Anti-trafficking Outreach Advocate

Causeway Charity; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization is seeking an Anti-trafficking Advocate for Survivors of Modern Slavery to provide crucial support to victims in South Yorkshire. The ideal candidate will be responsible for casework, advocacy, and ensuring service users receive necessary resources. This role offers a supportive, agile working environment with a balance of face-to-face and hybrid interactions.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing support to vulnerable individuals.
• Strong communication skills for liaising with various organizations.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Providing casework support for Survivors Of Human Trafficking across South Yorkshire.
• Overseeing 16-20 service users and attending meetings with them.
• Risk assessing and safeguarding service users.
• Documenting service users information and completing administrative paperwork.

Skills

Casework support

Advocacy

Communication with health professionals

Risk assessment

Job description

Causeway supports marginalised and vulnerable people to recover from trauma and develop safe and fulfilling futures. Our modern slavery and crime reduction services include safe houses, outreach, community programmes, holistic crisis interventions and signposting into counselling, training and employment. We drive change nationally through research, campaigning and strategic partnerships.

Role Summary

How this role fits into the vision and objectives of Causeway

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Anti-trafficking Advocate for Survivors of Modern Slavery. In this role, you’ll be responsible for supporting survivors of modern day slavery currently within the National Referral Mechanism who are living within the community. You will also work in an agile and responsive team environment providing a great standard of support for service users empowering them towards independence.

The successful candidate will enjoy a mix of face to face support with survivors and hybrid working, supporting service users living within the South Yorkshire region. This role includes meeting service users and providing them with emotional and practical support; advocating on their behalf, communicating with other organisations including but not limited to health professionals, legal representation and the Home office.

Responsibilities:

• Providing casework support for Survivors Of Human Trafficking across South Yorkshire, signposting them to relevant organisations and support networks in the community.
• Each full time Advocate will oversee 16-20 service users of varying levels of support need (or pro rata equivalent if a part-time role)
• Visiting service users face to face a minimum of once a month, however this may increase depending on service user needs.
• Meeting service users in an appropriate environment for example, a coffee shop or public library on occasion home visits or remote sessions may be required
• To work effectively as a team, including giving responsive feedback and handover information to Line Manager, and colleagues where there is a shared caseload.
• To independently meet deadlines, including accurately recording and logging support hours, documenting relevant service users information and completing other administrative paperwork in adherence to the terms of the contract.
• To risk assess and take appropriate steps to safeguard service users.
• To follow ECAT requests and meet KPIs set by contractors.
• Ensuring all service users receive the full protection/support of the EU convention, as laid out in article 12 of the ECAT.
• To arrange appointments for individual service users, and liaising with organisations and individuals regarding clients in a professional manner
• To ensure the progression of service users through the system, including journey planning and move on strategies, within the required time frame.
• To regularly attend supervision meetings with Line Manager.
• Adhering to all internal procedures regarding Causeway and any legislation.
• Promoting Causeway in adherence to the terms of the contract – this may include attending events on behalf of Causeway as a whole
  
  

Any other duties that are commensurate with the role.