Therapeutic Caseworker

We are a small, dedicated team who work with young people, families, professionals, volunteers, and partners to deliver a wide range of programmes which align with our mission. We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our team; someone committed to reduce violence affecting young people and who wants to work with likeminded people to make a difference. 

Hours: Fixed Term contract (Until 31st March 2025)

Full-time (37.5hrs/week)

Flexible working hours 8am – 6pm

Rate: £25,000 - £27,500

CORE JOB DESCRIPTION

• Work with 11 – 30-year-olds
• Manage a maximum caseload of 15 clients
• Deliver bespoke mentoring support to young people at risk of offending or already engaged in criminal activity and/or high-harm crime
• Deliver mentoring support to People on Probation
• Deliver bespoke 1:1 mentoring sessions looking at clients’ values, beliefs, behaviour and reasoning skills
• Motivate clients to access positive opportunities towards change
• Source pathways for education, training and employment
• Visit young people at home, school or prison
• Set and monitor intervention, outcome and support plans with clients
• Support families by signposting to suitable services
• Keep clear and up to date case work files on the information management system
• Provide regular updates to clients’ professional network
• Monitor the progress of clients using tools provided by Spark2Life
• Attend professional’s meetings with partners and external agencies
• Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of projects
• Deliver grant funded programmes that fall in line with your job description

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications & Training

• Excellent level of communication and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of key competencies in literacy and numeracy with at least a qualification at GCSE grade C, NVQ level 2, or equivalent

Desirable Experience

• Working with offenders who present challenges and lack motivation ▪ Motivating offenders to access positive opportunities towards change
• Managing caseloads with a difficult client group
• Working with partner organisations/professionals

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

• The ability to access and correspond effectively with multi-agencies to offer offenders support
• The ability to offer offenders some 1:1 life coaching/mentoring
• The ability to present as a good role model to offenders and help them achieve their potential
• Have a knowledge and understanding of child protection and health and safety practices and procedures
• Have good listening skills
• The ability to communicate effectively with people, families, social services and a range of other professionals
• Knowledge and awareness of issues and factors related to gang involvement and reoffending
• The ability to exercise initiative, work independently and take responsibility for the delivery of a programme
• The ability to work flexibly and source referral pathways for service users
• The ability to work effectively in a team and to work with individuals, institutions and organisations
• The ability to communicate well through a variety of means (verbally, in writing and electronically)
• Ability to use ICT for administration
• Have an understanding and awareness of equal opportunities, experience of strategies to promote equality of opportunity and a commitment to work within our Equal Opportunities Policy

Desirables

• Can drive and have a car
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to groups
• Experience of facilitating group mentoring
• The ability to write sessions for various audiences
• Evidence of relevant training and/or professional development with this client group or associating factors i.e. drugsetc.
• Knowledge and experience of working with multiple support agencies