At a Glance
- Tasks: Support children and young people affected by violence, advocating for their needs and empowering their voices.
- Company: Join The YOU Trust, a passionate team dedicated to ending violence in our communities.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, enhanced leave, training opportunities, and discounts at your favourite stores.
- Other info: Dynamic role with excellent training and support in a collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children and young people while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience with children and young people, and knowledge of domestic violence best practices.
The predicted salary is between 24916 - 24916 £ per year.
Temporary Female Children & Young Person Violence Advocate (internally known as CYPVA)
Location
Ferndown, also covering North Dorset and Swanage
Salary
Temporary, Part Time (32 hours per week) (Temporary for 6 months)
The first suitable applicant will be appointed.
PARAGON are a specialist team within The YOU Trust and our mission is ‘together empowering change’ for individuals, families, and our communities.
We are committed to ending violence against adults and children, and do this through empowering individual and communities to change.
Qualifications
- NNEB, Diploma/Degree or NVQ5 in working with children and young people or equivalent work level experience.
- Experience of supporting children who have been subject to domestic violence and abuse.
- Experience of effective multi-agency and partnership working, person-centred service delivery.
- Experience of safeguarding best practice for children.
- Knowledge of best practice in relation to domestic violence and abuse in health settings and of the function of the MARAC.
- Able to relate well with children and young people and respond positively to challenging behaviour.
Responsibilities
- Experienced in effective multi-agency and partnership working.
- Hold a caseload of CYP and manage diary ensuring I meet their needs as individuals.
- Advocate on behalf of CYP in a professional and respectful manner, encouraging and enabling CYP to have their own voice and develop self-resilience.
- Deliver trauma-informed, person-centred services, enabling client involvement.
- Have knowledge of best practice in relation to domestic violence.
- Work with others to carry out joint assessments and co-produce individual support plans with the people I work with.
Benefits
- Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
- Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
- Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
- Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
- Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
- Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
- Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
- Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.
The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients.
Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.
Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.
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