Child Sexual Exploitation Practitioner Jobs
Hours: 18 Hours
Salary: £29,855.00 (plus allowances) per annum/pro rata
Location: Nottinghamshire
Candidates must have a Full Clean Drivers License and Access to their own car
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) domain.
We are currently looking for an experienced counsellor to join our dynamic, ambitious team. In order to be considered for this post you will have to demonstrate that you already have:
Skills
-A non-judgmental approach
-Excellent observation and listening skills.
-Patience, tolerance and understanding.
-An understanding of your own attitudes and responses
-An understanding of confidentiality issues
Knowledge
-Delivering a range of therapeutic and evidenced based interventions with children and young people.
-Knowledge and understanding of the diverse range of needs of children and young people who have been sexually exploited or abused
-Engaging with and supporting parents/carers
-Relevant childcare and welfare legislation
-Safeguarding and child protection procedures
-Casework related consultation with other professionals
Experience
Relevant experience in working with children and young people in a counselling role both face to face and online.
Relevant experience of delivering therapeutic groupwork to young people.
Qualifications
Relevant counselling qualification at Diploma level or above such as Diploma in Counselling or Psychotherapy and be registered with BACP, UKCP or other suitable profession registered with HCPC.
Candidates must be trained in pre-trial therapy.
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The closing date for applications is 21st May 2024. If after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on 7th May 2024 onwards.
Provisional Interview date TBC
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. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
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This is a dedicated post working with children, families and Young People who have been exposed to gender-based violence and exploitation. To support them to be safe and have access to appropriate interventions to enable them to live free from fear and harm.
Our key values are diversity and inclusion, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.
This is an exciting post which needs a dynamic individual to join our charity to work on the premise that Children and Young People are survivors in their own right and need the right support to move forward into a life free from fear and harm.
We are continually developing this service and you will be an integral part of this, finding new ways to engage and support the children, young people and families in our service and going out into the community to educate and empower families about Domestic Abuse and the support available.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are a charity dedicated to supporting women exposed to gender-based violence and exploitation and their children to be safe and have acess to appropriate intervention and support in order to live free from fear and harm.
Our core values are diversity and inclusion, collaboration, advocacy and innovation and we aim to challenge oppression in all forms.
If you are passionate about supporting women then this role is for you.
We need a dynamic individual to work with our Assessement and Referral team to ensure women have an excellent experience when contacting our service and feel believed and supported.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This role will involve office based working at WGN sites in Shepherd’s Bush as well as travel across London, community based and remote working.
About us
Women and Girls Network (WGN) was established in 1987 and has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. This includes childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, prostitution (including trafficking and sexual exploitation), female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called 'honour' based crimes such as forced marriage.
Our goal is to promote, preserve, and restore the mental health and wellbeing of women and girls, to empower them to make a total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
About the role
This new and exciting role is part of CouRAGEus, a unique pan-London project established to provide specialist advocacy, counselling, resilience and prevention programs for black and minoritised young women and girls (YWG) experiencing gendered violence, mental health and/or multiple disadvantage.
About you
The ideal candidate will be an experienced and dynamic individual with an in-depth understanding of the specific needs of minoritised and multiple disadvantaged YWG with experiences of gendered violence. You will have experience of working with YWG’s with high-risk presentations, including self-injury and suicidal risk and adept at providing crises support and more in-depth work that cultivates self-protective factors as well as meaningful interventions and strategies that aim to reduce and mitigate risk.
You will deliver holistic, YWG’s centred, individualised care pathways that are gender informed, trauma focused and aimed at addressing multiple areas of disadvantage including mental health challenges, problematic substance use and homelessness. You will be well versed in advocating on behalf of YWG to multi-agency services to ensure support, protection and choice for the YWG’s you represent. In this role, the Advocate will also develop relationships with local communities and professionals with an aim to raise awareness about sexual violence, improve communities and professionals’ responses as well as to improve access to services for survivors. This work will be carried out through one to one advocacy sessions, workshops, trainings, consultations and other means.
Further information
WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme, as well as the opportunity to work with a leading multi-cultural, women-led feminist charity.
We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic communities.
This post is subject to satisfactory references and DBS check.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer.
Posts are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We Are Survivors are looking for new Senior Trauma Informed Therapists to come and join our growing Therapy Services team.
The organisation has an ambitious strategy to ensure that #NoMaleSurvivorsIsLeftBehind and is looking for new members of staff to help us achieve this.
In the role, you will help us to provide key services across Greater Manchester. The therapy team is made up of therapists from various modalities to support men and boys to access the services they need.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead peer-mentoring support to trauma-informed therapists.
• Deliver trauma-informed therapeutic services.
• Lead accurate clinical record keeping of therapeutic service interventions.
• Lead the supervision of therapeutic services waiting lists.
• Undertake specific therapeutic projects as directed by the Senior Management Team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.