Job Description

The Green House is the only specialist service in Bristol, Bath & Northeast Somerset, and South Gloucestershire supporting children, young people, and families affected by sexual abuse. Our evidence-based, creative, and community-led service model has transformed access to support, reducing wait times by 63%. While rooted locally, our training and survivor-led programmes are shaping the national response to child sexual abuse. This is an exciting time to join our ambitious team as we deliver a new strategy designed to break the silence around child sexual abuse.

We have just secured national funding for the first time for the VOICE Project and are looking for a Senior VOICE Practitioner to lead development and expansion of the programme. We are looking for a skilled

facilitator, leader, activist, and changemaker

who can bring energy, creativity, and confidence to working with young people and parents/carers with lived experience of trauma. While experience in therapeutic settings is valuable, this role is not focused on therapeutic delivery. We are seeking someone who thrives on

group facilitation, co-production, and activism

- someone who understands the power of connection and is passionate about shaping wider systems and influencing national change.

If you have a background in youth work, trauma services e.g., domestic abuse, sexual abuse, social care, community outreach, education, or social justice movements, we'd love to hear from you.

The Green House's VOICE change-making project aims to support young survivors and their family members to lead social change through creativity. Together, we aim to create national systemic change around child sexual abuse. Our approach recognises the inherent strengths and possibility of all young people. We develop creative spaces where young people can connect with their community, grow beyond traumatic experiences and learn to lead services like ours, alongside social change. We see creative change-making and connecting those with lived experience together as imperative to healing. It is the hope for change that helps young people and their families to learn to live a whole life alongside traumatic experiences and step into their potential.

The VOICE Project has two workstreams: Young People's VOICE and Parent/Carer VOICE. We work with young people to deliver a creative arts leadership programme (6 weekly group), alongside creative drop-in spaces, individual projects and paid-for mentorship opportunities. We work with our Parent/Carer VOICE group to deliver monthly group sessions, parent-led drop-in spaces and individual projects. The VOICE Project also leads our national child sexual abuse (CSA) practitioner network.

Please refer to the full and Person Specification on our website Work With Us - The Green House.

If you would like to be considered for this role please send your CV and a supporting document (in the format outlined below) to recruitment@the-green-house.org.uk by Wednesday 8th October 2025. Your supporting document must address the following question:

Why is supporting young people and their families to raise their voices and create change for others critical to healing?

We appreciate that some candidates may find other means of communicating their skills and experience more suitable to them. We accept the following formats as a supporting document:

2-page cover letter

5-minute-long video (either sent as an mp4 attachment alongside your CV or a link to an unlisted YouTube video)

The closing date for all applications is Wednesday 8th October 2025. Please ensure that you have submitted your CV and your supporting document in the format of your choice.

Interviews are expected to take place on 22nd & 24th October 2024 and will be held on-line.

Please that we will shortly be recruiting a VOICE Practitioner post to accompany the Senior role, please specify in your letter whether you would also like to be considered for this post should your Senior application be unsuccessful.

There is an optional Equal Opportunities Form on our website for our internal diversity in recruitment monitoring, which can be sent to us at the same address alongside your application. The form will not be seen by those involved in the recruitment process. Although not mandatory, this monitoring allows us to align recruitment with our overall HR strategy, and continuously improve on how we attract, recruit, and retain a diverse range of candidates.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 40,430.00 per year

Expected hours: No less than 30 per week

Benefits:

Additional leave Company pension Sick pay
Work Location: In person