Case Worker Criminal Exploitation CCE (West Mercia)

Catch22; West Pinchbeck; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme with matching up to 4%

Discounted shopping opportunities

Job summary

Catch22 in Worcestershire is recruiting for a role within the West Mercia Integrated Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation service, supporting young people at risk from exploitation. You will work in a case-management framework and build links with local agencies to deliver targeted interventions.

The role requires experience with safeguarding, risk assessment, and collaborative practice with multi-agency partners to achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable young people.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working directly with young people experiencing risk factors for exploitation.
• Experience planning, delivering and evaluating support activities for young people and carers.
• Experience with case management, assessment, action planning and reviews.
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes and procedures.
• Ability to work in partnership with multiple agencies to achieve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain relationships with referring agencies for a steady flow of referrals.
• Manage caseloads, assess needs and develop intervention/vulnerability plans within timescales.
• Plan and deliver interventions following Catch22 policies and local authority guidance.
• Create materials and activities to build resilience and safety for young people.
• Collaborate with Local Authorities and safeguarding boards on multi-agency partnerships.
• Record interventions and communications in MIS and monitor progress for reports to funders.

Skills

Case management

Youth engagement

Multi-agency collaboration

Risk assessment

Health and Safety

Report writing

Partnership building

Job description

Job Description

At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career. Our work spans education, social justice and rehabilitation, children's social care, family support, social action and getting people into work.

Our STEPS is an integrated Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) support service which spans across West Mercia. The four regions of West Mercia are Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire.

Where you fit in

Our West Mercia Integrated Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation service works with young people, who are experiencing or at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) or Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE).

The role requires; direct specialist knowledge of the risk factors that lead to CSE and how to address these, the ability to engage with vulnerable young people on a one to one basis within a case management model, good knowledge of a range of tools and intervention models that can be used with young people on a 1:1 basis and an ability to work in an integrated way with key stakeholders involved in the child exploitation agenda.

Main Duties & Accountabilities

• Develop and sustain productive working relationships with referring agencies to ensure the regular and appropriate referrals are received.
• Manage a caseload undertaking assessments of young people’s needs and gathering all necessary information to develop intervention plans, vulnerability plans, within set timescales.
• Plan and deliver interventions in accordance with Catch22 policies and procedures and local authority guidance, to ensure effective use of resources and targets are achieved.
• Develop and sustain productive working relationships with referring agencies to ensure the regular and appropriate referrals are received.
• Develop materials and deliver activities to develop resilience and safety for young people.
• To work with the Local Authorities and their Local Safeguarding Children’s Board to establish strong multi-agency safeguarding partnerships.
• Record all intervention, contacts and multi-agency correspondence in accordance with the service specification within prescribed Management Information Systems
• Complete all required monitoring information by set timescales to assist the production of feedback reports to funders and stakeholders to track and monitor progress against outcome targets, KPIs etc.

Qualifications

You will need direct specialist knowledge of the risk factors that lead to exploitation and how to address them, the ability to engage with vulnerable young people on a one to one basis within a case management model, and an ability to work in an integrated way with key stakeholders involved in the CSE and CCE agenda. In addition we are looking for:

• Extensive experience of working directly with young people on level 2- 4 on the continuum of need presenting a variety of support needs
• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating support activities for and with young people and their carers Experience and understanding of case management including assessment, action planning and reviews
• Experience and application of Health and Safety and risk management procedures
• Experience of working in partnership with a variety of agencies to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Extensive experience and understanding of Child Protection including Safeguarding processes and procedures.
• Experience of writing good quality reports that demonstrate the impact of work undertaken YP on a 1:1 basis.

Additional Information

Worcestershire Hybrid. Office base - Worcester City

Contract type: Permanent

Hours per Week: 37 (Catch22 Standard)

Salary: £26,500

• Access to a car, and a full driving licence, is a requirement of this role.
• This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays,
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%
• Discounted shopping opportunities

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Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume of interest we receive, we may not be able to contact all applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful this time.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.

Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.