Child Exploitation Intervention Worker

• Flexible working available, using a hybrid model in line with the needs of the service - working from home and your contracted work base.
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Permanent for 37 hours per week.

We cannot offer sponsorship for this role. You must already have the right to work in the UK without needing visa sponsorship.

We’re working to improve the lives of people in Somerset – and you’ll be a key part of that.

We are seeking an exceptional support worker, who can engage with children and their families/carers where a child is at risk of or being actively exploited. We know that child sexual and criminal exploitation is an increasing national issue and in Somerset we are building reflexive and responsive services that work at both a preventative level and intervene when a child is at risk of serious harm within the community.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be.

Working within Children’s services WAVE team (Working Against Violence and Exploitation) alongside Social Workers, Intervention Risk outside the home specialist, Family workers and misper workers. Your role will focus on working to provide one-to-one support to children who may be experiencing or at risk of exploitation. The role focuses on building trusting relationships and delivering targeted interventions that help children recognise and navigate risks outside the home, while promoting their safety and wellbeing. You will work alongside children to build their awareness and confidence, while acknowledging and addressing the harms that exist within communities. Through a child-centred, trauma-informed approach, you will support children to increase their safety and strengthen protective networks to help reduce the risk of exploitation and violence.

The perfect candidate will have excellent communication and organisation skills, as a key part of this role will be to submit intelligence and feedback to partner agencies to promote disruption.

You will need to be able to travel countywide to meet the requirements of this post.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more.

The salary range for this role is £28,598 to £32,061 per annum

For an informal chat about the role please contact Chloe Deverell, Team Manager - chloe.deverell@somerset.gov.uk 

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.

This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.