Specialist Children’s and Young Person Advisor – Part time

Details

Hours: 30 hours per week

Salary: £23,088 - £25,158 per annum (pro rata)

Position: Part Time

Location: Wiltshire

This role is part of the Wiltshire Project which provides individual and family support to domestic abuse for victims and their children.

Working with children and young people, the team will focus on delivering timely and high quality, trauma informed support to children who have been the victims of domestic abuse.

This is a fixed term position to November 2025.

This exciting post will be working with children who have experienced or been affected by domestic abuse. Focusing on standard and medium risk cases, this role will provide practical and emotional support to children and young people, with an emphasis on early intervention and awareness raising.

In addition, there will be the opportunity to work with the team and manager to develop and deliver new group work provision for young people.

Key tasks and responsibilities include:

• To provide high quality, specialist support to children who have lived in a domestically abusive family.


• Enabling young people to access statutory and other services where appropriate.


• Managing a caseload and working proactively to support young people and their families.


• To deliver educational, time-bound, 1 to 1 support sessions for children and young people.


• Provide specialist support to child victims, with a focus on empowering young people to make informed decisions.


• Ensure that children and young people have a thorough understanding of what constitutes a ‘healthy relationship’.


• Undertake risk assessments and implement robust safety management plans.


• Give practical and emotional support to children affected by domestic abuse.


• Work closely with multi-agency partners and the wider Wiltshire team to ensure that we maintain a focus on risk management and safeguarding.


• Work with your team and manager to develop early intervention resources.


• Engaging with and supporting the MARAC and MASH process, to ensure that the voice of victims is heard.

This role will be based in our Trowbridge office, with a requirement to travel across Wiltshire. FearFree supports staff to work flexibly, with an ability to work in a hybrid fashion, both at home and in the office.

For further information, please click APPLY to visit the Fear Free website.