Child and Family exploitation practitioners

BARNARDO'S; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work scheme

20% discount at Barnardo's stores

Health cash plan

Job summary

Barnardo's Leamington Justice Centre is seeking a Child and Family exploitation practitioner to provide advocacy and direct support to victims of exploitation. You will work within a co-located specialist team, coordinate with Police and local authorities, and participate in multi-agency safeguarding processes.

You will help children and families navigate social care and justice systems, attend supervisory sessions, and contribute to service development while upholding Barnardo's values and

Qualifications

• Deliver best practice in CSE/CCE and keeping children safe.
• Provide person-centred 1:1 or group work support to children and young people who are victims of exploitation.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Barnardo's '4 A's model' and trauma-informed responses to abuse.
• Provide guidance to professionals to help and support children and families navigate the complex systems of social care and criminal justice.
• Work as part of a co-located specialist team, where appropriate supporting Police operations and maintaining robust information sharing pathways to inform multi-agency responses.

Responsibilities

• Attend multi-agency operational meetings -working with local authorities and other statutory partners and contribute towards robust processes and plans to safeguard children.
• Work as part of the team to enable the voices of children who have experienced CSE/CCE to be heard throughout the sector to encourage and inform best practice.
• Enable the voices of parents and carers who are affected by exploitation to be heard to inform support services.
• Providing advocacy, support and strategies to help manage the impact of exploitation on the family unit and to better able support young people.
• Signpost and assist children and young people to access services that may best meet their needs.
• Work in partnership with local authority and other statutory and voluntary partners to support children and young people.
• Ensure cases are reviewed within the 12-week time frame from start of intervention to monitor progress and achievement.
• Attend Clinical Supervision to support service delivery and personal and professional development.
• Contribute towards the effective monitoring and evaluation of the service.
• You may also be required to support with the supervision of staff members.

Job description

Warwickshire Base

Warwickshire Base aims:

• To protect children and young people from exploitation
• To empower children and young people who are abused through exploitation, or vulnerable to such abuse, to develop strategies that will enable them to reduce harm, and to achieve their potential.
• To reduce the risk of vulnerable children and young people being abused through exploitation, through awareness raising activities with children, young people, parents and professionals working with children and young people.
• To work directly with children and young people who are abused through child exploitation.
• To support the work with parents/carers whose child/ young person is abused through exploitation or vulnerable to abuse.

You will be required:

• Deliver best practice in CSE/CCE and keeping children safe.
• Provide person-centred 1:1 or group work support to children and young people who are victims of exploitation.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Barnardo's '4 A's model' and trauma-informed responses to abuse.
• Provide guidance to professionals to help and support children and families navigate the complex systems of social care and criminal justice.
• Work as part of a co-located specialist team, where appropriate supporting Police operations and maintaining robust information sharing pathways to inform multi-agency responses.
• Attend multi-agency operational meetings -working with local authorities and other statutory partners and contribute towards robust processes and plans to safeguard children.
• Work as part of the team to enable the voices of children who have experienced CSE/CCE to be heard throughout the sector to encourage and inform best practice.
• Enable the voices of parents and carers who are affected by exploitation to be heard to inform support services.

• Providing advocacy, support and strategies to help manage the impact of exploitation on the family unit and to better able support young people.
• Signpost and assist children and young people to access services that may best meet their needs.
• Work in partnership with local authority and other statutory and voluntary partners to support children and young people.
• Ensure cases are reviewed within the 12-week time frame from start of intervention to monitor progress and achievement.
• Attend Clinical Supervision to support service delivery and personal and professional development.
• Contribute towards the effective monitoring and evaluation of the service.
• You may also be required to support with the supervision of staff members.

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.

We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line withour pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the if hybrid working applies to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:23759
• Job Title:Child and Family exploitation practitioners
• Location:Leamington Justice Centre
• Contract type:As & When
• Hours:0
• Salary:£14.91 per hour
• Closing Date:23 October 2026