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Lucy Faithfull Foundation Scotland is part of a UK-wide charity that exists to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. We’re here for everyone who needs us. We protect children by working with people who pose a risk and diverting them from causing harm. We support individuals and families who have been affected by abuse. And we help professionals who work with families to create safer environments for children through delivering risk assessments, interventions, training and consultancy.
About the role
We are recruiting a Scotland Practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team in Edinburgh. The role will involve delivering psycho-educational individual and group work to adults who are concerned about sexual thoughts, feelings and behaviours towards children. Assessments of clients and answering calls to our Scotland helpline will be a key part of this role. The majority of referrals will be adults who are under investigation or have been arrested for online sexual offences, including accessing child sexual abuse material.
This is a highly rewarding role making a genuine difference to children’s lives. It involves working within a friendly, supportive and hardworking team which is committed to keeping children safe from sexual harm.
This is a fixed-term contract to 31st March 2027 in line with external funding. We are optimistic that this post will be extended beyond this, pending continuation of funding in 2026-27.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic Practitioner with a proven ability to drive projects to achieve required outcomes. You will be professional, proactive and outcome-focused with exceptional communication and engagement skills and an ability to develop partnership ways of working with professionals and agencies. You will have an impeccable understanding of child protection policies and principles and evidence of working with safeguarding partners to keep children safe from harm
You will be able to demonstrate confidence in translating the charity’s mission into direct child protection practice and equipping other professionals in tackling child sexual abuse.
Key attributes we are seeking include:
- Delivering assessment and interventions with adults who are at risk of sexual offending.
- Impeccable knowledge of safeguarding principles, policies and practices
- Collaborative and supportive ethos, enabling effective working with team members and leaders across the charity
- Flexibility and passion to work alongside internal and external colleagues to ensure quality work is delivered efficiently
- Excellent engagement skills and experience of working professionally with professionals
- Effective record keeping in line with the charity’s policy and practice
- Stakeholder engagement and excellent communication skills to promote the mission and values of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation.
For a more detailed job description, please review the job pack.
What you’ll get from us
We offer the following benefits:
- Hybrid working (with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week; we ask for 3 days in the office per week for the first month)
- NEST pension
- 33 days’ annual leave rising to 38 days (inclusive of statutory bank holidays following qualifying period)
- Up to 5 days’ learning and development per year
- Flu jabs & eye tests
- Season ticket loans
- Charity discounts
- Employee assistance programme
- Option of private healthcare with Benenden
How to apply
We really welcome informal conversations with prospective candidates about the role and the charity in advance of the deadline - please download the job pack for more information.
An application form and equal opportunities monitoring form are included within this pack. We look forward to receiving your completed documents by 22nd June at 5:00pm. Please download the job pack for more information on how to apply.
Please avoid using AI generated responses as these will automatically be discarded – we want to hear from the real you. Please note that only applications with all sections completed will be reviewed during shortlisting.
In person interviews are scheduled to take place on 7th and 8th July. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful with your application. Please note the successful candidate will be required to undergo a PVG check from Disclosure Scotland for this position.
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Registered Charity
101 - 500
To prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Breaking Barriers Project is a service which works with Children, Young People (CYP) and Families who have been affected by the imprisonment of a parent or close family member. Our service offers one-to-one support to Children and Young People to maintain a connection with the imprisoned parent/loved one (where appropriate), support their emotional wellbeing and build resilience to enable them to reach their full potential. The work we do plays a critical role in helping to reduce reoffending rates and improve outcomes for children and young people.
The role of the post holder is to provide outcome-based support designed to address the needs of children and young people with a parent/carer or close family member in prison who may feel isolated or excluded in their home and community, ensuring that these programmes meet individual needs and further the aims of Ormiston Families.
To carry out initial assessments with parents/carers and partner agencies following referrals to the service and identify and agree individual outcomes for children and young people.
To work one-to-one in the home, schools, online, and other community settings, coordinating packages of support with CYP, with other agencies where appropriate, that meet the complex needs of children and young people, reduce risks, improve safety and work towards emotional well-being and development.
We are looking for an experienced practitioner confident in supporting children, young people and families to join our dynamic, ambitious team. You will need to be organised and self-motivated and have a passion for improving the outcomes for children/young people.
Full-time, permanent position; 35 hours per week
Salary is £25,880 per annum
Based in Essex
You will need to be prepared to travel within the County of Essex to enable you to carry out the direct work with Children, Young People and Families.
You will need to have a UK driving licence and access to a vehicle as travel across the county is required.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Tuesday 30th June 2026
Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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At Walking With The Wounded, we support those who have served with mental health, employment and wraparound care coordination programmes tailored to the unique needs of the individual. Whether mentally, socially or physically wounded, we provide bespoke services dedicated to getting those who have fallen the furthest back on track and moving forward with their lives.
As part of Op COURAGE, the veterans mental health and wellbeing service, we will be employing a new Veteran Liaison Support Officer. This role will work in collaboration with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust to support veterans in the mental health pathway.
The successful candidate will ideally be located within the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear region with the ability to travel where required.
WWTW’s Care Coordination service involves the assessment of needs for your client, the sourcing of appropriate support and the ongoing navigation of that support. You remain the central point of contact as you support your service user to address their challenges, which may include a lack of secure housing, debt, social isolation, relationship breakdowns, lack of education and training, welfare issues or substance misuse.
We are looking for a Veteran Liaison Support Officer (VLSO) who can work within a muti disciplinary team and fully appreciates the patience, resilience and self-motivation that is required to support a dispersed and diverse caseload of individuals. You must be someone who is able to work independently, particularly in managing your time and caseload, whilst recognising that you are one crucial element of a wider team of support who will need to work collaboratively to get the best outcome for clients. We welcome applicants who have experience or specialise in housing, although it is not essential. Experience of working with veterans would be beneficial although again, not essential.
The Veteran Liaison Support Officer (VLSO) will have a caseload of ex-servicemen and women who may, at times, be facing multiple complex needs. Working with local delivery partners, you will make referrals for support, whilst retaining the overall caseworker responsibilities. Your role will be crucial to the success of the service user’s outcome. If you are an experienced caseworker with an understanding of working with clients who require tailored support, we would like to hear from you.
*The succesful applicant will be based at Monkwearmouth Hospital in Sunderland alongside the Single Point of Access (SPA) and North-East Teams. Home/Hub Hybrid with possible travel to multiple locations within Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust. The role covers a wide geographical area, including North Cumbria, Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
Walking With The Wounded deliver employment, mental health & care coordination programmes to veterans & their families in collaboration with the NHS.