Vanguard Caseworker

Full Time, 35 hours per week (occasional evenings and weekends may be required)

Haringey and other North London locations

Ref VCW-241

Are you a proactive, collaborative and compassionate individual with a proven record of providing support, advice and advocacy and communicating effectively the needs of clients to other professionals? Do you have substantial experience of assessing the needs of children and young people who are at risk of significant harm.

If so, join St Giles as a Caseworker working on our vital Vanguard project. This is an NHS-funded initiative set up as part of the work of NHS London s Violence Reduction Initiative aimed at under 25s who may be involved in or at risk of youth violence and have mental health or well-being issues that they may find hard to acknowledge and hard to find appropriate support for.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

St Giles is now a kickstart employer, so we are part of the scheme which provides job opportunities for 16-24 year-olds who are currently on Universal Credit and are at risk of long-term unemployment.

About this exciting opportunity

Working within the St Giles Vanguard project team, our successful candidate will help to support children and young people up to 25, who are affected by violence and exploitation and who may benefit from support around mental health. You will work closely with clinical colleagues to complete initial needs assessments with young people and support them to develop individual action plans and regularly review them to assess progress, while also producing support and risk management plans based on assessments.

We will count on you to develop and maintain relationships with referral agencies and other stakeholders, to liaise closely with other St Giles teams with reference to referrals and avoiding duplication, plus develop and maintain an up-to-date and accurate resource for suitable onward referrals. Delivering a holistic support service that will see you provide a practical service including social support, accompanying to appointments, education and training options is also a key aspect of this role.

What we are looking for

• Personal experience of the criminal justice system, lived experience of the issues facing this client group and/or experience of working with high risk , vulnerable children, young people and/or families
• Experience working as part of a multi-agency team to achieve positive outcomes for young people
• Experience of using support plans to enable people to successfully access support services
• Substantial experience of engaging successfully with challenging young people
• A relevant qualification to a good standard or be working towards one
• A knowledge of relevant services for young people and their families in the service provision area
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

To apply please request an application form from our HR Team, via the apply button, stating the job title and ref number.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 28th