Exploitation Support Worker - National Charity, hireful

About You

Could you bring your expertise in working with young people to support our client's Exploitation Service? You will need to have the right to work in the UK and relevant experience, knowledge and skills including:

Experience Needed

• Significant experience working directly to support at risk young people and families in a social care, statutory or voluntary sector setting.
• Significant experience of successfully advocating for young people and families to get the support they need from other agencies.
• Experience of assessing needs, recognising risk and implementing safeguarding procedures to safeguard children, young people or vulnerable adults.
• Experience of designing and implementing support plans which promote increased wellbeing and safety for young people and families.

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge needed

• Working (proven) knowledge of:
  • the risks faced by children and young people who are missing, associated with a gang, involved in county lines and experiencing child criminal exploitation;
  • effective methods for safeguarding children and young people who are missing, associated with a gang, involved in county lines and experiencing child criminal exploitation;
  • how statutory services respond to victims of county lines and child criminal exploitation and their families.
• Strong advocacy skills.
• Excellent record keeping skills including the effective use of client record databases.

What You Will Get In Return

Our client is a friendly and supportive place to work – it’s a welcoming, caring organisation which really makes a difference to people affected by the issue of missing throughout the UK. They offer generous paid holidays, a range of enhanced family friendly benefits and are happy to talk about flexible working in most roles.

About Our Client

Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. Our client exists to ease the heartache experienced by those missing someone, and to help people who are away from home find their way back to safety. Their vision is for every missing child, adult and family left behind to find help, hope and a safe way to reconnect. They are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working for everyone who needs them. They provide free, confidential support, help and advice by phone, email, text and live chat. They coordinate a UK-wide network of people, businesses and media to join the search for the estimated 170,000 people who go missing each year. Our client aims to put people with lived experience at the heart of their work, amplifying their voices to achieve change.

Find out more and apply

If you want to be a lifeline when someone goes missing, click apply to read the full job description. You will find attached a detailed job description and person specification, and a letter to applicants from the line manager.

To apply, please ensure you include your CV and a brief covering letter explaining how you would be a good fit for this role. They look forward to receiving your application.

Closing date: 23:59 on 6 August 2026 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient interest, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews: 11 and 12 August 2026.

You may have experience of the following: Exploitation Support Worker, Child Safeguarding Officer, Young Person's Advocate, Missing Children Support Worker, Children's Welfare Officer, Family Support Worker, Case Manager - Children's Services, Child Protection Practitioner, Outreach Coordinator, Outreach Worker, Exploitation Specialist, Exploitation Caseworker.

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