Are you passionate about supporting young people affected by domestic and/or sexual violence and abuse (DVA/SVA)? We have an opportunity for two new DVA/SVA specialist colleagues to join our multi-disciplinary team of wellbeing coaches.
Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 30 June 2025.
These roles are part of an innovative partnership led by Next Link to provide a holistic response to gender-based violence across Bristol and South Gloucestershire. You will be employed by 1625ip as part of a team of Wellbeing Coaches, and will also work closely with Next Link colleagues, dividing your time between supporting young people in Next Link safe accommodation, and supporting young people in the community.
Wellbeing coaches offer flexible, relationship-based support to young people to help them reboot their lives. They also coach and mentor colleagues, sharing their knowledge and skills and delivering training to our teams. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team working at the intersection of homelessness, mental health, DVA/SVA, and experience of care.
We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from minoritized ethnic groups and Muslim candidates, as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience.
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed a genuine occupational requirement for this post, under schedule 9, paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.
Who are we?
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.
What you will be doing:
Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 30 June 2025.
These roles are part of an innovative partnership led by Next Link to provide a holistic response to gender-based violence across Bristol and South Gloucestershire. You will be employed by 1625ip as part of a team of Wellbeing Coaches, and will also work closely with Next Link colleagues, dividing your time between supporting young people in Next Link safe accommodation, and supporting young people in the community.
Wellbeing coaches offer flexible, relationship-based support to young people to help them reboot their lives. They also coach and mentor colleagues, sharing their knowledge and skills and delivering training to our teams. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team working at the intersection of homelessness, mental health, DVA/SVA, and experience of care.
We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from minoritized ethnic groups and Muslim candidates, as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience.
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed a genuine occupational requirement for this post, under schedule 9, paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.
Who are we?
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.
What you will be doing:
- Travelling to where young people are, to provide holistic, tailored, 1:1 support for young people experiencing, or at risk of, DVA/SVA.
- Listening and responding to young people’s needs, facilitating groupwork and signposting to other relevant opportunities for recovery.
- Developing excellent relationships with stakeholders, and confidently representing your young people in multi-agency work.
- Mentoring and coaching colleagues to upskill them in responding to DVA/SVA.
You will be in the Transitions and Resilience team and your line manager will be our Transitions and Resilience Service Manager.
At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job.
Don’t currently hold the IDVA qualification? No problem. If you have the relevant skills and experience and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.
Contract details (2 roles)
- Hours per week: 33.75 (0.9 FTE) and 22.5 (0.6 FTE)
- Contract type: Fixed term, Maternity cover (for both roles)
- Pay: £29,093 - £30,559 per annum (pro rata for part time) starting at the bottom of the scale
- The location: We have offices in central Bristol and South Gloucestershire. There is also flexibility and support for some hybrid working.
- Start date: We expect one 0.9FTE role to start in September 2025, and one 0.6FTE role to start in November 2025.
- We may be able to offer some flexibility around number of hours worked, within the total 1.5 FTE available. If you would like a different number of hours, or need a particular work pattern, please let us know this in your application.
A few benefits at 1625ip
In return for your dedication, we offer:
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays
- Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF
- Regular clinical supervision and reflective practice to safeguard your wellbeing at work
- 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer.
Important dates
- Application deadline closes: 23:59, Monday 30 June 2025
- If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Friday 04 July 2025, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
- Interviews are on Monday 14 July 2025 in central Bristol.
Application information
Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can’t wait to hear from you.
- You will be asked to answer amount questions at the end of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted.
- Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form.
- Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to Kingsley Hall (our main office in Old Market). An online application will then be created for you.
Contact us
- To have an informal chat about the role, please contact [email protected]
- If you have any queries, please email [email protected]
- For support with your application should you need it, Future Bright - WECA provide free coaching.
Equitable opportunities for everyone
We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications.
As an organisation who safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly. For successful candidates with a criminal record, a risk assessment process will take place with the recruiting manager.
We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer, and have made the Menopause Workplace, Mental Health at Work, and Bristol Equality Charter pledges.
Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.
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