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Role: Young Person’s Advocate
Based: Brent Civic Centre and Hammersmith
Rate: £19 - £20 umb
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Temp ongoing
Hours: Monday to Friday 35 hours per week
Our client, a specialist Domestic Violence charity based in London is looking to recruit a Young Person’s Advocate to join their team.
Synopsis of duties:
- Providing specialist one-to-one keywork and advocacy support to a caseload of young women, aged 15-24.
- Build relationships with statutory and non-statutory specialist agencies in contact with young women and girls to build specialist referral pathways and provide a whole systems approach to supporting young women in touch with the criminal justice system
- Provide an in-reach prison service to young women via video call/telephone and face-to-face where appropriate prior to leaving custody to assist in preparing them for release and meeting them at the gate upon release.
- Provide outreach support and advocacy to young women in the community with varying multiple complex needs across each complexity level.
- Conduct an initial holistic assessment of young women’s needs.
- Develop and regularly review individual support plans across all pathways of need.
- Regularly meet with young women to provide dedicated emotional and practical support, adopting a trauma-informed, non-judgemental approach to empower young women towards an independent, safe, crime-free life
- Attend the different probation offices in the region you cover, integrate with National Probation Service staff, and introduce the Minerva services to the client, encouraging referrals and establishing positive relationships.
- Develop strong professional relationships and networks with local support services and advocate for young women with external agencies, including at Housing, Social Services, MARAC, and IOM panels.
- Contribute to developing and updating the local Services Directory with details of local organisations, key contacts, and details of services on offer, including eligibility criteria.
- To support the engagement and attendance of young women at Women’s Centres and activities programme.
- To support the work of the Minerva Peer Mentor service, supporting the induction of new volunteers, referring to the service, and working alongside Peer Mentors
Essential Requirements:
- An in-depth knowledge of the needs of young women and of the issues facing young women who are at risk of or who have been involved in the Criminal Justice System.
- Experienced domestic abuse advocate who has worked with complex and multiple-needs
- Strong understanding of the context and challenges facing vulnerable young women and girls, including the impacts of domestic violence, mental health and sexual health.
- DBS on the update service
- Available immediately
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.
