Development Practitioner Harmful Sexual Behaviour

**Job title**: Development Practitioner (Harmful Sexual Behaviour)
**Location**: Face to face delivery pan London, agile working for all other duties, office location Southwark
**Reports to**: Service Manager
**Hours of work**: 35 hours per week
**Salary**: Grade C point 1 £31,350 to point 5 £37,950
Grade C point 1 £33,545 to point 5 £40,605 (from 1st September)
**About Safer London**
Safer London is a leading charity working with young Londoners and their families affected by violence and exploitation. We believe that all young Londoners can have a positive and productive future.
Whatever their history, when a child or young person comes to Safer London, they are just that - a child or a young person. By working alongside young Londoners, their families and peers, as well as the places where they spend their time, we can create a safeLondon not just for them - but everyone.
**About the role**
We are looking for a motivated, driven Development Practitioner (Harmful Sexual Behaviour) to deliver outreach support to boys and young men across Barking and Dagenham. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to play an integral role in improving the livesof young Londoners, their families, peers, and communities.
Core responsibilities of the role are, but not limited to:

- Delivering effective and appropriate harmful sexual behaviour services to boys and young men in line with the Safer London model of work ensuring that young Londoners receive the required support to meet their individual assessed needs by completing AIM3Informed Assessments
- Undertake high quality case recording in line with the highest standards and best practice principles
- Working with professionals in partner agencies to facilitate the successful introduction and embedding of the Safer London harmful sexual behaviour model of work into their organisations; to enable increased access to support for more boys and young men thanwe could reach alone
- Train and upskill practitioners within the local authority to support boys and young men displaying harmful sexual behaviour
- Make appropriate onward referrals, signposting children, and young people to support services and positive activities
- Leading on the dissemination of learning by engaging with the evaluation process, supporting the delivery of learning events and reflection spaces and providing peer support to partner colleagues. Contributing to the reporting around the service both internallyand externally, this may include undertaking on occasion presentations and leading learning events
- Work creatively with colleagues to generate project resources and materials as required
- Act at all times in line with safeguarding legislation and guidance, as well as Safer London’s processes and wider pan London processes and protocols
- Undertake any other duties as required and commensurate with the level of this post
If you are a committed, resilient and ambitious Development Practitioner (Harmful Sexual Behaviour) and believe you have what it takes to help us to improve the safety of young Londoners and their families then please apply.
**Additional Information**
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect anyone who works and volunteers with us to share this commitment.
We request an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check as part of the recruitment process.
**Our Benefits Package**
Safer London continually reviews its pay and offers generous benefits:

- Safer London is an agile working organisation. This means you have flexibility to work across different locations e.g. from home, our current office premises (Southwark) and community locations (café/co-working spaces) when you are not delivering face toface work in the community
- Our Flexible Working Policy allows requests from day 1
- Pension Scheme
- Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Mental Health Free Helpline
- Death in Service Benefit
- Acting up, additional responsibilities and student supervisor roles provide opportunities to develop and progress your career. Recognised by additional pay
- Holiday Allowance - You will be entitled to 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays and other statutory holidays, part-time employees receive a pro rata entitlement
- Annual leave linked to length of service - 3 years’ service 30 days and 5 years’ service 33 days, part-time employees receive a pro rata entitlement
**How to apply**
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