Caseworker- Criminal Justice
What's involved with this role:
Title: Temporary Caseworker- Criminal JusticeJob Ref: Middlesbrough 1004988015075512
Pay Rate: £16.91 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 7-8 months
City: MIDDLESBROUGH
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
The Caseworker post aims to improve the lives and wellbeing of people with multiple needs who require intensive support and may find it difficult to navigate or engage with services, revolve in and out of services or have barriers to accessing services.The Caseworker role supports people with multiple needs relating to domestic abuse, homelessness and substance misuse, who may also experience additional needs such as re-offending behaviour, mental ill health and/ or physical ill health/ disabilities.
The Caseworker will work flexibly to support people in a way which facilitates engagement.
The Caseworker will use a trauma informed strength-based approach to enable service users to access the services they need and offer a range of evidence based interventions to help people increase their resilience, gain confidence, acquire the personal and social assets they need to meet their goals, reduce risks and gain/maintain suitable, stable accommodation.
The Caseworker will be working with people who may present with behaviours that challenge, and which may make it difficult for them to establish relationships at any level and may have a history of offending and increased risk of reoffending.
Key responsibilities:
Undertake effective case management and coordination with service users experiencing multiple needs in relation to homelessness, substance misuse and/ or domestic abuse.Assess and engage with service users who are identified by/or referred to MBC Core Service and who ordinarily find it difficult to engage in specialist and /or statutory services or who find maintaining engagement to be challenging.
Complete comprehensive assessments, with service users identifying appropriate interventions, services, placements, and packages of support. Present funding requests or updates in relation to a service users’ outcomes to an appropriate panel and monitor and review agreed plan/placements/packages so service users can engage effectively and meet their individual needs and goals
Deliver a range of evidence-based interventions using a recovery and strengths based approach where solution focused intervention, motivational interviewing and communicating hope are central.Identify, assess, and work therapeutically with risk and trauma. Practice will be creative and underpinned by knowledge of, and skills in evidence-based practice and psychosocial interventions.
Plan service delivery contact flexibly to meet individual needs and adopt a proactive approach to engagement so it maximises service accessibility. This includes delivering interventions peripatetically in a wide range of settings and communicating via a range of methods.
Work collaboratively with agencies, the service user and their personal support network to collate all relevant information to co-produce personalised person-centred & strength-based plans. Develop effective working relationships and communication with key voluntary and statutory services to embed a more solution-focused response to people with multiple needs.
Take the lead professional role where this is required and support colleagues from other agencies, including rapid response to crisis where applicable.Assess risk in collaboration with service users, personal support network and other workers/agencies alongside using own professional judgement and team processes.
Provide assertive and persistent support to individuals and agencies to ensure effective engagement to achieve personal goals and aspirations.
Qualifications:
Maths and English GCSE or equivalent - desirableEducated to degree level or equivalent - desirable
Access to own transport and a full UK driving licence. Business Insurance is required prior to starting if not already in place.
Knowledge:
Knowledge or experience of delivering creative and effective evidence based interventions to improve service user outcomesA strong working knowledge of local services and ability to work collaboratively with partners with the ability to galvanize a team around a service user to achieve effective outcomes
Experience:
Proven experience of working with a range of vulnerable and complex service users in a range of settingsExperience working in crisis intervention, need and risk assessment, advocacy and support for vulnerable service users
Experience of using / inputting on to information and case load management systems
Skills & Abilities:
Effective time management and organisational skills and the ability to manage competing work demandsAbility to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Middlesbrough 1004988015075512
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