Our Services: Supported Systems Programme
Children and young people affected by sexual abuse deserve a joined-up, trauma-informed response from every agency around them. Too often, services are working in parallel rather than together, and children and families experience the consequences of that.
The Bluestar Supported Systems Programme works with local areas across England and Wales to strengthen the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse (CSA). We work across health, social care, education, police, the voluntary sector and commissioning to build the conditions for coordinated, sustainable support.
The programme is tailored to the needs of each area. It can be commissioned as a twelve-month needs assessment with capacity building, or as a twenty-four-month programme that includes a needs assessment supported by a dedicated systems team working alongside local partners to deliver a two-year action plan.
What the programme includes
Service mapping and needs assessment: understanding current provision, referral pathways, data and outcomes across agencies.
Workforce development: pre-trial therapy training and multi-agency learning to build knowledge and confidence across the system.
Multi-agency case management: establishing or strengthening multi-disciplinary processes for coordinating the response to CSA, with robust governance and information-sharing protocols.
Cross-agency reflective practice: structured spaces for practitioners across agencies to reflect together on the complexities of the work and develop shared practice.
Lived experience leadership: co-producing local responses with children, young people and families, ensuring their voice shapes service design and delivery.
Commissioning support: exploring joint commissioning models and governance structures that enable coordinated, sustainable care across local areas.
What you will have at the end
The programme leaves your area with an accessible CSA pathway and your system ready for Child House or continued development of other systems-change models? You will have a clear picture of current provision across agencies, governance structures built around CSA, and a workforce that is more confident, better connected and better equipped to respond. Your local safeguarding board will own a co-produced action plan with the partnerships in place to lead change.
Who this is for
The programme is designed for commissioners, safeguarding boards, local authorities and multi-agency partnerships seeking to strengthen their whole-system response to CSA.
We're Hiring!
Senior Practice Advisor
We’re recruiting a Senior Practice Advisor to join Bluestar’s Systems Change team, helping regions across England to build a joined-up response for children affected by child sexual abuse.
Overview:
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England (virtual, with on-site visits)
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£550/day (Associate contract)
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2 days a week covering one region, or 4 days a week covering two
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6-month contract from November 2026, with the possibility of extending for a further 12 months
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Closing Friday 23rd October, 11:59pm – interviews 27th or 30th October
You’ll be helping regions get ready for lasting change. That means mapping services and need, building a shared understanding of best practice models such as Barnahus and Child House, supporting joined-up commissioning, and making sure young survivors’ voices shape what gets designed. This is a development role, so you’ll have a real hand in shaping the programme from the ground up: working alongside our central team, you’ll help build and test the tools and resources.
The full Senior Practice Advisor Recruitment Pack can be downloaded here.
Programme Officer
We’re also recruiting a Programme Officer to join the team.
It’s a brand new, full-time role keeping our systems change work running smoothly across England.
Overview:
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England (virtual, with on-site visits)
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£35,000 FTE (1.0 WTE PAYE) or £190/day (Associate route)
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Full-time, Monday to Friday
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12-month contract from November 2026, with the possibility of extending
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Closing Tuesday 27th October, 11:59pm – interviews Wednesday 4 November TBC
You’ll work alongside our Programme Manager to coordinate the work that helps local areas build a joined-up response for children affected by child sexual abuse. That includes organising mapping exercises, learning events and training, connecting partners across health, social care, police and the voluntary sector, and supporting young people’s and parent/carer groups so lived experience shapes what gets designed. This is a development role, so you’ll also help build the processes, tools and resources for our longer-term programme starting next financial year.
The full Programme Officer Recruitment Pack can be downloaded here.
To find out more
Contact us at info@bluestarproject.co.uk