Permanent with Funding until 30th September 2025
Hours: 34 Hours with a potential to increase to 37 hours.
Salary: £26,269.74 Pro rata (plus allowances)
Location: Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Branch: Castle Cavendish Works, Dorking Road, Nottingham, NG7 5PN
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Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and young people (CYP) at risk of sexual exploitation? We are seeking a dedicated and experienced practitioner to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will bring a wealth of experience working with CYP at-risk of exploitation and will become an integral part of our small, supportive team of experienced youth workers. Together, we strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment, empowering young people to overcome challenges and thrive.
This role sits within our Nottinghamshire Service which works with and supports children and young people involved in and/or vulnerable to sexual exploitation/criminal exploitation and those young people that have required therapeutic support. We also have parent/carer support in place to emotionally support parents and carers that are impacted by exploitation and to raise awareness and increase understanding to enable them to increase protection for their children.
A key part of this role will be your ability to build positive relationships with individual young people by providing intensive one-to-one support and group work interventions in order to reduce harm and develop their emotional resilience.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
1. Social work degree or relevant qualification or experience.
2. Experience of working within CSE for at least 6 months.
3. Knowledge of the issues affecting young people at risk of CSE.
4. Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating support activities for and with children & young people.
5. Experience of working in partnership with a variety of agencies to achieve agreed outcomes.
6. Able to communicate effectively at all levels, orally and in writing.
7. Ability to engage young people and their parents or carers within the community.
8. Able to use a variety of IT applications effectively.
9. Able to handle sensitive and confidential issues with tact and diplomacy.
The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Closing date for applications is on 31st January. If after 14 days, we have received enough applications we can close this vacancy from the 17th January onwards.
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