children advocacy Work, Jobs in london, eng (with Salaries)

Children's Rights Officer - Children in Care and Care Leaver Advocate
City of Westminster Council —Westminster
- £42,912 - £46,854 a year
- Communication skills
Children’s Advocacy Helpline Volunteer
Coram —London
- Part-time
- Travel
Assessment & Enablement Officer
Barnet Council —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Oracle
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Flexitime
7d
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Ark Schools —London
- £41,632 - £47,917 a year
- School
- Employee assistance programme
Domestic Abuse Crisis Intervention Worker
Solace Women's Aid —London
- £32,319 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Tribunal & Mediation Officer
London Borough of Camden —London
- £50,537 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- IT
- Communication skills
5d
Independent Visitor Coordinator
Reconstruct Children and Adult services —London
- £16,931 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Word processing
- Administrative experience
- Travel
- Work from home
- Sick pay
Quick apply
Independent Social Worker
Rebuild and Rise Families Ltd —London
- £25 - £40 an hour
- Hybrid work
- Childcare
- Supervising experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Work from home
Quick apply
7d
Young Person's Resilience Worker
Change Grow Live —Newham
- £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 a year
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
1d
Children's Safeguarding Lawyer
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham —London
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Core IDVA x2
Advance —London
- £26,000 - £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
4d
EHCP Coordination Officer
Surrey County Council —Weybridge
- £36,873 - £39,820 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
12d
Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Compass-uk.org —London
- £29,545 - £34,683 a year
- Overtime
- Childcare
- Working with children
- Mentoring
- Employee assistance programme
- Sick pay
8d
Housing Options Officer
YMCA London City & North —London
- £29,962 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Administrative experience
- IT
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
Quick apply
Experience & Engagement Manager
Virgin Active —London
- From £40,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Employee discount
Head of Support Services
Missing People —London
- £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Team management
Young Carers Family Support Navigator
Harrow Carers —Harrow
- £17.60 an hour
- Part-time
- In-person
- Care plans
- School
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Flexitime
Quick apply
6d
Deputy CYP Lead
Rape Crisis South London (RCSL) —London
- £41,000 - £44,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Working with children
- No degree
- Leadership
- Free parking
Quick apply
12d
Head of Policy and Public Affairs
TeachFirst —London
- £58,690 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
7d
School Mentor
Spark2Life —East London
- Up to £27,000 a year
- Full-time
- Working with children
- Case management
- Driving
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
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Children's Rights Officer - Children in Care and Care Leaver Advocate

City of Westminster Council -
Westminster

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Permanent
£42,912 - £46,854 a year

Qualifications

Communication skills

Full job description

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF EMPOWERED FAMILIES

Children’s Services at Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories where compassionate people bring everything to their work, including their own experiences of parenting.

Take Melissa, a Senior Social Worker in our Assessment Team. She’s one of the first people families meet when accessing our services, so building rapport is critical. And that’s where Melissa’s life experience really counts. She had her first child as a young adult and knows just how judgemental others can be.

Melissa has something unique to offer and it can’t be found in a textbook: her own experience of raising two children as a single parent. She’s committed to empowering others: giving them the skills, resources and confidence they need, from housing support to baby supplies. And if the family has older kids? Well, she’s been there too. Her youngest is now 15 and Melissa knows the challenges of helping young people navigate inner-city life.

Melissa first learnt her craft as a support worker, then completed her statutory training as social worker – all while raising her family single-handed. And she’s not done yet. Supported by her managers, she’s been training in systemic therapy and is already looking forward to her next development opportunity.

Melissa’s more than a social worker; she’s a shining example to the families she works with every day.

The Role:

As a Children’s rights officer- Children in Care and Care Leaver Advocate, you can make your own powerful contribution to children and young people across Westminster. Advocacy can help children, young people and adults understand their rights, make informed decisions and have their voice heard on matters that are important to them. Your day-to-day will be varied and dynamic, and will include visiting, engaging with, and completing tailored direct work with care experienced children, young people and adults up to the age of 25. Acting as an advocate for their views, wishes and feelings, you’ll speak on their behalf or help them present their views to the service.

A source of support, guidance and understanding, you’ll help empower self-advocacy, ensuring the children, young people and adults you support understand agreed outcomes, available options and complaints procedures. Where necessary, you’ll challenge issues on behalf of the young person, ensuring their views are fully represented and given due consideration at relevant forums. Liaising with colleagues, internal and external agencies and senior management, you’ll provide up-to-date, effective reporting on children and young people in your caseload.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

An established professional with a recognised qualification which evidences direct involvement with children and young people, or similar, you’ll have experience completing direct work with care experienced children of different ages, needs and cultural backgrounds. This might include unaccompanied young people seeking asylum, children with disabilities or children in residential settings. Knowledge of care experienced children’s rights, and the legislation that informs this is crucial to this role. As well as experience of using this knowledge alongside varied advocacy values, and approaches to support children and young people.

Bringing strong verbal and written communication skills to the role, you’ll confidently vary your communication style to convey and advocate for the voices and needs of children and young people. In a previous role, you’ll have compiled written reports, managed a caseload, and provided advocacy and ‘non-instructed’ advocacy for children and young people, to help them understand their rights and make informed decisions. Your knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures — including of the legal and policy frameworks for vulnerable children, young adults and adults — will be demonstrable and up to date.

More than anything, you’ll be an empathetic source of support for children and young people. Centering their voices, and taking a sensitive approach to everything you do, you’ll provide a safe space for young people to express their views, feel listened to and work with them and key professionals towards an agreed outcome. This is a fantastic opportunity to help improve outcomes for care experienced young people, join a tight-knit, industry leading team, and to grow your career in a varied, rewarding role.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

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children advocacy jobs in london, eng

Children's Rights Officer - Children in Care and Care Leaver Advocate

Children’s Advocacy Helpline Volunteer

Assessment & Enablement Officer

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

Domestic Abuse Crisis Intervention Worker

Tribunal & Mediation Officer

Independent Visitor Coordinator

Independent Social Worker

Young Person's Resilience Worker

Children's Safeguarding Lawyer

Core IDVA x2

EHCP Coordination Officer

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Housing Options Officer

Experience & Engagement Manager

Head of Support Services

Young Carers Family Support Navigator

Deputy CYP Lead

Head of Policy and Public Affairs

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