Haven Adolescent Advocate

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust is seeking a dedicated Adolescent Advocate for its specialist Sexual Assault Referral Centre. This role involves providing trauma-informed support to young people aged 13-19 who have experienced sexual violence, ensuring their needs are met through coordinated care and collaboration with multiple sectors including health and social care.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people aged 13-19.
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes and collaboration with external agencies.
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation and databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist support to adolescents who have experienced sexual violence.
• Conduct assessments, manage caseloads, and coordinate follow-up care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to advocate for young people's needs.

Skills

Compassion

Trauma-informed care

Collaborative work

Assessment skills

Education

Relevant qualification in social work, psychology, or nursing

Job description

The Havens, London’s specialist Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), is recruiting a compassionate and dedicated Adolescent Advocate to join our trauma-informed multidisciplinary CYP 0-19 team.

This role provides specialist support to young people aged 13–19 who have experienced sexual violence, either following a forensic medical examination (FME)

The Adolescent Advocate will manage a varied caseload, working directly with young people, their families, caregivers, and wider networks—including education, health, criminal justice sector, police, and social care professionals—to ensure their needs are understood, coordinated, and met.

The role focuses on early intervention, safeguarding, care planning, and onward referral, supporting recovery through a tailored, trauma-informed approach.

Provide short to medium term trauma-informed support to adolescents aged 13–19 following an FME or professional referral.

Conduct timely post-FME welfare contact with clients.

Manage a varied caseload, including welfare checks, risk and needs assessments, and development of tailored care plans.

Coordinate follow-up care, including medical and sexual health aftercare.

Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns, making timely referrals to external agencies and the Trust’s safeguarding team.

Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams across health, social care, education, and criminal justice sectors.

Maintain and update CYP databases to ensure accurate case management.

Attend internal and external multidisciplinary and interagency meetings to advocate for young people’s needs.

Maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with Trust and medico-legal standards.

Support service delivery by maintaining databases, processing referrals, and managing enquiries.

Uphold client privacy, dignity, and respect for cultural, religious, and social diversity.

Consider complex needs—including mental health, substance misuse, and learning difficulties—when assessing and planning care.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christine Murphy Job title: Havens 0-19 Child & Adolescent Nurse Specialist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 020 3299 1599