Youth Mental Health Case Worker – Hybrid, Travel‑Ready

Catch 22; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Catch22's Case Worker - Mental Health role is based near Kirkby, Merseyside. You will provide one-to-one tailored support to young people and collaborate within a multi-agency team to safeguard them and maximise outcomes.

You will tailor support to each young person’s needs, with travel across the regional area, a full manual driving licence, and hybrid working where service delivery allows. Strong communication, risk awareness and inter-agency collaboration are essential; prior experience with

Qualifications

• Good ICT skills, with experience of using data recording and data collation systems.
• Experience of working with young people and their families, identified as vulnerable or having complex needs, preferably in a community setting.
• Experience of inter-agency working, preferably with Children's and Family Services/Youth Justice Services/Youth Services.
• Knowledge of issues around risk and vulnerability amongst young people.
• Desirable: Relevant qualification in a relevant discipline e.g., youth, community, health and social care, management.

Responsibilities

• Providing appropriate end to end support, and interventions, to a pre-defined caseload of young people, and their families, who are involved in County Lines activity – young people are referred by means of effective assessment, care planning, and risk management.
• Proactively and continually assessing and managing caseload risks, escalating where necessary through internal and external safeguarding procedures, and adapting case management frequency and methodology to reflect individual needs and circumstances.
• Ensuring that the diverse needs and aspirations of all groups of service users are considered in service planning and delivery, to enable all service users to fulfil their potential.
• Liaising effectively with local partner organisations, and other relevant agencies, to ensure effective referrals, care, risk management, and ease of transition and referral, for young people.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Youth/Community health & social care qualification

Tools

Data recording systems

Job description

Catch22's Case Worker - Mental Health role is based near Kirkby, Merseyside. You will provide one-to-one tailored support to young people and collaborate within a multi-agency team to safeguard them and maximise outcomes.

You will tailor support to each young person’s needs, with travel across the regional area, a full manual driving licence, and hybrid working where service delivery allows. Strong communication, risk awareness and inter-agency collaboration are essential; prior experience with