YES Caseworker

You will provide support to individual young people and their families, helping to assess and meet their learning, personal and social needs, to assist them in making the transition between childhood and adulthood, and to make positive choices about their lives, in particular their emotional wellbeing. You will provide information, advice, and guidance services and personal one to one support to young people aged 11-17 years old who have emotional health and wellbeing vulnerabilities. You’ll be working very closely with people who access or need the service and/or dealing with subject matter which will require you to demonstrate emotional resilience. The role could also involve exposure to challenging behaviour from people who access or need the service., For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact the team at if for issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and cover letter. In your cover letter outline your motivations for applying and explain how you meet the key skills listed in full and the experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

• Ability to analyse and interpret people-related information and data to prioritise needs, and to negotiate and implement effective plans for intervention and service provision.

• Ability to effectively engage and empower young people to undertake direct work and use a range of interventions to achieve change. Ability to work effectively with young people in crisis and manage conflict, containing own and others’ anxieties and working within the boundaries of the role.

• Ability to work in partnership with carers, colleagues, and a variety of external agencies to deliver the most effective service, including the ability to facilitate and co-ordinate multi-agency meetings and plans.

• Ability to work professionally, to reflect on own practice and learn from experience. To take responsibility for own performance and be proactive in relation to own work and professional development.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both written and oral format including the ability to explain complicated and contentious information to a wide range of people and negotiate and persuade others to adopt a particular course of action.

• Ability to recognise the limits of own accountability and responsibility, and to seek appropriate support, advice, and supervision., * Relevant degree, or equivalent qualification or experience, demonstrating that level of applied knowledge in providing advice and support to young people.

• Relevant postgraduate professional qualification or equivalent qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience.

• Significant experience of direct work with young people.

• Experience of working in a multi-agency context, demonstrating an awareness of differing roles and responsibilities and effective methods of collaboration.

• Evidence of good assessment skills, including the ability to ensure regular reviews and risk management with a variety of young people. Evidence of effectively prioritising work and meeting deadlines.

• Experience of working in partnership with those who access or need the service and maintaining a focus on the needs of the individual whilst handling conflict and disagreement.

• Experience of working with those who access or need the service to identify issues and identify specific action by means of creative and pragmatic solutions.

• Experience of managing levels of risk within a caseload.