Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate

Red Snapper Recruitment Limited; Tyseley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity organization in the West Midlands is seeking a Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate to support victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. The role involves case management, conducting risk assessments, and providing holistic support to clients. Candidates must demonstrate experience with vulnerable populations and possess emotional resilience. The position offers a mileage allowance, training opportunities, and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

Benefits

Mileage allowance

Training and development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to clinical supervision

25 days of annual leave

1 well being day

Annual leave buy back scheme

Bi-annual staff away days

Time off in lieu

5% employer contribution to pension

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable adults and children, with a focus on safeguarding.
• Willingness to travel for work in different locations.
• Ability to cope with challenging situations and support clients effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.
• Conduct case management including risk assessment and journey planning.
• Build rapport with clients and manage a caseload in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Experience working with vulnerable adults and children

Emotional resilience

Ability to manage a caseload

Building partnerships

Job description

We are looking for a Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate to join our client based in the West Midlands!

Salary: £24,315.30 - £26,917.29 DOE

Working hours: 37.5 hours Monday - Friday (9am - 5pm) with some flexibility required.

• May require some infrequent work outside of normal office hours
• Full driving license with willingness to use own vehicle is essential
• Frequent travel further afield, such as Croydon and Solihull.
• DBS check to be undertaken
• Eligibility to work in the UK

This is an established charity that provides a range of specialist abuse support services to women, men and children across the Black Country. Holistic, trauma‑informed support enables victims to escape violence and abuse, cope with trauma and build resilience.

Job Role

The Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate supports potential victims of modern slavery, international human trafficking (male and female victims including their children) by providing access to a range of specialist services to meet their physical, psychological and social recovery. The advocate will support clients to access their ECAT entitlements (European Convention on Action Against Trafficking).

The Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate is involved in all aspects of case management including risk assessment, needs assessment, journey planning, outcomes and case review when supporting clients through their recovery and reflection period. This is a challenging role that requires individual resilience and emotional strength as the situations and circumstances can be traumatic. The post holder needs to be able to work in a fast‑paced work environment, build excellent partnerships with relevant organisations, build good rapport with clients and manage a caseload.

Service description

Modern Slavery Support Service is a specialist service providing accommodation and community support to victims of modern day slavery and human trafficking, who have accessed the National referral Mechanism and are supported under the Home Office national contracting arrangements. This is the lead provider of services covering the West Midlands areas and some of the bordering local authorities. The service works in partnership with key agencies to assess risk and provide tailored support plans for service users. The support as defined by the national contract is to ensure that victims of modern slavery receive a safe space to live, support including financial and practical assistance and referrals to partner agencies as necessary.

You must have experience working with vulnerable adults and children, acknowledging safeguarding concerns and responding appropriately.

Benefits

• Mileage allowance
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to group clinical supervision with a BACP trained counsellor
• 25 days of annual leave (pro rata), plus bank holidays.
• 1 well being day (pro rata)
• Annual leave "buy back" scheme for those who want to purchase additional annual leave days
• Bi‑annual staff away days
• Regular internal newsletter created by staff
• Time off in lieu (TOIL) when overtime is required
• 5% employer contribution to pension

Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.

Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.