Navigator & Tailored Support Youth Worker

Catch22; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Catch22 seeks a Navigator & Tailored Support Youth Worker to assist children and young adults affected by or at risk of serious youth violence, primarily in custody and hospital settings across Staffordshire. You will assess risk, refer to specialist services, and deliver short-term one-to-one interventions to help break cycles of violence.

The role requires safeguarding expertise, DBS clearance, a driving licence, and willingness to travel across Stoke and Staffordshire.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 GCSE's or equivalent, grade 'C' or above
• Relevant professional qualification in Youth/community work, Social Care, Health or Education
• Knowledge of the issues affecting young people at risk of, involved in or victim to youth violence (including Child Exploitation) linked to Adult and Children Safeguarding Policy and procedures
• Knowledge and understanding of Equality & Diversity issues
• Experience of working directly with young people on level 2- 4 on the continuum of need presenting a variety of support needs including keep safe work with those involved in violence

Responsibilities

• Respond to notifications from custody settings where violence is a factor related to arrests.
• Respond to notifications from health settings where violence is related to injuries.
• Identify risk and support needs of CYA and signpost/referring onto specialist services.
• Complete dynamic risk assessments to ensure safety.
• Share information to safeguard individuals linked to violence with police and safeguarding processes.
• Develop and sustain working relationships with partner agencies for referrals.
• Undertake tailored, short term, one to one interventions with CYA.
• Create collaborative action plans and risk reduction plans using Outcome Star.
• Conduct Educational Awareness training within partner agencies on youth violence and related harms.
• Complete monitoring information to support reports for funders and KPIs.

Skills

Youth violence knowledge

Risk assessment

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Youth/community work qualification

Job description

Company Description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

Job Description

As a Navigator & Tailored Support Youth Worker you will be providing support to children and young adults (CYA) who are victims of, at risk of or involved in serious/ youth violence. Support will predominantly occur at 'reachable moments' in custody settings and hospital sites within the county of Staffordshire.

Your main duties will include:

• Responding to notifications received from designated custody settings at reachable moments where violence is a factor related to arrests made.
• Responding to notifications received from designated health settings at reachable moments where violence is a factor related to injuries sustained.
• Identifying risk and support needs of CYA engaged through Navigator interventions (and their families/significant others where necessary) and signposting/referring onto specialist support services to mitigate the occurrence of future incidents.
• Completing dynamic risk assessments to ensure the safety and protection of CYA engaged, their families/significant others and professionals involved.
• Sharing information to safeguard individuals linked to violence including: Police intelligence, safeguarding referrals, Child Exploitation Processes.
• Develop and sustain productive working relationships with partner agencies to ensure regular and appropriate referrals.
• Undertaking tailored, short term, one to one interventions with CYA where additional support is required, following Navigator involvement or where referrals are received from external sources.
• Creating collaborative action plans and risk reduction plans capturing outcomes through the use of the Outcome Star tool.
• Conducting Educational Awareness training within partner agencies to increase understanding of youth violence and associated harms (including exploitation, knife crime, trafficking and criminality)
• Completing all required monitoring information within set timescales to assist the production of feedback reports and case studies to funders and stakeholders to track and monitor progress against outcome targets and Key Performance Indicators.

Other

• Familiarisation with all Catch22 policies and procedures and working in line with service specifications
• Attend and engage in regular supervision and appraisal sessions for continued personal and professional development. To attend relevant training courses and networking sessions as agreed with the line manager.
• To act as an ambassador for Catch22, upholding and promoting our corporate values and to participate in publicity events promoting the service at local level.
• Be willing to work on a flexible rota system to meet the demands of the service which will include some evenings and weekends
• To carry out such other relevant duties, as may be required and as are commensurate with the nature and grading of the post

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 GCSE's or equivalent, grade "C" or above
• Relevant professional qualification in Youth/community work, Social Care, Health or Education
• Knowledge of the issues affecting young people at risk of, involved in or victim to youth violence (including Child Exploitation) linked to Adult and Children Safeguarding Policy and procedures
• Knowledge and understanding of Equality & Diversity issues
• Experience of working directly with young people on level 2- 4 on the continuum of need presenting a variety of support needs including keep safe work with those involved in violence

Additional Information

Salary: £26,276

The salary shown reflects the band for this role, with the final offer taking account of experience and relevant skills.

Contract: Permanent

Location: Health & Custody settings within Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. This role will predominantly be based within the South of the County (Lichfield, Tamworth, East Staffordshire, South Staffordshire & Cannock)

This is a Full Time Position (37hrs per week)

Flexible working as part of a rota system including evenings and weekend

Vetting and Clearance Requirements: Enhanced DBS check

You will need a current driving licence, business insurance and use of suitable vehicle for work, and be willing to travel across Stoke and Staffordshire to deliver/ coordinate service outputs. Broader travel may also be a requirement of the service.

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

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.

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.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume ofinterest 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 diligence 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.