Children & Young Persons Violence Advocate (Internally known as CYPVA)

Location: Yeovil

Salary: £29,919 per year

Permanent Full Time 

The first suitable applicant will be appointed.

PARAGON are a specialist team within The YOU Trust and our mission is ‘together empowering change’ for individuals, families, and our communities. We are committed to ending violence against adults and children, and do this through empowering individual and communities to change.

Essential Requirements:

• Have experiencing working in domestic violence and abuse front-line services for men, women and children, (e.g. Crisis accommodation, outreach, IDVA, MARAC).

• Have excellent communication skills

• Understand Aces and trauma informed interventions.

• Have experience working with children and young people and Intimate teen violence.

• Have a valid full UK driving licence and use of a car.

• Be prepared to working within a number of settings including educational services and have strong knowledge around child and adolescent development.

• Have experience of delivering group work.

• Have experience carrying out assessments, risk assessments, referrals and co-produce individual support plans

• Commitment to complete Safe lives training course and qualification.

The Role: 

• As a Children and Young Persons Violence Advocate you will be expected to deliver evidenced based and researched support for children and young people who are experiencing and/or instigating domestic abuse. 

• You will develop and deliver individual one to one sessions and group work, work in partnership with colleagues to ensure a whole family approach and take a lead role where necessary. 

• You will co-deliver evidence-based courses to both children and their safe parent.

• The role will see you working within a range of settings including our Safe Accommodation provision, schools, colleges and within the community.

• You will be expected to attend safeguarding meetings to advocate the voice of the child/young person and contribute to multi-agency professional meetings where necessary. 

• You will update all information on a case management system, complete reports and work as part of a wider team working across Somerset.  

• You will also be able to work in partnership with colleagues to ensure whole family approach, taking a lead role where necessary. 

About You:

• You will be experienced, skilled and enthusiastic.

• You will be used to working in a fast-paced environment.

• You will be passionate about working with children, young people and their parents

• You will work alongside our clients as an equal partner and give advice and guidance at a level matching the person’s skills and strengths.

• Developing positive working relationships with the local community and support agencies to create a network of support for your clients will be central to the work you do.

Our Benefits:

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

*       Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.

*       Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.

*       Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.

*       Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.

*       Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.

*       Real opportunities to develop in your profession.

*       Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

*       Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!

*       Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity. 

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