Applications are being invited for the following posts:
Positions Available
1. 1 x CATE Practitioner and Missing Coordinator (part-time)
2. 1 x CATE Practitioner
To work within the CATE Team supporting Young People and their Families who are at risk of Child Exploitation, including Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation.
Both roles require a good knowledge and understanding of Child Exploitation and its impact on children, young people, and their families; experience engaging with young people; a clear understanding of safeguarding procedures; and multi-agency working skills to enable partnership working to reduce the risk of ongoing exploitation.
It is also necessary to have a good knowledge of Telford and Wrekin Council’s missing procedures and support practitioners in implementing them effectively.
The CATE Practitioner will need to understand and analyze data relating to missing children and provide detailed reports on a monthly basis.
Responsibilities of the CATE Practitioner Role
* Undertake CE risk assessments and present these to the Risk Assessment Panel.
* Conduct Return Home Interviews for young people who return after being missing.
* Plan and deliver interventions to reduce risk, enabling positive outcomes for young people affected by CE.
* Ensure young people receive appropriate services to recover from CE.
* Pass information between agencies, including the police, to support the protection of young people and the disruption and prosecution of perpetrators.
* Deliver multi-agency CE training.
* Seek safeguarding advice from the CATE Team Manager as appropriate.
* Report any difficulties or barriers identified with the CE Care & Support Pathway to the Child Protection & Family Support (CPFS) Service Delivery Manager.
* Offer CE advice and guidance to parents and other professionals.
* Attend necessary meetings as required by the role.
* Assist young people in engaging 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, at 01952 380670.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people can 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 promoting a hybrid model of working
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 does not hold a sponsorship licence for visas.
Attached documents:
CATE Practitioner job description
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