Specialist Caseworker Criminal Violence

• Job title: Specialist Caseworker Criminal Violence
• Location: Pan-London/Agile working
• Contract: Permanent, subject to funding
• Hours: 32 hours per week
• Salary: £27,445

In this role, you will work alongside children and young people who have been exposed to or are at risk of exploitation or violence. Within your role as a Specialist Caseworker, you will provide support to young Londoners to secure the safety and positive outcomes they want. You will be expected to provide robust risk and needs assessments that reflect the contexts within which harm has occurred, and to work collaboratively with partnership agencies to reduce risk and secure services and support.

The context that many young Londoners are living within can be challenging and difficult circumstances. You should be able to demonstrate how you manage your own wellbeing to enable us to offer the very best services to young Londoners.

Key responsibilities

1. Delivering effective one-to-one support to young Londoners in line with Safer London’s Service models and in collaboration with them so that their voice is at the centre of the support they need.
2. Carrying out robust risk assessments and strengths-based needs assessments,with safeguarding as the priority, to ensure the most appropriate intervention is offered and risks are managed and escalated
3. Accurately maintaining essential records, ensuring high-quality case recording, utilising our in-house bespoke case recording system.
4. Completing reports (which may be shared with statutory bodies such as the police, courts, and children social care, and which can be shared with the family) that accurately reflect the work undertaken in a professional manner.
5. Maintaining effective communication, both written and verbal, whether this is virtual or face-to-face.
6. Identifying and completing risk assessments for spaces, places and services where young Londoners feel safe enough to engage in meaningful interventions/activities.
7. Making appropriate onward referrals and signposting children, young Londoners to support services and positive activities as and when required. Where necessary, advocating for them to get the services they are entitled to.
8. Working with partners, communities and other key stakeholders to deliver the service effectively.
9. Acting in accordance with safeguarding legislation and guidance in addition to Safer London’s practice guidelines and wider pan-London processes and protocols.
10. Undertaking any other duties as required and commensurate with the level of the position

Person Specification

1. Relevant qualification in social care, health, youth/community work, criminal justice or demonstrable equivalent experience – e.g. Registered and Qualified Social Worker (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview)
2. Experience of managing complex safeguarding issues with children, young people, families and adults at risk, including being able to demonstrate effective partnerships working (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview/ Test)
3. Experience of working with and effectively engaging children and young people in trusting relationships (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview)
4. Extensive knowledge of the impact of context on children, young people and adults, with a clear understanding of the principles of contextual safeguarding (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview/ Test)
5. Experience of high-quality case recording (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview)
6. Recognition of the importance of resilience in coping with the emotional demands of the role and demonstrable experience of managing your own wellbeing (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview/ Test)
7. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in order to communicate and influence a wide range of internal and external colleagues on matters relation to the service, and produce reports for a variety of audiences (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview/ Test)
8. IT literate (Excel, Outlook, Word etc,) and experience of using databases (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview/ Test)
9. Knowledge of best practice around contextual safeguarding and those experiencing harm outside the home (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview)
10. Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and how trauma – including from their own lives – can impact on how practitioners manage cases (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview)
11. Knowledge of best practice in and understanding of the importance of good quality care (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview)
12. Knowledge of safeguarding legislation (Essential, assessed at Application / Interview/ Test)
13. Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and experience of applying these principles in the workplace.
14. Ability to demonstrate, with examples, your alignment to Safer London’s values.
15. Ability to prioritise own workload and work without close supervision.
16. Ability to be flexible with work location.
17. Ability to draw on a range of strategies to support your wellbeing, help you cope with pressure and ambiguity and continue to build resilience.

Additional Information

An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this role.

The successful candidate will be required to travel to different locations around London. Safer London Caseworkers sometimes work extended hours to meet the needs of young Londoners/parents/carers. Therefore, the successful candidate may occasionally be required to work evenings.

How to apply

To apply please complete the online application and upload your CV

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