CATE practitioner

Applications are being invited for the following post

1 x CATE Practitioner

To work within the CATE Team supporting Young People and their Families who are at risk of Child Exploitation, this will include Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation.

The role will require a good knowledge and understanding of Child Exploitation and the impact of this upon children, young people and their families; experience of engaging with young people, alongside a clear understanding of safeguarding procedures, and multi‑agency working skills to enable Partnership working to reduce the risk posed of ongoing exploitation.

It will also be a requirement to have a good knowledge of Telford and Wrekin Council’s missing procedures and supporting practitioners to implement them effectively.

The CATE Practitioner will also need to understand and analyse data relating to missing children and to provide detailed reports in respect of this on a monthly basis.

The CATE Practitioner role includes:

• To undertake CE risk assessments and present these to the Risk Assessment Panel.
• To undertake Return Home Interviews for young people who return from having been missing from home.
• To plan and deliver interventions to reduce risk enabling positive outcomes for young people affected by CE.
• To ensure young people receive appropriate services to enable them to recover from CE.
• To pass information between agencies including the police to support the protection of young people and the disruption and prosecution of perpetrators.
• To deliver multi‑agency CE training.
• To seek safeguarding advice from the CATE Team Manager as appropriate.
• To draw to the attention of the Child Protection & Family Support (CPFS) Service Delivery Manager any difficulties or barriers identified with the CE Care & Support Pathway.
• To offer CE advice and guidance to parents and other professionals.
• To attend a variety of meetings as is considered necessary and appropriate to role.
• To assist the young person to engage with other professionals.

The role requires commitment, perseverance, creativity and an enthusiastic approach to working with Young People and Families who may be ‘hard to reach’.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Shanice Johnson, CATE Team Manager on 01952 380670.

It is intended to hold interviews for successful candidates on Monday 9th February 2026.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice.

Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on‑site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy – we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments

Find out further information about working at Telford & Wrekin Council including our full list of benefits.

A CV template is available if you do not already have a CV.

Please note that Telford & Wrekin Council do not hold a sponsorship licence for visas.

Attached documents CATE Practitioner job description.docx