Children's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor

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
Salary: £24,310.04 - £27,751.55 DOE
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Please Note - Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.

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 behaviour'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/manager

Person Specification

• 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/organisation an external meetings

Additional Requirements

• May require some work outside of normal office hours
• Full driving license with willingness to use own vehicle is essential
• 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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