London
Full Time
Permanent
£14.18 per hour
Barnardo's Children Rights provides is multidisciplinary service which provides Advocacy and Independent Visitor (IV) services to children in care. The Advocacy and IV services are separate provisions which are housed under the umbrella of Children Rights in Barnardo's.
The Advocacy service provides independent advice to children in care about their rights and entitlements. It seeks to empower young people by - amongst others; supporting them to access legal advice, access information about the care system, support with accessing housing and improving communication with professionals involved in their care.
The Advocacy service, often responds to urgent referrals where prompt action and negotiation with a number of professionals is needed. Most advocacy cases close within 3 months as we aim to achieve a timely resolution for young people. Most of our cases are fast turning and thus you would be expected to work in a dynamic environment. Children and young people are at the centre of our work and we operate to a high degree of confidentiality and safeguarding. The nature of the Children's Rights services is complex and it requires a careful balance of competing priorities whilst ensuring safeguarding at all times.
Reporting to the Advocacy Team Manager, you will be based in our Crystal Palace office, which is close to public transport links. Whilst your base will be in Crystal Palace, our services expand across London and sometimes we support children who are placed around the UK. Some travel and working hours' flexibility will be needed.
This post is for an As & When role, supporting Children and Young People across all of the London boroughs we are currently working with.
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
London
Full Time
Permanent
£14.18 per hour