Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate

Red Snapper Recruitment are looking for a Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate to join our client on a permanent basis, based in the West Midlands. You will make a real difference as an advocate and supporter for victims of violence and abuse.

Salary: £24,315.30 - £26,917.29

Working hours: 37.5 hours, Monday - Friday (9am - 5pm)

This is an established charity that provides a range of specialist abuse support services to women, men and children across the Black Country. Our holistic, trauma-informed support enables victims to escape violence and abuse, cope with trauma and build resilience.

Job Role: The Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate supports potential victims of modern slavery and international human trafficking (male and female victims including their children) by providing access to a range of specialist services to meet their physical, psychological and social recovery. The advocate will support clients to access their ECAT entitlements (European Convention on Action Against Trafficking).

The Modern Slavery Outreach Advocate is involved in all aspects of case management including: risk assessment, needs assessment, journey planning, outcomes and case review when supporting clients through their recovery and reflection period. This is a challenging role that requires individual resilience and emotional strength as the situations and circumstances can be traumatic. The post holder needs to be able to work in a fast-paced work environment, build excellent partnerships with relevant organisations, build good rapport with clients and manage a caseload.

The Modern Slavery Support Service is a specialist service providing accommodation and community support to victims of modern-day slavery and human trafficking, who have accessed the National Referral Mechanism and are supported under the Home Office national contracting arrangements. This is the lead provider of services covering the West Midlands areas and some of the bordering local authorities. The service works in partnership with key agencies to assess risk and provide tailored support plans for service users.

The support provided, as defined by the national contract, is to ensure that victims of modern slavery receive a safe space to live, support including financial and practical assistance, and referrals to partner agencies as necessary.

Requirements:

• You must have experience working with vulnerable adults and children, acknowledging safeguarding concerns and responding appropriately.
• May require some infrequent work outside of normal office hours.
• Full driving license with willingness to use own vehicle.
• Frequent travel further afield, such as Croydon and Solihull.
• DBS check to be undertaken.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.
• The post holder may be required to undertake additional duties from time to time as instructed by the Service Lead and Executive Director, such as group work and presentations.

This job description will be subject to review as part of the annual appraisal process.

Benefits:

• Mileage allowance.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to group clinical supervision with a BACP trained counsellor.
• 25 days of annual leave (pro rata), plus bank holidays. Opportunities for this to be extended after 3 years of service.
• 1 well-being day (pro rata).
• Annual leave 'buy back' scheme for those who want to purchase additional annual leave days.
• Bi-annual staff away days.
• Regular internal newsletter created by staff.
• Time off in lieu (TOIL) when overtime is required.
• 5% employer contribution to pension.

Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, your application has been unsuccessful.

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Red Snapper Recruitment is a member of the Red Snapper Group. The Red Snapper Group acts as an employment agency (permanent) and as an employment business (temporary) - a free and confidential service to candidates. The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.