Issue details

To secure additional Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) capacity for a period of 6 months by extending an additional fixed term IDVA post for 6 months from 1/10/23 and recruiting an agency IDVA for 6 months.
These will increase the team’s capacity to provide support to high-risk victims of domestic abuse. The service currently has high caseloads, due to both high demand and sickness absence within the team. The additional staff will therefore provide capacity to meet current demand.
The increased capacity will also enable planned changes to be implemented to the operation of the domestic abuse team, which will increase the support offered to victims at lower levels of risk with the intention of reducing the numbers escalating to high risk – and therefore lowering demand. The temporary additional capacity will therefore enable the implementation of the new operational model