Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA)

Location Greater London, Camden (Hybrid) Vacancy Type Permanent/Full Time Application Deadline Monday, November 10, 2025 Interview Date Thursday 13th November 2025 - Friday 14th November 2025

Job Summary

Location: North London (Camden)/Hybrid

Salary: Unqualified Applicants £28,255 - £29,913 per annum

Qualified Applicants: £29,923 - £32,623 per annum

(Please note that applicants are usually appointed at the bottom of the relevant band)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 10th November 2025

Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as an Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) at Solace Women's Aid.

You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor led, trauma informed, empowering, diverse, anti racist and anti discriminatory.

About the Service

North London Rape Crisis offers a range of services to women, trans women, and non binary people age 13+ who are experiencing or have experienced any form of sexual violence in their lives. We offer a safe and non judgmental space to women living, working, or studying across London boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.

Our expert team provides helpline support, advocacy (ISVA) support including specialised ISVA services for women with multiple disadvantages and young women. We also provide one to one and group counselling to survivors as well as short term one to one counselling support to survivors' family and friends. It is an inclusive service and supports all ages, disabilities, sexualities, gender identities including non binary, ethnicities, and religions.

The service will be open 9.00am to 5.00pm however, appointments can be arranged outside of these if required.

About the Role

The role of Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) is with the Rape Crisis service in North London. You will work within a multi disciplinary team to provide a pro active emotional, practical and advocacy support for survivors who have experienced any form of sexual violence and are engaging (or considering engaging) with the criminal justice system.

About You

The ideal candidate will have completed ISVA training, or have a willingness to undertake ISVA training, and have experience of supporting women affected by sexual violence. You will have a clear understanding of the effects of and issues facing women who have experienced sexual violence, as well as understanding of the Criminal Justice System. You will be able to communicate with people from a range of backgrounds and create good working relationship with service users as well as partner agencies.

What we can offer you

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

• Flexible working
• Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Employer pension contribution
• Family friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
• Access to Inclusion Networks
• Daily clinical debriefing
• Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
• Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
• Flow & Restore yoga classes
• Meditation sessions
• Cycle to Work Scheme

How to apply

When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:

• Values, Behaviours & Competencies
• Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.