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Permanent

Children''s Rights Advocate

Milton Keynes
money-bag 28124.00-28124.00 Annual
3075735928
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Barnardo''s is seeking an empathetic and child led individual who can work within a dynamic and fast-paced environment using their strong organisational, communication and time management skills to support children in the secure estate. This part-time position (Children''s Rights and Advocacy Worker - Project Worker 2) is based within Oakhill Secure Training Centre, which accommodates children aged between 12-18 years, who are in custody, either sentenced or on remand. Barnardo''s refers to Young Offender Institutions (YOI) and Secure Training Centres (STC) as the ''Secure Estate''. Barnardo''s is commissioned by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to provide an Independent Children''s Rights and Advocacy (ICRAS) Service to children accommodated in a secure setting. The service is known to children as Barnardo''s: Your Rights, Your Voice, and currently works within four Young Offender Institutes, one Secure Training Centre and one Secure Children''s home. The ICRAS service is child led and independent of the secure estate; our service is delivered within Oakhill STC to ensure children can freely access support for a range of issues linked to their needs, rights and experiences of custody, resettlement, and safeguarding. As such this is a child-facing service, and at times involves lone working in the establishments, so we are seeking someone who can see the child, not the offence. We hold ''voice'' at the heart of all we do, therefore we feel the role is best described by someone ..... full job details .....

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