Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate

Black Country Women's Aid; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Women’s Aid is seeking a Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate for a full-time role in the West Midlands. You will provide frontline support to victims of modern slavery and their children, with emphasis on trauma-informed care and safeguarding.

The role involves risk and needs assessments, journey planning, and case reviews across the West Midlands. Candidates should have experience with adults who have experienced trauma and abuse, and strong communication skills. 37.5 hours, mon-fri.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality frontline service to male and female victims of Modern Slavery and their children.
• Involve in case management including risk assessment, needs assessment, journey planning, outcomes and case review.

Job description

Job Title: Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate

Position type: 1 Full-time position available (37.5 hours/Monday-Friday), based in the West Midlands

Salary: £25,287.91-£27,993.98

Closing date: 19 November 2026

We are looking for a highly skilled Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate with excellent communication skills, compassion and understanding of the impact of abuse and exploitation.

We are looking for an innovative candidate who has experience of working with adults, who have experienced trauma and abuse.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys problem solving and developing their leadership skills.

The Role

The successful candidate will provide a high-quality frontline service to both female and male victims of Modern Slavery (international human trafficking) and their children within the West Midlands area. You will be 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.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.

We welcome applications from all candidates and particularly encourage applications from groups currently under‑represented in our workforce, including men. All appointments will be made on merit following a fair and transparent selection process.

Important information for all positions

Black Country Women’s Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting then welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.

Employment checks

Responsibilities

As a responsible employer we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:

Right to work in the UK

Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination we treat all job applicants equally.

We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed the unsuccessful candidates documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.

References

Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer.

If you have finished full time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:

• a professional from your centre of study, for instance a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
• GP or health visitor
• a character reference from a person who knows you
• a civil servant from a government agency
• a bank manager

DBS

All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.