Black Country Women's Aid
IRIS Advocate Educator
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Job Title: IRIS Advocate Educator
Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours)
Location: Role will involve working in Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley, and Wolverhampton communities; when not working in the community, the role holder will be expected to work from the Head Office in Sandwell.
Salary: £25,590.00 – £27,873.84
Closing date: 31 August 2026
BCWA reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficient suitable applications.
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams.
Is this you?
We are looking for a confident, organised, and compassionate individual to be part of our IRIS service. The post holder will deliver domestic abuse training, work in partnership with health and other agency professionals, and provide emotional and practical support, risk assessment, and safety planning to standard and medium-risk clients.
The Role
IRIS is a specialist domestic violence and abuse (DVA) training, support, and referral programme for general practices. The IRIS Advocate Educator provides in-house domestic abuse training and ongoing consultancy for general practice teams and is an advocate to whom patients can be referred for support. As an Advocate Educator, you will provide tailored practical and emotional support to clients referred by trained GP practices.
You will be part of a national network of IRIS Advocate Educators who deliver training to local GP practices to raise awareness of domestic abuse and improve early identification.
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If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition, we would love to hear from you.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete an online application form, providing examples/evidence for each of the criteria in the person specification and return to recruitment@blackcountrywomensaid.co.uk. Please see full job description for more information.
CVs will not be accepted.
An Application Pack Can Be Found Below
- JD Template 2024 v2 DA IRIS AE May26
- BCWA 063 Application form v3
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MONITORING FORM
- BCWA-Privacy-Notice-for-applicants v4 final
Important information for all positions
Black Country Women’s Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children, and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.
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Responsibilities
As a responsible employer, we adhere to safer recruitment practices, and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:
Right to work in the UK
Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer, need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination, we treat all job applicants equally.
We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed, the unsuccessful candidates' documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.
References
Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer.
If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:
- a professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer, or headteacher
- GP or health visitor
- a character reference from a person who knows you
- a civil servant from a government agency
- a bank manager
DBS
All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.
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