Care Exploitation Practitioner - East of England, United Kingdom - The Children's Society

The Children's Society

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East of England, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

37 hours per week**
£26,855.58
per annum

Essex - Countywide role

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years.

We run local services that support young people when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help.

We're there for young people, every step of the way.

This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for young people who urgently need support.

Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services within the Essex area.

We wish to recruit a Child Exploitation Practitioner to join our established CARE team supporting young people aged 8-24 who are at a medium/high risk of exploitation, be that criminal or sexual, or those that are actively being exploited.

You will provide direct therapeutic support to vulnerable young people, vulnerable adults and families who are affected by exploitation. Support offered will include one to one, targeted group work & online support across the County. You may also facilitate training around exploitation for statutory and voluntary agencies across the County.

The young people will require a skilled practitioner who is experienced in working with hard to reach, vulnerable young people at risk and using trauma informed therapeutic approaches.

You will have experience of facilitating groups with knowledge of the issues and legislation affecting young people who are at risk of/or who have been exploited.

You will have substantial experience in working with vulnerable young people either in a paid or unpaid capacity. To be able to evidence your ability to build positive relationships with groups of young people who may be vulnerable to exploitation, to raise awareness about exploitation and the associated risks and impact.
You will have experience of carrying out individual and group work interventions with young people & adults.
You will have experience in using Microsoft Office Applications and other relevant data systems.
You can demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative as well as be able to contribute to a multiagency approach so as to enable effective interventions with young people, including delivering training to a range of professionals.

As well as a strong commitment to your development, we offer a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory stakeholder pension, childcare vouchers and flexible working.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make young people's lives happier and safer.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 23rd** February 2023.