Children and Young Person Violence Advocate (internally known as CYPVA)

Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire

Salary: £13,463.55pa (£29,919pa FTE)

Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time (18 hours per week)

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:

• Must have a driving licence

• At least 1 years’ experience of delivering a service for Children and Young People.

The appointed Children and Young Person’s Violence Advocate will:

1. have experience of engaging with children and young people at risk of domestic abuse.

2. have experience of engaging with children and young people in the community and in accommodation-based settings.

3. have an understanding of current issues faced by children and young people experiencing domestic abuse.

The Role:

As a Children and Young Person’s Violence Advocate you will work closely with the judicial teams, including CAFCASS, Children's Social Care and others to ensure that children and young people who are experiencing domestic violence and abuse are supported via family court processes. You will provide high quality advocacy and support and engage with local partners. You will prepare reports for court and other meetings such as the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) and other victim focused meetings. You will provide one to one sessions and work in close partnerships to build sustainable relationships in our communities.

About you:

• You will be experienced, skilled and enthusiastic.

• You will be passionate about working with children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse.

• You will ensure that everything you do improves safety and reduces harm for all victims and survivors of domestic abuse.

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

• You will be skilled at working with crisis and be an excellent communicator.

• 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.

• You will develop positive working relationships with the local community and support agencies to create a network of support for your clients.

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

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, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network.

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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