We are seeking applications from candidates who are committed to stopping child exploitation and are able to support professionals across the UK to improve the national response to these issues. Successful candidates will be well informed on aspects of child sexual and criminal exploitation, child protection frameworks and the links to missing, modern slavery and human trafficking and will have experience of engaging and working with voluntary and statutory partners to ensure multi-agency responses are adopted.

Successful candidates’ skills and knowledge are likely to have been developed over multiple years of experience working within the field of child sexual exploitation or child protection and to have a good record of motivating change which is child and young person focused.

The aim of the Response Team is to advise and assist professionals to work towards resolving high and low-risk situations, developing appropriate risk assessments and action plans, assisting at critical stages of scoping and investigation, developing strategies and procedures and raising the profile of all elements of child exploitation at a local and national level. The role will require knowledge of partnership working across all statutory and non-statutory agencies.

Please click this link NWG Exploitation Response Unit Police Justice Lead JD to access the job description for this role.

Please apply in writing by 5 pm on Friday the 18th of March 2022, by sending a current CV and covering letter to [email protected] Should you have any enquiries, please contact Matt Thompson [email protected]

Your covering letter should provide evidence to demonstrate how well you meet each of the competencies described in the job description in the order given. Interviews will take place on the 30th of March 2022.

Please note employment is subject to DBS and satisfactory references