Adolescent/Child Safeguarding & Exploitation Specialist

• Review complex adolescent cases to assess sexual safety and exploitation (CSE/CSA) risks.
• Produce clear, defensible written safeguarding guidance suitable for non-specialists.
• Apply recognised risk-assessment and safeguarding frameworks to evaluate urgency and appropriate interventions.
• Identify indicators of grooming, coercion, and exploitation within nuanced case details.
• Recommend protective actions and escalation pathways, including when mandatory reporting is warranted.
• Utilise a trauma-informed lens, weighing developmental, capacity, and consent factors in each assessment.
• Benchmark your clinical judgments against peer standards and established protocols to ensure guidance accuracy and reliability.

• Demonstrated expertise in CSE/CSA risk assessment and mandatory-reporting requirements.
• Strong skills in trauma-informed practice and documentation.

• Specialty background in child protection, forensic child/adolescent psychiatry or psychology, or paediatric medicine with a safeguarding remit.
• Active clinical license or registration in good standing.
• Current or recent (within the last two years) adolescent caseload or safeguarding practice.
• Exceptional written communication in research-grade English (native, or IELTS 7.5+/writing 7.0+, TOEFL 100+, Cambridge C1–C2, or equivalent).
• Experience in a designated safeguarding or expert-witness capacity, and familiarity with ACEs and trauma frameworks, is a plus.

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