Advocate and Children's Rights Worker

2 weeks ago

StokeonTrent, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Barnardo's Full time
Children's Rights and Advocacy Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Your Rights, Your Voice Advocacy team based at HMYOI Werrington.

  • Barnardo's is seeking an empathetic and child led individual who can work within a dynamic and fastpaced environment using their strong organisation, communication and time management skills to support children in the secure estate.
  • This position is based within HMYOI Werrington, which accommodates children aged between 1518 years, who are in custody either sentenced or on remand. Barnardo's refers to Young Offender Institutions (YOI's) and Secure Training Centres (STC's) as the Secure Estate
- _(please note, the location of some secure establishments may mean they are not easily accessed by public transport)._

  • Barnardo's is commissioned by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to provide an Independent Children's Rights and Advocacy (ICRA) Service to children accommodated in a secure setting. Barnardo's has held this contract across England and Wales since 2008, and in January 2019 were awarded the contract for a further 5 years.

The service is known to children as Barnardo's:
Your Rights, Your Voice, and currently works within five Young Offender Institutes, and one Secure Training Centre

  • Barnardo's:
Your Rights, Your Voice is child led and independent of the secure estate.

We hold 'voice' at the heart of all we do, therefore we feel the role is best described by someone who is currently working in this service:
"The role is a Children's Rights and Advocacy role, which means it is our job to empower the children we work with and help them to understand that what they think, what they feel and what they want really matters. We can speak on behalf of children to ensure their voice is heard and we also have the opportunity to help them to find the tools and confidence to raise their voices for themselves. Advocacy and Children's Rights support is particularly crucial in the secure estate because children are away from home, family and champions, and also because children in secure estate are some of the most vulnerable children in society; they have often faced considerable adversity, disadvantage and discrimination prior to arriving into custody and they might not therefore be equipped with the skills needed to articulate their concerns.- Through the work you do with a child from simply helping them make contact with friends or family on the outside, to helping them with concerns they may have for example; discrimination, resettlement or safeguarding. You may be the one person telling them they matter for the very first time."- The position is line managed by a Team Manager, reporting to an off-site senior manager. Other than the Team Manager, the wider management team are based offsite and a significant distance away from the establishment.- Therefore, the post holder will need to be able to work autonomously, working to the requirements of the contract and the regime of the YOI. The secure estate is a highly structured environment; as a Barnardo's service we deliver independent advocacy and support for a range of issues, whilst still having to follow and adhere to this structure.- We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.


For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which should be in place by 1st April 2023.

This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's.

  • WORKPLACE OFFER: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU
The world of work has changed.

We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working.

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations.

This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.


  • Benefits
  • Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their worklife balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
  • The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
  • A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
  • Service related sick pay from day
  • Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% co

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