Specialist Support Team Leader
About Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services
DRCSAS exists to relieve the trauma and distress and help rebuild the lives of survivors living in Devon and Torbay who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any point in their lives.
DRCSAS also campaigns and raises awareness about rape and sexual violence to change the narrative around sexual violence and to enable survivors’ voices to be heard.
DRCSAS works to feminist principles, which underpin our service, and we maintain a woman only workforce and women only support spaces four days a week. Our work is guided by a trauma-informed approach which understands how traumatic experiences can impact on survivors and keeps an awareness of the effects of trauma at the forefront of our approach.
Role Overview
Are you an experienced Team Leader with a passion for offering high quality support to victims of Sexual Violence?
Are you creative and able to inspire and work collaboratively to lead our skilled team of support workers?
You will ensure that our Specialist Support services that support adults and young people over the age of 13 are effective, safe and delivered to the highest professional standards.
The specialist support team leader role leads a team of specialist support workers in the effective delivery of trauma-informed specialist support work which focuses on the delivery of activities identified through the implementation of individual survivor support plans. These activities could include advocacy, trauma stabilisation, workshops, programmes or other creative community development activities. The specialist support team leader has a pivotal role in responding to service user need, developing support interventions which address themes, trends or grouped need. The services delivered must be timely, effective and accessible.
This role will give you opportunity to develop the Specialist Support offer of the service further, co-designing and innovating to ensure we continue to meet the needs of victim survivors. You will be joining a passionate team of woman at a time of exciting developments.
This post is restricted to female applicants only under Schedule 9, part 1, Equalities Act 2010.
We aim to meet all of our obligations under the Equality 2010 Act and welcome applications from women from all sections of society.
We will make reasonable adjustments to the working environment as required.
Applicants will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before
appointment and a mandatory right to work check.
The post includes participation in an evening on-call rota and occasional weekend work.
Salary: £30,400 FTE (Spinal point 1 on a 5-year annual incremental scale. Details of which will be provided on appointment)
Hours: 30 hours per week to include Wednesday afternoons.
Responsible to: Head of Service Delivery
Office Base: Main Office Base is Exeter, with occasional hybrid working between other offices and home
Contract: Permanent
Pension: 6% contribution by employer
Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
For an informal conversation please contact Davina Cull – Davina@devonrapecrisis.org.uk
Please send your C.V and a covering letter (no more than 2 pages) detailing and evidencing how you meet the person specification provided alongside the job description.
This should be sent to our Chief Executive Officer Davina Cull (Davina@devonrapecrisis.org.uk) by 1200 on Tuesday 26th March 24. Interviews date to be confirmed if shortlisted.