Barnardo's National Counter Trafficking Service encompasses four distinct services operating in various geographical areas across England and Wales. This includes the Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service (ICTG Service).
Post 18 Guardians work in the best interests of young people aged over 18 years of age to be an independent source of advice for young people who have been trafficked, to speak up on their behalf and help them orientate around social welfare, immigration and criminal justice systems
Independent Child Trafficking Guardians for Post 18 work to...
- Support identified young people over the age of 18 years of age, through direct work; enabling them to navigate complex systems, such as social care, immigration and criminal justice as well as health and education as they transition from children's social care into adult services.
- Support professionals in identification and the appropriate safeguarding of children and young people who have experienced exploitation including raising awareness of the NRM.
- As an independent advocate working at all times in the young person's best interest, promoting their well-being and right to actively participate in the development of their support provisions.
- Build relationships of trust with young people and support them and the professionals working with them to keep them safe and reduce the risk of missing and re-trafficking as they transition towards adulthood.
- Ensure that every young person is referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), and where applicable transferred from the Child NRM into the Adult NRM process.
- Support young people to build supportive networks in their community as they transition from child to adult services.
- Enable professionals working within the adult sector to better understand the transitional needs of trafficked children as they progress through to adulthood.
The closing date for this job is 23 January 2022 - 9:15am.