including police health specialist services and the wider One YMCA family
Ensure compliance with safeguarding policies confidentiality and data protection requirements
Contribute to service development reporting and continuous improvement initiatives
Empower survivors to make informed choices and increase their safety and independence through delivery of practical and emotional support

You will need to be a compassionate and resilient professional with:
Relevant professional qualification ISVA CHISVA IDVA or similar in related subject or be prepared to complete relevant training
Extensive experience of working with survivors of sexual domestic or other similar abuse or experience supporting vulnerable people
Comprehensive knowledge of sexual abuse and exploitation its impact relevant legislation and criminal justice system.
Experience supervising or managing team members or project teams (formal or informal leadership experience considered)
Excellent communication advocacy and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable individuals
Able to travel across Bedfordshire with access to own vehicle

We welcome applications from experienced ISVAs or IDVAs with strong leadership skills and a commitment to supporting survivors. If you have a proven track record of supporting others a strong understanding of safeguarding practices and the ability to deliver trauma-informed survivor-centred support we would be delighted to hear from you.

We recognise the value of lived and professional experience and are open to supporting the right candidate to achieve the ISVA qualification as part of the role.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship and can only accept applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK.

As this role involves working with vulnerable members of society this position will require an Enhanced Criminal Disclosure check and police vetting which will be conducted once a conditional offer is made.

Previous Applications: We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. However if you have applied for a similar role within the last 6 months and were not successful please consider whether your experience has developed further before reapplying.

This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Monday to Friday

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.