Specialist support worker

About the Role

This role involves coordination of projects and completing returns as well as holding a small caseload.

We are looking for dynamic, passionate and creative staff who have experience of working with challenging young people. You
will be able to engage with children with a trauma background who may not be trusting or initially keen to work with you. Your
engagement skills will be flexible and adaptable and we need staff who are willing to persist where needed to gain the trust of
families.
Ideally you will have experience of whole family working and be able to work with parents and carers too as well as coordinate
multi-agency meetings and team around the family meetings when needed.
Your writing and analytical skills will be good and you will be able to write assessments taking into account the whole family
needs as well as that of the child and identify what needs to change alongside positives.

This role is based within the Youth Justice Service in Sutton working with children and families on pre and post court orders. It is for 18 hours and can be flexible across the week around what days are worked (one day needs to be a wednesday). The role will oversee projects and coordination of referrals to the Turnaround programme and will include maintaining up to date data and returns for funders as well as holding a small caseload.

You will work with young people aged 10-17 years old who are at risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice service. The focus is on prevention and supporting the child and their family holistically to sustain positive outcomes.
- You will hold a caseload of young people referred into the service and carryout timely assessments on them to see what support
is needed
- You will create intervention plans to support your work with them within a multi agency environment, working with partners and
hearing the childs voice
- You will carry out regular interventions with the child and their family meeting the needs of the assessment. This may include
home visits, activities or structured work to support them to fulfil their potential
- You will build professional and positive relationships with the child and their family so as to enable change and prevent the child
from any offending behaviour
- You will carry out group work activities as required in schools and/or in the community with young people and their family
This role offers hybrid working and is based at The Quad, Green Wrythe Lane, Carshalton SM5 1JW.

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include: