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Specialist Children and Young Persons Advisor
Ref. WIL24/19
Summary
This role is part of the Wiltshire Project which provides individual and family support to domestic abuse victims and their children. It is a fixed term position to November 2025.
Working with children and young people, the team will focus on delivering timely and high-quality, trauma-informed support to children who have been victims of domestic abuse.
This exciting post will involve working with children who have experienced or been affected by domestic abuse, focusing on standard and medium risk cases, providing practical and emotional support with an emphasis on early intervention and awareness raising.
In addition, there will be opportunities to work with the team and manager to develop and deliver new group work provision for young people.
Key tasks and responsibilities include:
* Provide high-quality, specialist support to children who have lived in a domestically abusive family.
* Enable young people to access statutory and other services where appropriate.
* Manage a caseload and work proactively to support young people and their families.
* Deliver educational, time-bound, 1 to 1 support sessions for children and young people.
* Provide specialist support to child victims, focusing on empowering young people to make informed decisions.
* Ensure children and young people understand what constitutes a ‘healthy relationship’.
* Undertake risk assessments and implement robust safety management plans.
* Give practical and emotional support to children affected by domestic abuse.
* Work closely with multi-agency partners and the wider Wiltshire team to ensure a focus on risk management and safeguarding.
* Work with your team and manager to develop early intervention resources.
* Engage with and support the MARAC and MASH process to ensure the voice of victims is heard.
This role will be based in our Trowbridge office, with a requirement to travel across Wiltshire. FearFree supports staff to work flexibly, with an ability to work in a hybrid fashion, both at home and in the office.
Key responsibilities:
* Manage a caseload of low to high-risk children and young people, predominantly through face-to-face appointments but also utilizing virtual technologies.
* Complete an initial assessment of the child’s needs to identify and plan the support needed.
* Assess, manage, and review risks to service users, colleagues, and self according to agreed procedures.
* Devise appropriate support and safety plans with due regard to the dynamic nature of risk.
* Work with colleagues, health and social care professionals, and multi-agency networks to evaluate caseload needs and progress.
* Work directly and proactively with children and young people to help them understand the impact of Domestic Abuse.
* Ensure personal safety and that of service users and other staff at all times.
* Respond to emergencies and crises with a focus on the child’s wellbeing and safeguarding.
* Plan and implement activities to promote self-awareness, confidence, and participation for children.
* Provide person-centered, trauma-informed support to empower young people to make informed choices.
* Enable service users to participate in the design, delivery, and evaluation of services.
* Work effectively in partnership with multiple statutory and voluntary agencies to enhance service delivery, safety, and safeguarding.
* Respond to a child’s individual learning needs and style, adapting practice as necessary.
* Work closely with schools and education establishments to ensure support offered is appropriate, planned, and coordinated.
* Keep the child’s voice central to all support and decision-making wherever possible.
* Act as duty officer for Wiltshire, responding to incoming calls, logging referrals, and making assigned outgoing calls according to the duty rota.
* Understand and work effectively within a multi-agency framework to reduce the risk for service users and their families.
* Accompany service users, when needed, to other relevant agencies and support them in their interactions.
* Work alongside colleagues to deliver a whole family approach.
* Be proactive with your line manager to carry out periodic case reviews.
* Respect and value the diversity of the community, recognising the needs and concerns of a diverse range of survivors.
Groups and Activities:
* Work with the Children and Families Team Manager to develop and deliver a group work intervention for young people.
* Assist with recruiting children and young people to be involved in the development of groups or activities, providing them with ongoing support.
* Run groups for children and young people following a planned programme.
General:
* Work at all times in accordance with the requirements of the Lone Working Policy and Procedure.
* Attend and contribute to team meetings.
* Update written and computerized records with accurate and clear information.
* Contribute to effective team working with a flexible and pro-active approach, including cover for other team members’ holidays and sickness.
* Undertake agreed training and keep updated on changes in legislation, policy, and best practices.
* Support additional duties at your team manager's discretion.
Responsibilities:
* Manage highly confidential information relating to vulnerable people.
* Ensure the security of data, especially sensitive personal data, in line with the information security policy.
* Work within FearFree’s Policies and Procedures at all times.
* Be mindful of responsibilities in respect of health and safety.
* Co-operate with management in the implementation of health and safety policy and procedures.
* Take reasonable care for your own safety and for the safety of others.
* Report all health and safety concerns to line managers.
* Assist with the completion of the risk assessment programme.
For a full job description/person specification, please click on “apply now” – the closing date is 3rd January 2025, but may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found, so early applications are encouraged.
FearFree is committed to encouraging equality and diversity in the workplace. We strive to be a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can all be ourselves and individual differences are recognised and valued.
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