‘An exciting opportunity has arisen at the NSPCC Young Witness Service for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join the team.
The NSPCC Young Witness Service is currently delivering services supporting young people who are required to attend court as prosecution witnesses. The successful candidate would develop skills and experience working within these themes.
We are looking for:
A volunteer co-ordinator with the ability to plan and deliver training to volunteers to support young people and their families through the court process the ability to identify risk and have experience of child protection intervention as well as up to date knowledge of legislation, research and best practice.
Within Young Witness Support's overall aim of ensuring that children have access to justice, the particular purpose of this post is to promote and implement the positive involvement of volunteers with YWS including the coordination of recruitment, training, development and retention of volunteer supporters.
This is an exciting time for the NSPCC, with staff at all levels engaging in a range of new projects and developments. You will have a manageable caseload, excellent training and development opportunities.
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This is your opportunity to contribute to service development not only in terms of direct work but also be able to get involved in evaluation, influencing and dissemination of learning and have the opportunity to be part of an exciting new strategy to help end cruelty to children.
You must hold a full UK drivers license with access to a car and be willing to undertake business travel as part of the role.
There is some home working involved as well as substantive travel across Northern Ireland to provide support across different sites.
As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.
At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.
Siobhan Walters / Children's Services