Intermediary - Communication Advocate Family and - Sittingbourne, United Kingdom - Triangle Service Ltd

Triangle Service Ltd

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Sittingbourne, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job description

Triangle are a national provider of court Intermediaries working under the HMCTS Appointed Intermediary Service and we are recruiting to meet high demand of our services.

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Our next training intake starts Tuesday 30th May 2023_

We provide skilled intermediaries across the United Kingdom to enable communication with children and young people up to the age of 30.

We have expertise with very young and very traumatised children and with children and young people with learning disability, autism, brain injury, ADHD, mental health difficulties and physical disability.

We are basing our next recruitment intake in the Kent area but applicants should be prepared to work nationwide to meet demand.

Job Purpose :

To facilitate two-way communication between a young suspect, defendant, complainant, witness or party and others in the legal system to ensure that communication is as complete, coherent and accurate as possible.

Main Duties:

Working with young people in a professional environment, you will be required to attend solicitors appointments, legal conferences and also attend court appearances in both the Criminal and Family Court.
To quickly build rapport and engage children and young people as active partners in the assessment of their communication needs.
To create communication strategies and resources to meet those needs.
To give clear guidance and produce evidencebased, accessible reports.
To directly facilitate communication with the child or young person, including coregulating their emotional state when needed.
To remain impartial and professional at all times, as an officer of the court.
To communicate effectively within the Triangle team and beyond, building working relationships with a wide range of professionals.
To participate in individual and group supervision and training.
To work within the framework of Triangle's policies and procedures and to undertake other duties as may reasonably be requested.

Essential Requirements:

Our Head Office is based in Brighton, but our Intermediary team are based all over the UK. A willingness to travel and ability to stay overnight is key for this role. (all travel and accommodation expenses are met by Triangle)
Excellent general communication skills, and proven specialist skills in communicating with specific groups of children or young people.
Demonstrable experience of working with young adults and those with additional needs.
Experience of facilitating two or threeway communication, enabling children and young people to understand and meaningfully participate.
Confidence to analyse and present information in a clear and accessible way both in person and in formal reports for court.
Experience of working within the justice system especially the Criminal and / or Family Courts is highly desirable
Familiarity with and commitment to Triangle's central values.

Personal Qualities:

Strong planning and problemsolving skills, flexibility and a 'can do' attitude.
Ability to work well under pressure, and to deal calmly with difficult and traumatic information and distressing situations.
Ability to travel nationally when required.

How our training and recruitment programme works;

We offer places on our Intermediary Development Programme free of charge and will provide you with lunch each day. Any t_ravel and accommodation costs are to be met by the trainee._
You will be assessed on various points throughout the programme and must pass the training assessments & final assessment to be considered for a role. We will provide full details of the assessment criteria at interview stage
After successfully completing the training, the aim is that you would be offered a contract to start working with Triangle as an Intermediary.

Please submit your CV to make an expression of interest to join our next training intake, starting Tuesday 30th May 2023

Job Type:

We offer different contracting options including full time contracted hours or sessional contracts allowing you to work flexibility, we are extremely busy and the demand for our services has never been higher.

Salary:
Starting at £11.74 p/h rising to £13.74 p/h after successfully completing a six month probationary period.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract

Salary:
£11.74-£13.74 per hour

Benefits: