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Child Exploitation, Gangs and Missing Co-ordinator - 12 month contract
Reference: NOV20195646
Expiry date: 2019-12-01 23:59:00.000
Location: Colindale & North London Business Park
Salary: £33,948.00 - £37,842.00 Per Annum
Benefits:
Duration:12 months
Attachments: Child_exploitation,_Gangs_and_Missing_Co-ordinator.docx

As part of Barnet’s drive for continuous improvement we are looking for an enthusiastic, positive person to undertake the role of Child Exploitation, Gangs and Missing Co-ordinator. This is an opportunity to join a developing, high profile service and provide a key contribution towards safeguarding our children and young people in Barnet. The Child Exploitation, Gangs and Missing Co-ordinator is a non-social worker qualified post, which will have an essential outward facing role to support social work teams and the wider partnership in identifying:

  • Why children go missing
  • The contextual links between children and adults
  • Building understanding to what is happening in the borough regarding key locations, gang tensions, or themes arising from schools

 

Integral to the post will be the raising of awareness with children and young people and also provide training for professionals, parents and carers. You will co-ordinate and develop the Return Home Interviews for missing children/young people, fulfilling the local authority’s role and statutory duty in this area. Working closely with a range of partner agencies including Police and Children’s social care will ensure timely responses in an integrated manner. The role will ensure that effective action is taken to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people and that best practice in this area is researched and shared. Ensuring that partners respond effectively to the challenges of dealing with missing and exploited young people and are able to undertake preventative actions and relevant safeguarding responsibilities in relation to missing person reports.

 

The role should be focused on problem solving and responsibilities should include:

  • identification of safeguarding priorities
  • collating and sharing information to aid in the identification of risk (at an individual level and in relation to preventative work)
  • establishing and maintaining multi agency partnerships
  • promoting multi agency protocols
  • assisting in the independent oversight of cases
  • escalating safety and risk critical information that may be pertinent to the investigation
  • recognising and highlighting trends, repeat missing individuals and regular addresses, to inform a coordinated and intelligence led response from all partner agencies.

Interviews have been scheduled for 13th December 2019

If shortlisted you will be required to bring photographic ID to your interview to prove your identity.

Barnet is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.
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