Awareness and Prevention Practitioner

South West Community Chaplaincy; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28days annual leave + bank holidays (r

Pension scheme

Discounted shopping opportunities

Job summary

Catch22 is recruiting an Awareness and Prevention Practitioner for Child Exploitation to work across West Mercia, including Telford. You will develop and deliver group programmes, identify risk factors, and intervene early to prevent exploitation, while using trauma-informed approaches to build resilience and ensure safeguarding.

The role involves collaboration with multiple agencies, producing reports and resources, and promoting equality and inclusion in all activities.

Qualifications

• Direct specialist knowledge of risk factors leading to exploitation and safeguarding principles.
• Ability to design and deliver impactful interventions that support vulnerable young people and families.
• Experience planning, delivering, and evaluating support activities, including resource packs, videos, and online engagement tools.
• Qualification in youth work, or equivalent experience in creating online content for safeguarding or educational purposes.
• Experience of working in partnership with a variety of agencies, using virtual platforms to achieve outcomes.
• Extensive understanding of Child Protection and safeguarding processes.
• Experience of writing high-quality reports and evaluations, demonstrating impact.
• Application of Health and Safety and risk management principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a range of group programmes, workshops and training packages for young people, professionals, parents & carers.
• Work with children and young people at risk of CSE and CCE by identifying risk factors and intervening early to prevent exploitation.
• Develop and deliver tailored interventions to reduce vulnerability.
• Use trauma-informed approaches to build trust and resilience.
• Proactively utilise safeguarding protocols to information share and protect children from harm.
• Signpost to up-to-date evidence-based resources and guidance on child exploitation, informing policies and procedures in education and community settings.
• Provide advice and guidance to support development of policies and procedures in relation to child exploitation in line with national guidance and best practice.
• Increase awareness of how to access the specialist support service and other relevant services for young people and adults across West Mercia.
• Ensure that you effectively monitor, report and evaluate outcome measures from the interventions and ensure GDPR compliance.
• Be a proactive member of the service and team, attending meetings and training events required.
• Ensure that the service promotes and reflects equality of opportunity and diversity at all levels.
• Maintain and update professional knowledge and competencies, staying current with Catch22 policies and procedures.

Skills

Risk factors knowledge

Safeguarding principles

Interventions design

Partnership working

Digital content

Education

Youth work qualification

Tools

Virtual platforms

Online engagement tools

Video creation

Job description

Awareness and Prevention Practitioner, Child Exploitation

Salary:£26.097 (£15,869.80 pro rata)

Contact:Permanent, part-time22.5 hours per week

Location: Office is Meeting Point House, Southwater, Shropshire, United Kingdom. This role covers all of the Telfordarea with occasional travel furtheracross West Mercia.

Company Description

At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career. Our work spans education, social justice andrehabilitation, children's social care, family support, social action andgetting people into work.

Our STEPS is an integrated Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) support service which spans across West Mercia. The four regions of West Mercia are Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire.

Job Description

In your role you will:

• Develop and deliver a range of group programmes, workshops and training packages for young people, professionals, parents & carers.
• Work with children and young people at risk of CSE and CCE by identifying risk factors and intervening early to prevent exploitation.
• Develop and deliver tailored interventions to reduce vulnerability.
• Use trauma-informed approaches to build trust and resilience.
• Proactively utilise safeguarding protocols to information share and protect children from harm.
• Signpost to up-to-date evidence-based resources and guidance on child exploitation. informing policies and procedures in education and community settings.
• Provide advice and guidance to support development of policies and procedures in relation to child exploitation in line with national guidance and best practice.
• Increase awareness of how to access the specialist support service and other relevant services for young people and adults across West Mercia.
• Ensure that you effectively monitor, report and evaluate outcome measures from the interventions that are delivered and that they are appropriately completed in accordance with GDPR and Catch22's monitoring and recording standards and requirements
• Be a proactive member of the service and team, attending meetings and training events required
• Ensure that the service promotes and reflects equality of opportunity and diversity at all levels.
• Maintain and update professional knowledge and competencies ensuring that you are up-to date on all relevant Catch22 policies and procedures, and are working in line with local and governmental frameworks such as Public Health England, Safeguarding etc.

Qualifications

• Direct specialist knowledge of risk factors leading to exploitationand how to address them, with the ability to embed safeguarding principles into digital content and resources.
• Ability to design and deliver impactful interventionsthat support vulnerable young people and their families, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity.
• Experience of planning, delivering, and evaluating support activities, including resource packs, videos, and online engagement tools.
• Qualification inyouth work, or equivalent experiencein creating online content for safeguarding or educational purposes.
• Experience of working in partnership with a variety of agencies, using virtual platforms to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Extensive understanding of Child Protection and safeguarding processes, ensuring compliance in all digital outputs.
• Experience of writing high-quality reports and evaluations, demonstrating the impact ofengagement and resources.
• Application of Health and Safety and risk management principlesincluding

Additional Information

Benefits

• 28days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service (pro rata)
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%
• Discounted shopping opportunities

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked. This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.