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RSR and Black Country Women's Aid are currently recruiting for a Children's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (CHISVA).
As a CHISVA, you will provide 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.
This is a full time, permanent role, based in the Black Country (Sandwell, Walsall and Dudley) and offers a salary of £24,310.04 - £27,751.55 (dependent upon qualifications and experience)
Full driving license and access to own vehicle is required for this position.
Main Duties:
- Provide support to children and young people, providing high quality, evidence based, age appropriate, one to one intervention; 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 behaviours and strategies to assist them in supporting their children/young people.
- Attendance and input at multi-agency meetings, such as Child in Need (CIN) and Team Around the Family (TAF).
- Provide support to clients engaging with the Criminal Justice System, supporting with ABE (Achieving Best Evidence) interviews, and attendance at pre-trial visits and hearings. In addition to this, supporting with CICA claims and Victim's Right to Review.
- Develop good working relationships and liaise with outside agencies about the risks and needs of children/young people when needed; this will include joint working and referrals to colleagues within BCWA or other external agencies where appropriate.
- Facilitate group work, as and when needed, to raise awareness of the impact of trauma through psycho-social education.
- Record casework accurately and ensure that the administration of the caseload is always up to date.
- Ensure that any issues in relation to safeguarding children are brought to the immediate attention of the Senior ISVA/manager.
- Ensure that the overall quality of service is working within external/national standards including, Lime Culture (ISVA National Qualification) and National Occupational Standards (NOS).
Essential Requirements:
- Educated to minimum Level 3 or equivalent, with a good level of experience in Health and social care.
- GCSEs English and Mathematics - Grade C or above.
- Have working knowledge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's) in relation to sexual violence.
- 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/organization an external meeting.
Role is subject to DBS check at the relevant level.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, your application has been unsuccessful.
If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us! We have a "Refer A Friend" bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us and are successfully placed!
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The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.