Job Role: Young persons Harmful Practices Advocate
Salary: This freelance role is offered on a sessional basis, with fees discussed in line with lived experience, expertise, project scope, and the nature of the work
Location: Working at our hub within the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Contract: Freelance
Hours p/w: Part time to be agreed with service manager in advance on a monthly basis
About Amour Destiné
We provide support to African/Caribbean and mix heritage women/girls affected by trauma such as being care experienced, Harmful Practices (HP), Domestic Abuse (DA) and Sexual Violence (SV) in the Royal Borough of Greenwich & surrounding boroughs.
A culturally specific service to implement positive change and a better quality of sustained life by improving the quality and access to gender based abuse services for African/Caribbean and mix heritage women and girls.
We aim to achieve this by bridging the gap between the services available to them and the criminal justice process.
We help those affected to access free support services designed to support with an array of challenges that may arise because of HP/DA/SV. Depending on their needs, we will liaise with organisations on their behalf and help them to communicate effectively during meetings to find solutions to their problem. We also offer 1:1 and group educational wellbeing workshops and counselling, led by inspiring women with similar experiences.
We also work with partners to influence change through research, training and consulting organisations to improve responses and access to services for African/Caribbean and mix heritage women and girls affected by HP, DA and SV.
About the Young person Harmful Practice Advocate role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join our growing team on a freelance bases as a Young persons Harmful Practice Advocate at Amour Destiné.
The role of the Harmful Practice Advocate will work with African/Caribbean and mix heritage girl survivors of harmful practices, domestic/sexual abuse to review risk, develop safety plans and improve how they stay safe, ensuring their voice is considered at all stages through advocacy.
You will work alongside our existing holistic domestic abuse support service for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and provide trauma informed support to our girls affected by, or at risk of, abuse to support a co-ordinated, intervention plan, addressing identified needs and risks, and promoting understanding of the impact of abusive behaviours.
You will be passionate and committed to working within a multi-disciplinary team and will have a demonstrable track record of working with similar girls that access our support service to live healthy safe and happy lives. IDVA/Harmful practice training is an essential requirement, but we will consider each applicants experience with other qualification such as Law, Psychology & Therapeutic interventions and provide training dependant on this.
You will establish positive, proactive, and innovative working relationships with housing services and other agencies including healthcare, community organisations, the police and social care. Provide high-quality crisis intervention, information, advocacy, and proactive support to women referred to the service, in respect to risk management and safety planning, criminal and civil remedies, housing, health, welfare rights, and children’s legislation.
Your abilities extend to advising girls of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies and proactively advocate to ensure barriers to accessing support and protection are reduced. You will work as an advocate and educator to raise awareness and upskill professionals within Children Social Care occasionally across the UK plus work with colleagues to successfully develop and deliver training to that effect.
It is essential to the development of Amour Destiné service delivery that the post holder is able to respond flexibly to changes in the requirements of this post. This job description is therefore a guide and not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities the post holder may have over time.
About You
The successful application will have
- SafeLives or Asian Women Resource Centre IDVA/Harmful practice qualification
- At least 2 years experience of working with African/Caribbean and mix heritage women/girl survivors of harmful practices or exploitation within a trauma-informed and inclusive framework
- Experience of providing advice, advocacy, or casework services to African/Caribbean and mix heritage women/girls and managing caseloads and, in particular those experiencing/ at risk of harmful practices , domestic/sexual abuse
- Experience of providing non-judgemental and confidential support to individuals, and of encouraging them to rebuild their lives
- Experience of using a case management system to evidence work, in line with monitoring requirements and providing timely information to managers to ensure contract compliance
- Experience of working within a multi-agency framework
- Knowledge & understanding of the practical, emotional, social, and economic issues facing African/Caribbean and mix heritage women/girls affected by or at risk of harmful practices and exploitation
- Knowledge of the range of options available to survivors of harmful practices , domestic/sexual abuse including safe housing, criminal justice, and civil remedies
- Knowledge of issues relating to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
- Working knowledge of current immigration, policing, and social housing issues relevant to harmful practices and exploitation
- Ability to demonstrate empathy for the issues and barriers faced by African/Caribbean and mix heritage girls/women
- Ability to maintain professionalism when dealing with crises and challenging situations
- Ability to work in partnership and build and maintain effective working relationships with other teams and external organisations that offer services to service users
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to use the Microsoft Office suite and case management systems
- Willingness to work flexible hours where required to meet the needs of service users
Desirable
- Ability to speak a language relevant to African/Caribbean and mix heritage communities
- strong commitment to tackling all forms of harm against women and children
How to Apply
Please apply by sending your CV and a covering letter highlighting why your application should be considered above others to us by email to info@amourdestine.org.uk with the job title in the subject heading.
Deadline to apply: Monday 5th January 2026 at midnight
First interviews will take place: the week of 19th January 2026, with second interviews taking place the week of 26th January 2026. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.
We operate a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to Police vetting and enhanced DBS check. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
Due to the nature of the client group, only applications from African/Caribbean and mix heritage women will be considered. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages over 18 from all sections of the community.
In return, you can expect training, flexible working, clinical supervision, mentoring & advice from the service manager to support you with your personal development.