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Senior Practitioner (children and young people online) 

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire or Epsom, Surrey (hybrid)  |  £46,416 to £47,971 per annum |  37.5 hours per week

Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity as a skilled and talented senior practitioner to join the management team for a thriving service area, whilst continuing to work directly with our children, young people and their families? We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our dynamic, forward-thinking team.

About you and the role

This post needs someone who is confident in project management, professional, proactive and outcome-focused, with exceptional communication and engagement skills. You will have the vision and operational management capabilities to maintain and advance our online support services for young people.

You will:

• be responsible for managing and advancing our new Shore website for young people and helping us reach our ambition for every young person in the UK to know Shore is there to help them
• deliver complex, expert assessment and interventions with families impacted by harmful sexual behaviour, and confident consultancy and training to a wide range of professionals working with children and young people
• support our skilled practitioners in delivering an evidence informed and quality service
• passionately enable and uphold the team’s commitment to excellent practice in the prevention of harmful sexual behaviour

Why the Lucy Faithfull Foundation? We'll offer you...

• an opportunity to make a positive difference to the lives of children who have the right to live free from sexual abuse and exploitation
• access to continuous professional development
• a competitive salary and access to a pension scheme
• access to a hybrid working scheme with a minimum of 2 days in the office
• full-time staff receive 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days following 5 years’ service and in line with our leave year January-December)
• a dedicated employee assistance programme
• access to Benenden medical cover and Employee discounts
• free eye tests, discounted gym membership and employee discount savings

How to apply

We welcome informal conversations with prospective candidates about the role and the charity in advance of the deadline. Please feel free to contact Head of Clinical Services (children & young people) Rachel Haynes at rhaynes@lucyfaithfull.org.uk.

An application form and equal ops form are in this pack.

We look forward to receiving your completed documents by 5:00pm on 20^th September 2024. Please send your completed application to recruitment@lucyfaithfull.org.uk. Interviews will take place on 3^rd October. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful with your application.

Please note the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check for this position.

We believe in creating a positive environment where our differences are respected and each of us feels valued for our contribution. Treating people fairly is part of our values and at the core of our culture. As an inclusive employer, all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, age, socioeconomic background, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibilities, marital status, nationality and disability including invisible disabilities and neurodiversity.

Project Manager - young people (Scotland) 

Edinburgh (hybrid)  |  £38,000 to £42,000 per annum |  37.5 hours per week

About you and the role

We are recruiting a practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team in Edinburgh to lead our work with children, young people and young adults up to the age of 21.

You will head up our flagship project working with high schools in Edinburgh promoting the prevention of harmful sexual behaviour in an educational context. This includes running workshops for parents on how they can promote positive and healthy relational and sexual development. It will include helping teachers respond sensitively and effectively to early concerns about children’s sexual behaviour. And it will involve working with young people themselves to help develop a curriculum that actively promotes prevention of sexual harm. You will work with our research team to help establish evaluation methods for all aspects of this project and to develop a scalable model of prevention that can be rolled out across all schools, better protecting children from harm. You will work closely with our UK based Schools Project Manager who will support all aspects of this project.

You will also have a small caseload, working with young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour online. You will contribute to training, consultation and policy work in relation to tackling youth perpetrated sexual abuse. It’s a wide ranging and exciting role, and we will be able to support and train the successful candidate in all aspects of our work. You will be supported by our UK based young people’s team.

Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic practitioner with a proven ability to drive projects to achieve required outcomes. You will be professional, proactive and outcome-focused with exceptional communication and engagement skills and an ability to develop partnership ways of working with professionals and agencies. The role requires expert knowledge in relation to working with children who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour and significant experience with supporting and advising leaders, child care professionals, young people and parents. You will have an impeccable understanding of child protection policies and principles and evidence of working with safeguarding partners to keep children safe from harm. A track record of providing consultancy and training to other professionals is desirable.

You will be able to demonstrate confidence in translating the charity’s mission into direct child protection practice and equipping other professionals in tackling child sexual abuse.

Key attributes we are seeking include:

• Deliver assessment and interventions for children, young people and families in relation to harmful sexual behaviour
• Vision and operational capabilities to co-ordinate and deliver on a substantial project focussing on the prevention of harmful sexual behaviour in education settings
• Leadership and management skills in producing successful outcomes
• Impeccable knowledge of safeguarding principles, policies and practices
• Proven track record of working in and/or with education providers
• Collaborative and supportive ethos, enabling effective working with team members and leaders across the charity
• Flexibility and passion to work alongside internal and external colleagues to ensure quality work is delivered efficiently
• Excellent engagement skills and experience of working professionally with professionals (including school staff), young people and parents
• Confidence in providing expert consultancy to internal and external professionals concerning best practices for working with children
• Ability to provide confidential advice to callers, including education leaders and staff
• Effective record keeping in line with the charity’s policy and practice
• Stakeholder engagement and excellent communication skills to promote the mission and values of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation.

This is a highly rewarding role making a genuine difference to children’s lives. It involves working within a friendly, supportive and hardworking team which is committed to keeping children safe from sexual harm.

What you will get from us

We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 2 days working from the office. We offer a NEST pension, 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days (plus statutory bank holidays) after 5 years’ service and in line with our leave year (January-December), up to 5 days learning and development per year to make sure you stay on top of your game, an employee assistance programme and the option of Benenden medical cover.

How to apply

We really welcome informal conversations with prospective candidates about the role and the charity in advance of the deadline. Please feel free to contact Stuart Allardyce, Director Scotland on 07881 824871.

An application form and equal opportunities monitoring form are included within this pack.

Please submit your completed documents to recruitment@lucyfaithfull.org.uk by 5pm, 30th September. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on 11th October. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful with your application.

Please note the successful candidate will be required to have a PVG check from Disclosure Scotland for this position.