Justice Advocacy Practitioner
- Part time
- £28,687 pro-rata
- Hamilton
- Closing 5th February 2024
- Advertised from 3rd January 2024
- 28 hours per week
Role
Background Information: National Advocacy Project
The National Advocacy Project is funded by the Scottish Government and is a partnership between RCS and the 17 local Rape Crisis Centres across Scotland. The project aims to provide support and advocacy to survivors who have engaged or are considering engaging with the criminal justice system following a sexual crime. You can read more about the National Advocacy project here rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/national-advocacy-project
The broad objectives of the National Advocacy Project are:
• An improvement in the support available to survivors of rape and serious sexual crime
• An improvement in the experience of the criminal justice process for survivors of rape and serious sexual crime
• The development of a better understanding of motivations whether or not to proceed within the criminal justice process, and what difference advocacy support makes to this decision.
Background Information: Lanarkshire Rape Crisis
Lanarkshire Rape Crisis Centre, established in 2004, is part of the national network of 17 Rape Crisis Centres who are members of Rape Crisis Scotland and adhere to the RCS National Service Standards.
You can find out more about what Rape Crisis support involves in the short film Making Recovery a Reality youtube.com/watch?v=D7MSqIok0zw
Lanarkshire Rape Crisis:
- Provides trauma informed therapeutic 1:1 & group support to women and girls who have experienced rape and all forms of sexual violence (aged 12+) as well as their friends, family, partners, and workers. We also provide crisis support options for male survivors and survivors of all gender identities.
- Provide advocacy support to those considering or engaging with the criminal justice process; this post relates to one of 4 justice advocacy practitioner positions currently operating in Lanarkshire. The team manager will provide induction, training, and ongoing support to this post.
- Works in partnership with other key stakeholders to improve understanding of gender-based violence and trauma informed responses to survivors of sexual violence
- Delivers prevention work with young people as part of the Rape Crisis Scotland National Prevention Programme. rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/prevention
- Delivers specific project work; currently our STAMP Project provides opportunities for young people to gain knowledge and experience in activism and challenging all forms of Gender Stereotypes in the Media
The Centre is based in central Hamilton. However, justice advocacy practitioners spend parts of their working time in locations such as court buildings and police stations.
This post is initially funded by the Scottish Government until the end of March 2025, and LRCC is committed to securing continued funding beyond the initial funding period.
Purpose of the post:
The overall aim of this post is to provide support and justice advocacy to survivors who are engaged, or considering engaging, with the criminal justice system following an experience of sexual violence.
Application notes
An Application Pack is available for download below.
Please note that the deadline for completed applications is 9am on Monday 5th February. Interviews will be held on Monday 19th February. Due to limited resources, we will only contact you if you have been shortlisted for interview. All shortlisted candidates will be contacted by email by Friday 9th February.
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