Specialist Case Worker Child Sexual Exploitation (Boys and Young Males) (West Mercia)

Catch22; Telford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Telford seeks a dedicated professional to build referral pathways and support young people at risk. Responsibilities include managing cases, collaborating with children's services, developing support activities, and ensuring safeguarding protocols are followed. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in child protection and report writing. This full-time role offers a salary of £27,500 with benefits, including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

27 days annual leave rising to 33 days

Pension scheme with up to 4% matching contributions

Discounted shopping opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working directly with young people presenting a variety of support needs.
• Experience of planning and delivering support activities for young people.
• Understanding of child protection including safeguarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and referral pathways to increase access to services.
• Deliver interventions and manage assessments for vulnerable young people.
• Work in partnership with authorities to support children at risk.

Skills

Building relationships

Understanding safeguarding processes

Planning and evaluating support activities

Case management skills

Report writing

Job description

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and develop referral pathways specifically for boys and young men to increase the number of boys and young men accessing the service.
• Upskill professionals to understand and recognise indicators and risk factors for boys & young men who are at risk of / experiencing sexual exploitation.
• Undertake one to one work with children and young people vulnerable to CSE. Work in partnership with Children's Social Care to facilitate support where CSE is highlighted as a risk.
• Work with Stakeholders to contribute towards the collation of soft intelligence / information on CSE issues / trends.
• Proactively utilise safeguarding protocols to information share and protect children from harm.
• Offer Educational Awareness raising within local authority Inc. placement providers education parents and young people.
• 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 peoples 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 materials and deliver activities to develop resilience and safety for young people.
• To work with the Local Authorities and their Local Safeguarding Childrens 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.
• Access to a car and a full driving licence is a requirement of this role.
• You may be required to work flexible hours including occasional evenings weekends or anti-social hours.
• This role is subject to an enhancedDBS check.

Qualifications

• 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.

For further details please see our full job description and person specification.

Additional Information

• Salary 27500
• Hours of work 37
• Contract Permanent
• Base Meeting Point House Southwater Way Telford TF3 4HS

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave bank holidays rising to 33 days with service (pro rata)
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%
• Discounted shopping opportunities

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

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.

If you are applying for this role and are care experienced / care leaver Catch22 offers a mentor to assist with the application process. Please contact if you would like to find out more about this support. This information will not be passed to the team recruiting for this position. For more information about the Propel Programme and a guide for candidates who wish to join the programme please see here. You can also watch an animation on the programme here.

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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.

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