Before you begin completing this online form please note we are happy to answer any questions you may have. You can call our office on 0113 243 9102. However, we do not provide a crisis service.
SARSVL uses the information you give us for monitoring and reporting purposes. We keep clients’ information securely stored in our office and in online Data Performance Management System (DPMS). We do not share information with anyone else unless we are concerned about a safeguarding issue such as risk to the client and/or others or risk to a child. SARSVL will keep this information for 7 years after the client has stopped using the service after that time the information will be destroyed confidentially.
This form is for the ISVA Service only.
Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA)
About:
Our ISVA’s are trained in providing specialist trauma informed emotional and practical support to women and girls (aged 13 +) who have reported sexual violence to the police, or are considering doing so.
At SARSVL we have ISVA’s who support women aged 18 and over, and a specialist Young Person’s ISVA who supports young people aged between 13 to 17.
We offer appointments to suit the client’s needs - they can be face to face in our Leeds Office, online, or over the phone. For young people aged between 13 and 17 we can offer outreach appointments such as in school or college.
Criteria:
Women and girls (aged 13 +) and resident in the Leeds area. We will only accept referrals for those who have agreed to engage with us and who are aware that the referral has been made.
Once we have received the referral, we will contact the client within 3 workings days, to obtain more information in order to process the referral. 3 attempts will be made to contact the client.
FOR REFERRALS IN RELATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 16
Please provide the contact details of the parent/ caregiver under the client contact section of this form where the parent/ caregiver is aware of this referral.
A referral can still be made where the young person does not consent to their parent/ caregiver being informed of this referral. Please indicate if this is the case in the Further Information box at the end of this form, and we will complete a Competency Assessment with the young person.
Please complete the Form below with as much information as possible.
We will only accept referrals for those who have agreed to engage with us attend and who are aware that the referral has been made.
Referring agencies must inform us of any known risks to or from the person referred.
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