Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Children's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor on behalf of our client based in the West Midlands. The specialist trained Children's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (CHISVA) provides a frontline high quality service to children and young people between the ages of 5-18 years. The support is tailored to the individual needs of the child/young person, using a trauma informed approach.
Location: Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £24,310.04 - £27,751.55
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Main duties and responsibilities
Provide support to children and young people, providing high quality, evidence based, age appropriate, one to one interventions; this will take into consideration both safeguarding and individual needs.
Manage a caseload of children and young people, to include all aspects of case management including, safeguarding, risk assessment, needs assessment, advocacy, support planning, outcomes and case review.
Provide support to parents/guardians, helping them to understand trauma based behavior's and strategies to assist them in supporting their children/young people.
Facilitate group work, as and when needed, to raise awareness of the impact of trauma through psycho-social education.
Remain compliant with the statutory framework, Working Together to Safeguard Children Act 2018
Ensure that any issues in relation to safeguarding children are brought to the immediate attention of the Senior ISVA/managerPerson Specification
Educated to minimum Level 3 or equivalent, with a good level of experience in Health and social care
Experience of working with children/young people, acknowledging safeguarding concerns and responding appropriately
Experience of handling a caseload
Experience of working with families with complex needs, such as mental health and substance misuse
Experience of using risk assessments and appropriate interventions tools to manage and identify risk
Experience of working/liaising within a multi-agency setting with a range of stakeholders and representing clients/organization an external meetingsAdditional Requirements
May require some work outside of normal office hours
Full driving license with willingness to use own vehicle
DBS check to be undertaken
Eligibility to work in the UK
Application Process
Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.
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