Child and Family Exploitation Practitioners

Where Warwick What Other Type Permanent Salary Annual Warwickshire  Base Warwickshire Base aims:

To protect children and young people from exploitation

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.