Parent Liaison Officer
We are looking for an experienced Parent Liaison Officer to join our caring and passionate team and make a lasting impact for children and families affected by child exploitation.
Your role as Parent Liaison Officer will be to work with multi-agency partners, tackling child exploitation as an independent source of support and contact for parents whose children are being sexually and criminally exploited.
You will liaise between statutory agencies and families in order to maximise the ability of all parties to safeguard a child at risk of/being sexually and criminally exploited and promote best practice in the work of professionals to safeguard children.
Our successful candidate will have an understanding of issues faced by young people and their families, particularly in relation to exploitation and abuse, as well as knowledge of safeguarding agencies and LSCB roles. You will have a commitment to the ethos of Ivison Trust, working with parents as valued partners in tackling child exploitation. You will also need a relevant qualification.
Responsible to: Head of Parent Services
Hours of work: 37 including the occasional evenings and weekends
Location: West Yorkshire
Salary & Benefits: £32,076
- Holidays/entitlement: 25 days (pro rata), plus 3 days between Christmas and New Year, plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme 8% employer’s contribution from April 2020.
- Extensive training package
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Professional development opportunities
Ivison Trust runs a national training programme which our employees can access as part of their professional development. All of our front-line support staff have the opportunity to gain our Ivison Trust ACSEP qualification, a Level 4 Award in Child Sexual Exploitation which recently received “Outstanding”.