Cse Practitioner

• Hold and manage a caseload of children and young people who have experienced or are at risk of CSE to support them to build trusted relationships in 1:1 support session
• To ensure the support is trauma informed and that the child/young person is at the centre and empowered in the approach while maintaining a flexible approach
• To undertake and ensure records are kept of sessions, assessments, planning, progress and decision making
• To attend and contribute specialist knowledge around CSE to child in planning meetings, child protection conferences and other multi-agency meetings about individual children/young people you support and advocating for them
• To ensure safeguarding is at the centre of all that we do and raise concerns in a timely manner
• To act as a Safeguarding Point of Contact to assist the team with day-to-day safeguarding concerns through support and troubleshooting
• To gain children and young people’s views for their individual work as well as on the design and delivery of the services and work towards ways of implementing their ideas
• To work with the team to contribute to group work for delivery to children and young people in a range of settings
• To deliver workshops to help children and young people on a range of topics including sexual exploitation, healthy relationships, consent, online safety, toxic masculinity and more
• To establish, develop and maintain good relationships with partner agencies, professionals and organisations both statutory and voluntary sector and represent the organisation at events and network meetings
• Support with sexual health, and to access services like C Card and sexual health screening and contraception where appropriate
• To take part in regular line management, clinical supervision and team meetings
• To effectively organise your working day, making the best use of time, geographical distances and resources
• To work with the staff team to undertake monitoring and evaluation of the service including writing of reports for funders and other stakeholders
• To identify personal learning and training needs through line management and annual appraisal and actively participate in training and education
• To contribute to the planning and implementation of wider organisational events and initiatives as they arise
• To include any other duties within the scope of the post as required

• Experience of working with children and young people including in a safeguarding setting
• An understanding of Child Sexual Exploitation and the associated matters through policy, legislation and practice
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusting, empathetic relationships with young people
• Interest or ability to work with young people in a trauma-informed, non-judgmental, and empowering manner
• Able to assess and mitigate identified risks in case work
• Ability to be adaptable, flexible and have the emotional resilience to deal with challenging situations, changing priorities and demands
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively, including record keeping and time management
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Confidence to undertake group work, delivering workshops, and engaging young people in topics such as consent, healthy relationships, online safety, and sexual health

Relevant qualification in youth work, psychology, counselling, or a related field is desirable