This job looks really interesting and rewarding but am I right in thinking that the wage seems really low?
It’s surely going to cause some second hand trauma and be a mentally challenging job - but perhaps these types of jobs are all around this pay.
It’s full time, salary £25-27,000.
I’ll copy and paste part of the job description below:
PURPOSE
To provide specialist advocacy and support to children and young people and their families who have experienced rape, sexual violence, or sexual abuse, while also allowing flexibility within the role to work with adult survivors where required.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide specialist, trauma-informed advocacy and support to children and young people who have experienced sexual violence. There is also a need to support adult survivors of all ages when required.
- Provide compassionate, non-judgmental emotional and practical support tailored to the age and needs of children and young people, ensuring they remain central to all our interactions.
- Assess risk and support children and young people in creating a tailored safety and support plan.
- Offer guidance and advocacy through the criminal justice process, including support with police investigations and court proceedings, From ‘Report to Court’. including accompanying them to meetings with the police, the courts and other professionals.
- Providing clear and accurate information to survivors on reporting rape and sexual violence offences so that they can assess their options and make informed choices.
- Work closely with parents/carers (where appropriate) and professionals, ensuring a coordinated response to support.
- Build strong partnerships with education providers, social services, and health professionals to enhance support for young survivors.
- Provide information on rights, entitlements, and options available, empowering young people to make informed choices.
- To provide ISVA cover as needed across the service, which may include supporting at court and holding cases temporarily.
- Attend case conferences, multi-agency meetings, and contribute to safeguarding processes where required.
- Manage a caseload, ensuring that the case management system, and all other recording systems, are updated in an accurate and timely manner in line with data protection regulations and organisational policies.
- Manage your own diary and correspondence, make your own room bookings where necessary and arrange and cancel your own appointments.
- Work effectively both independently and as part of a team, managing a busy workload, prioritising tasks efficiently, and remaining calm and professional under pressure.
- Develop and maintain strong and effective working relationships with key external stakeholders.
- Participate in the development and delivery of awareness-raising activities for professionals and young people…..