Warwickshire Base Exploitation Service Team Manager

Warwickshire Base has been providing a range of services to protect children from CSE since 2014 and has been working with children and young people affected by criminal exploitation (CCE) since 2019. It offers direct work with vulnerable children to reduce the risk of abuse through sexual and criminal exploitation, training, preventative and awareness raising programmes to children within schools and to staff from statutory and voluntary agencies, as well as staff within the private sector. Packages of intervention empower parents/carers to ensure that their children are kept safe.

Responsible for

A defined grouping of appropriately skilled staff (up to circa 10 staff depending on activity and complexity) depending on Service and Contract requirements. May need to operate remotely from CSM depending on Locality service locations.

Key working relationships Internal contacts

• Volunteering Support for Locality as necessary
• Business Support & MI
• Business Line colleagues
• All relevant support functions

External contacts

• Peers and practitioners in other agencies
• Community partnership and planning groups
• Commissioner when delegated by CSM

Job Purpose

• To make a real difference to the lives of Children, Young People and Families by leading and managing a designated team of people working with service users to provide all required Children's Services activities and practices to the agreed standards; collaborating with other colleagues in the Locality as necessary.
• Raising awareness of Barnardo's and its work within the Locality to commissioners, external partners and Barnardo's supporters as part of the Locality management team.