Child and Family Exploitation Practitioners

Barnardo's; Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnardos in Warwick is seeking a practitioner to deliver best practice in child exploitation care, providing direct support to children and young people affected by exploitation.

You will work with parents and professionals, apply Barnardo's 4 A's model and trauma-informed responses, and collaborate with local authorities and police on safeguarding.

This role involves case review within 12 weeks, supervision, and contributing to service evaluation to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering best practice in CSE/CCE.
• Working knowledge of trauma-informed responses to abuse.
• Ability to provide advocacy and support to children and families.
• Collaborate with professionals across statutory partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 or group work support to children and young people affected by exploitation.
• Guide professionals to help families navigate social care and criminal justice systems.
• Work with local authorities and police in multi-agency settings.
• Attend safeguarding meetings and ensure 12-week case reviews.
• Participate in clinical supervision and contribute to service evaluation.

Skills

CSE/CCE expertise

Trauma-informed practice

Advocacy and support

Agency collaboration

Job description

• 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.

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