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About the Role:

This is a pivotal frontline role within Sefton Council’s Community Safety and Engagement Team. As an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA), you will play a crucial role in ensuring high-risk victims of domestic abuse are supported, safeguarded, and empowered, enabling them to focus on their safety and longer-term wellbeing.

You will act as a key point of contact for service users and partner agencies, working within a fast-paced, multi-agency environment where professionalism, resilience and sound judgement are essential. Managing a complex and varied caseload, you will need to respond proactively to risk, ensuring support is timely, effective and centred on the needs of each individual.

Working closely with internal teams and external partners, including participation in MARAC and safeguarding processes, you will contribute to a coordinated response to domestic abuse. This role requires someone who thrives under pressure, can anticipate and respond to risk, and takes a structured and organised approach to managing competing priorities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing a caseload of high-risk victims, ensuring regular contact, review and effective case progression
• Undertaking risk and needs assessments and developing robust safety and support plans
• Prioritising workload effectively in line with risk and urgency
• Advocating on behalf of service users to access appropriate services and protect their safety
• Working collaboratively with a wide range of partner agencies to coordinate support and share information appropriately
• Maintaining accurate, timely and detailed records in line with service requirements
• Handling sensitive and complex information with the highest levels of confidentiality and professionalism
• Contributing to multi-agency meetings, including MARAC, and supporting safeguarding processes

This role is suited to someone who is passionate about supporting vulnerable individuals, committed to safeguarding and best practice, and confident working both independently and as part of a multi-agency team to achieve positive outcomes for service users.

Please see Appendix A (page 10) in the Recruitment Pack for a full copy of the Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing Date - Friday 12th June 

Provisional Interview Date - Monday 22nd June

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicants.

Equal Opportunities

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.

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