Who are we?

Kibble is Scotland’s specialist provider of services for at risk children and young people. By providing a range of integrated services, we help build positive futures for children and young people aged 5 plus, with complex social, emotional and educational needs.

About the service:

The SAFE service is an exciting new national and free to access service for children and families affected by crime. It is Scottish Government funded through the Victim Centred Approach Fund for three years. The service will go to families in their communities and provide person-centred and trauma-responsive services through advocacy, systemic family therapy and individual psychological therapy where needed. The overall goal of the service is to support the emotional wellbeing of young victims/witnesses to crime (aged 5-25). The service will do this by providing three types of support.

Type 1: Professional Consultation

We will provide systemic and psychological advice and support for organisations and professionals who do not have that expertise in trauma, mental health, and intervention but who support young victims and witnesses, e.g., education, social work, police. This will include drawing together shared-understanding formulations and care/intervention plans alongside other professionals. It may also include training and consultation around organisational processes and structures. The goal is to improve systems and how they support young people.

Type 2: delivery of direct systemic family and psychological therapy to children, young people and their wider family impacted by crime.

The service will work with families to help them understand the impact of crime/victimisation and how models such as attachment-based parenting and trauma therapy, can help them and their children and young people. We will support children directly with a therapy modality that fits them. Therapeutic interventions will be assertive and go to the children and families in their community. Our aim is to intervene and prevent experiences of crime and victimisation leading to harmful or risk-taking behaviours. We understand the impact of multi-generational trauma experienced by parents and carers and will work with a family to help them with the impact of domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. We will work alongside families to enhance their resilience and capacity as carers. We will work closely with professionals and services to help ensure that risk assessment and management along with safeguarding requirements are effectively planned, assessed, responded to, and met.

Type 3: Advocacy

We will provide advocacy support to children who have experienced crime helping them through the Criminal Justice process, explaining the procedures, how they work and ensuring they understand their individual rights. We will support young victims to be able to make decisions based on what is right for them. Our advocacy services will enable children and young people to engage more safely and meaningfully with court processes and feel empowered to complete court actions, with an aim to increase accountability of perpetrators, reduce repeat offending and achieve positive outcomes for family members. We will advise children and young people of their options for seeking help and will connect them to services and co-ordinate the provision of multi-agency support in relation to the reporting of crime. We will proactively ensure barriers to accessing support and protection are minimised and will advocate for victims with external support agencies who can help address challenges that they may face. By acting alongside children and young people we will enable them to feel safe and supported in accessing the justice system.

Job Purpose:

The role aims to help to ensure that children and young people are informed and supported after experiencing crime, including as they navigate criminal justice processes. Applicants should have knowledge of the issues and processes regarding children who have experienced crime and their journey through the criminal justice system. They should be highly motivated to support children, an excellent communicator and willing and able to collaborate with other agencies, professionals, and families. They will help young people be understood and heard. They will support young victims’ voices to be heard within SAFE which will inform and contribute to the development of the service.

Main Responsibilities:

To provide advocacy to children and young people who have experienced crime.
To keep up to date with relevant research, legislation and policy development in relation to children and families experiencing crime
To help children and young people make informed decisions about the criminal justice system and the prosecution of perpetrators.
To provide information to children throughout the criminal justice process and ensure children and young people are kept informed of their rights and options.
To help children and young people communicate their views and wishes in different areas of their life and make informed decisions regarding receiving help, their engagement with other services including the police.
To create and maintain accurate records and notes regarding referrals and work completed.
To facilitate sessions with young people and parents who are part of SAFE committees that aim to ensure service user voices are respected, included and contribute to informing the development of the service.

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