Job Advert: IRISi is recruiting a Regional Manager!

IRISi, an award-winning social enterprise established in 2017 to promote and improve the health care response to gender based violence, is looking to recruit a new Regional Manager. The post is home-based. Work will involve attendance at both virtual and in-person meetings (dependant on COVID guidelines) so you need to be willing to travel as required.

Our Vision is a world in which gender based violence is consistently recognised and addressed as a health issue.

Our Mission is to improve the healthcare response to gender based violence through health and specialist services working together.

We are a second-tier organisation, usually providing services and support to other organisations, rather than delivering front-line services.

IRISi’s flagship programme is IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety), a general practice based domestic abuse (DA) training, support, and referral programme. The organisation supports the local commissioning, implementation, maintenance, and growth of the IRIS programme. IRISi’s work also includes bid development, training for trainers, ongoing support, national analysis, and monitoring. IRISi collaborates with partners to develop innovative, evidence-based health interventions for those affected by gender-based violence and offers expert advice and consultancy in the field of domestic abuse and health. We are working towards having a suite of evidence-based health, domestic abuse and sexual violence programmes that can be commissioned locally.

IRISi is a social enterprise established 2017. IRISi’s vision is a world in which gender-based violence is consistently recognised as a health issue. Our mission is to promote and improve the healthcare response to gender-based violence (GBV) through health and specialist services working together. We are working towards having a suite of evidence-based health, domestic abuse and sexual violence programmes that can be commissioned locally.

About the role

This post is for an exceptional individual to promote, support and implement the nationwide IRIS programme and newly launched ADViSE programme in sites across the UK. The Regional Manager will work closely with IRIS and ADViSE teams in various sites to implement, support, guide and oversee the programmes. This is a great opportunity to be part of improving the healthcare response to gender-based violence and to join the ambitious and dedicated team at IRISi. 

Hours: 35 per week.
Location: Home-based with some national travel
Employer: IRISi.
Tenure: Permanent

About you

You should apply if you can see yourself working to:

Sustain and develop relationships with IRIS and ADViSE sites including with partner VAWG services and health partners.
Support the implementation and growth of IRIS and ADViSE programmes in agreed areas.
Provide ongoing training for local teams to equip them to train healthcare providers and support patients.
Provide ongoing support to local teams and sites.
Collect, analyse and report on data about the programmes’ effectiveness.
Present data to secure the sustainability of the programmes in the area worked.
Promote anti-oppressive practice and a commitment to challenge sexism, racism, and other forms of discrimination.
Be an active part of the national team and work of IRISi.

How to apply

For more information on how to apply, download the information below. Please return your application form by 9 am, Wednesday 5^th January 2022 to Lucy Downes, IRIS Network Director, lucy.downes@irisi.org

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Closing date for applications: 9 am, Wednesday, 5^th January 2022

Interviews: via zoom on Thursday, 20^th January 2022

Partners

AVA

AVA is an expert, groundbreaking and independent charity working across the UK.

Their vision is a world without gender based violence and abuse. They aim to inspire innovation and collaboration and encourage and enable direct service providers to help end gender based violence and abuse particularly against women and girls.AVA’s work is focused around those areas where they can make the best contribution to ending violence and abuse. They do this by making sure that survivors get the help and support they need in the here and now, through providing innovative training that has a proven direct impact on the professional practice of people supporting survivors of violence and abuse

developing a range of toolkits, e-learning and other material that supports professionals to provide effective and appropriate support to survivors of violence and abuse

using our influence and networks to ensure survivors voices are heard. We work closely with AVA in many areas including the Pathfinder project

https://avaproject.org.uk

SafeLives

SafeLives are a national charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for good. We combine insight from services, survivors and statistics to support people to become safe, well and rebuild their lives. Since 2005, SafeLives has worked with organisations across the country to transform the response to domestic abuse, with over 60,000 victims at highest risk of murder or serious harm now receiving co-ordinated support annually. SafeLives are members of the Pathfinder consortium.

http://www.safelives.org.uk/about-us

IMKAAN

Imkaan is a UK-based, Black feminist organisation. We are the only national second-tier women’s organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls i.e. women and girls which are defined in policy terms as Black and ‘Minority Ethnic’ (BME). The organisation holds nearly two decades of experience of working around issues such as domestic violence, forced marriage and ‘honour-based’ violence.

They work at local, national and international level, and in partnership with a range of organisations, to improve policy and practice responses to Black and minoritised women and girls. Imkaan works with it’s members to represent the expertise and perspectives of frontline, specialist and dedicated Black and minoritised women’s organisations that work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. Imkaan delivers a unique package of support which includes: quality assurance; accredited training and peer education; sustainability support to frontline Black and minoritised organisations; and facilitation of space for community engagement and development. They are a part of the Pathfinder Consortium.

https://www.imkaan.org.uk

The University of Bristol CAPC

The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) is a leading centre for primary care research in the UK, one of nine forming the NIHR School for Primary Care Research. It is part of Bristol Medical School, an internationally recognised centre of excellence for population health research and teaching.

A dedicated team of researchers at the Centre work on domestic abuse projects and IRISi is a co-collaborator and partner on some of these projects including ReProvide, HERA and DRiDVA.

The Health Foundation

The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. The Health Foundation’s Exploring Social Franchising programme aims to generate a deeper understanding of the potential of social franchising models for scaling effective health and social care interventions within the NHS.

We are one of four project teams participating in the programme to develop a social franchise to enable the sustainable spread of our intervention, the IRIS Programme. We receive funding and support from the Health Foundation, including technical expertise on social franchising, and attend programme learning events. The Health Foundation has also commissioned a programme-wide evaluation to support understanding of the use of social franchising in the UK health and care system. We and our franchisees will support the evaluation through co-designing data collection requirements, providing access to data as requested, hosting site visits and attending learning events.

https://www.health.org.uk

STADV

Standing Together Against Domestic Violence is a UK charity bringing communities together to end domestic abuse. They bring local services together to keep people safe

Most public services weren’t designed with domestic abuse in mind, and they often struggle to keep people safe. Poor communication and gaps between services put survivors at risk.

STADV aim to end domestic abuse by changing the way that local services respond to it. They do this through an approach that they pioneered, called the Coordinated Community Response. The Coordinated Community Response brings services together to ensure local systems truly keep survivors safe, hold abusers to account, and prevent domestic abuse.

Their model of a coordinated local partnership to tackle and ultimately prevent domestic violence is now widely accepted as best practice. They are also a part of the Pathfinder consortium.

http://www.standingtogether.org.uk

Spring Impact

Spring Impact is a not-for-profit social enterprise born out of the frustration of seeing social organisations constantly reinventing the wheel and wasting scarce resources. Spring Impact uses a combination of tested commercial and social principles and extensive practical expertise to support organisations to identify, design and implement the right social replication model to scale their social impact.