Case Worker Criminal Exploitation Cce (West Mercia) in Redditch

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 and 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.
• 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 and KPIs.

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 with young people 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.

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 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.