Charity registered in Scotland SC048291
Domestic Abuse Court Advocacy Accreditation Lead
- Full time
- £36,500 – £39,500
- Remote in Scotland (with regular travel across Scotland and occasionally the rest of the UK)
- Closing 6th October 2023
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Role summary
In 2022, SafeLives and ASSIST began the Domestic Abuse Court Advocacy project, contributing to priorities 2 and 4 of the Scottish Government’s Victim Centred Approach Fund (VCAF), to provide a consistent and effective approach to court advocacy that ensures victims of domestic abuse have a safe and informed journey through the criminal justice system. The project aims to build consistency in how domestic abuse court advocacy provision is delivered across Scotland via creation of Domestic Abuse Court Advocacy (DACA) Standards, establishment of an accreditation framework for DACA services, and delivery of a new SQA-accredited training block on specialist domestic abuse court advocacy.
To date, via broad stakeholder engagement, academic research and consultation with survivors of domestic abuse, the project team have created Domestic Abuse Court Advocacy standards for Scotland. In its second and third year, the DACA project will establish and roll out an accreditation and mentoring framework for domestic abuse services across Scotland that provide court advocacy to their clients, and design and deliver a new block of the well-established Idaa training block, in partnership with ASSIST and Scottish Women’s Aid.
Working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and in partnership with an expert practitioner from ASSIST, you will shape and guide work to develop the evidence base for the accreditation process and pilot the new accreditation framework with frontline services. You will also be involved in design, development and delivery of the new training module on domestic abuse court advocacy, which will enhance the existing Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy (Idaa) training course.
Top job! Head of SafeLives Scotland
- Full time
- £47,012 – £52,000
- Scotland (home based, with occasional travel across UK)
- Closing 9th June 2023
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Role summary
You will drive the strategic development of all our work in Scotland, delivering our Whole Picture strategy and our whole family approach to keeping families safe sooner.
You will lead the Scotland team, drawing on our data, practice and survivor voice to define our strategy in Scotland, set our policy messages, design our services, deliver our training, and influence stakeholders to bring about positive change. You’ll also work closely with all SafeLives teams, playing a key part in sharing learning from across the UK where relevant.
You’ll have strong strategic leadership skills combined with a clear practice focus, and an excellent understanding of the specific needs of Scotland in terms of the work of SafeLives, including a strong grasp of the Scottish Government’s VAWG strategy and other relevant policy areas, including Equally Safe.
You will ensure the delivery of four key workstreams in Scotland, covering our professional training offer, the development of effective multi-agency working in Scotland, the accreditation of services and professional standards, and ensuring the authentic voice of survivors of domestic abuse play a key role in our work. And you will continue to develop our reach and impact, identifying opportunities beyond our existing funded programmes and initiatives.
Reports to: Director of External Relations
Multi-agency Lead (Scotland)
- Full time
- £35,259 – £36,500
- Remote working – but will need to be based in Scotland (with regular travel across Scotland and occasionally the rest of the UK)
- Closing 12th October 2022
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Role summary
Your role is to deepen multi-agency capability, consistency and capacity across Scotland, contributing to the following core objectives:
• Improvement of multi-agency practice.
• Amplifying the impact of optimal multi-agency, risk-led approaches.
• Ensuring multi-agency systems are survivor-centred and accessible to all.
You will increase consistency of Marac operation across Scotland by sharing best practice with a network of Marac professionals, partners and stakeholders. You will guide activity to open up the multi-agency pathway for those at the highest risk of domestic abuse in Scotland, and support creation of an effective collaborative response based around a common understanding of risk and informed by survivors' authentic voice.
The aim of this work is to promote coordinated ways of working that support women to be safer, sooner. This role contributes to Equally Safe Priority 3 and is linked to a broader set of work across the VAWG sector in Scotland that seeks to galvanise whole system improvement for those experiencing domestic abuse.
Training Lead (Scotland)
- Part time
- £35,259 – £36,500 pro-rata
- Remote working – but will need to be based in Scotland (with regular travel across Scotland and occasionally the rest of the UK)
- Closing 3rd October 2022
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Role summary
This role influences and enhances the approach of professionals who come into contact with domestic abuse, by raising awareness/understanding of domestic abuse and by promoting tools and approaches that create safe and effective responses to those who experience domestic abuse. You will be responsible for developing and delivering our existing suite of training and learning tools, as well as responding to emerging requests. You will work to ensure that SafeLives’ resources continue to be of the highest quality and reach a wide range of audiences locally and nationally, both online and face-to-face.
The aim of this work is to encourage and support cultural, policy and practical change in how domestic abuse is perceived and addressed, and to promote informed and coordinated ways of working that support women to be safer, sooner. This role contributes to Equally Safe priorities and is linked to a broader set of work across the VAWG sector in Scotland that seeks to galvanise whole system improvement for those experiencing domestic abuse. The role is also closely aligned to SafeLives’ Whole Picture Strategy, our Authentic Voice (AV) Strategy, and our ‘everybody’s business’ messaging.
Research Analyst
- Full time
- £24,500 – £29,000
- Remote working – but will need to be based in Scotland (with regular travel across Scotland and occasionally the rest of the UK)
- Closing 30th September 2022
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Role summary
SafeLives has an unparalleled track record of using evidence and research to effect national change; with research and analysis being fundamental to helping SafeLives achieve its strategy. This information is used to set our policy messages, define our strategy, design our services, and evidences the impact of the work we have done.
This role is an exciting opportunity to help transform the response to domestic abuse in Scotland by providing a valuable evidence base. SafeLives holds the largest datasets on victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse across the UK, and in Scotland we hold a dataset on Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (Maracs) operating across the country and we also collect data and insight on a variety of VAWG-related activities. You will use this to support practice and inform influencing opportunities on programmes like Safer Sooner, Embedding Lived Experience, Domestic Abuse Court Advocacy Accreditation, and Training. Working alongside our programme leads, survivors and stakeholders you will help to answer important questions about what works in ending domestic abuse.
The Research Analyst will be responsible for working with and supporting the Senior Research Analyst and Research Managers to develop and deliver rigorous and sector leading data, analysis, and recommendations across our work alongside the Scotland team.
Top job! Domestic Abuse Court Advocacy Accreditation Lead
- Full time
- £35,000 – £38,000
- Home based in Scotland (with regular travel across Scotland and occasionally the rest of the UK)
- Closing 20th July 2022
Who are we?
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Key purpose of role
This role has been created to lead a brand new programme, funded by the Scottish Government, to build consistency in how domestic abuse court advocacy provision is delivered across Scotland. Working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders including an expert practitioner based within ASSIST, you will shape and guide work to develop the evidence base and an accreditation process that will support the creation of national standards for domestic abuse court advocacy services. You will also be involved in creating a new training module on domestic abuse court advocacy to enhance the existing Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy (Idaa) training course.
You will scope, plan and lead the activity we have been funded for, to build a robust accreditation framework that includes service standards and training for DA court advocacy providers. This will include establishing and working with a steering group to oversee the programme, and an accreditation panel to support implementation. You will also manage extensive engagement activities with multiple stakeholders from within and beyond the VAWG sector and the criminal justice system. This includes creative engagement with survivors to ensure that lived experience is embedded throughout the process in line with SafeLives’ Authentic Voice strategy. Likewise, in following SafeLives’ Equity Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EEDI) strategy, you will reach out widely to reflect a variety of perspectives, experiences and expertise in your work.
Multi-agency Lead (Scotland)
- Part time
- £34,232 pro-rata
- Scotland - Remote, with some travel to other locations around the UK.
- Closing 2nd May 2022
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Role summary
Your role is to deepen multi-agency capability, consistency and capacity across Scotland, contributing to the following core objectives:
- Improvement of multi-agency practice.
- Amplifying the impact of optimal multi-agency, risk-led approaches.
- Ensuring multi-agency systems are survivor-centred and accessible to all.
You will increase consistency of Marac operation across Scotland by sharing best practice with a network of Marac professionals, partners and stakeholders. You will guide activity to open up the multi-agency pathway for the highest risk women in Scotland, and support creation of an effective collaborative response based around a common understanding of risk and informed by survivors' authentic voice.
The aim of this work is to promote coordinated ways of working that support women to be safer, sooner. This role contributes to Equally Safe Priority 3 and is linked to a broader set of work across the VAWG sector in Scotland that seeks to galvanise whole system improvement for those experiencing domestic abuse. The role is also closely aligned to SafeLives’ Whole Picture Strategy.
Top job! Training Development Lead
- Part time
- £33,000 – £39,000 pro-rata
- Scotland - Home Based (Close to good transport links) with extensive travel across Scotland & a requirement for overnight stays. Occasional travel is expected to SafeLives’ Bristol & London offices.
- Closing 11th April 2021
SafeLives is a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for good. We combine insight from services, survivors and statistics to support people to become safe, well and rebuild their lives. Almost one in five women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime. For every person being abused, there is someone else responsible for that abuse: the perpetrator. And all too often, children are in the home and living with the impact. Domestic abuse affects us all; it thrives on being hidden behind closed doors. We must make it everybody’s business.
Position context
As Training Development Lead, you will support efforts to make domestic abuse ‘everybody’s business’ as a key member of the SafeLives training team, with shared responsibility for developing and delivering our existing suite of training sessions as well as responding to bespoke requests and taking forward programme work. You will work to ensure that SafeLives’ training continues to be of the highest quality and reaches a wide range of audiences. More broadly, you will be a valuable member of the SafeLives Scotland team, alongside the Programme Lead, Marac Development Officer and Engagement Lead to expand and enhance our growing profile in Scotland.