Job summary
The Cuckooing project workswith individuals who have had or are vulnerable to have their homes taken over byothers and used to facilitate exploitation.
Main duties of the job
With a holistic approach you will be working with vulnerableadults in the community, providing them with a brief and intenseintervention. You may work within aclients home or place of safety, to ensure you provide support and advice andwork with clients to understand what support services they need in theirjourney for the long term and to help build their resilience and prevent themfrom being cuckooed in the future. Youwill use client centred skills to assess, support and refer clients onwards whilstsupporting with immediate practical needs.
You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with otheragencies, including the Police, Social Workers, Housing departments etc toensure risks are reduced. This role is ideally suited to someone who is curiousabout safeguarding, likes to work one to one and can balance outreach visitswith administrative tasks.
About us
We are a non-profitorganisation working with people to support their health and wellbeing. Established for over 30 years, we haveprovided services alongside a variety of statutory and voluntary, community andsocial enterprise (VCSE) colleagues in Surrey and its borders. We believechange is achievable when offered by a flexible, respectful, inclusive and anon-judgemental approach.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full time 35 hours per week
1 year contract
Salary range - £28,000 - 29,000 (experiencedependent)
Base: Blended working
Team - Specialist Project(Cuckooing/Vulnerable adults/Safeguarding)
Location Rushmoor, Hampshire. Based in Aldershot and or Yateley Police Station. Mileageis paid for your travel
Aboutthe role
You will be working assertivelyin the community, within a clients home and or place of safety, to ensure weprovide support, and advice, and work with clients to understand what supportservices they need in their journey for the long term and to help build theirresilience and prevent them from being cuckooed in the future. You will use client centred skills to assess,support and refer clients onwards whilst supporting with immediate practicalneeds.
You will have the opportunity towork collaboratively with other agencies, including the police, to ensure risksare reduced and clients need supported. This role is ideally suited to someonewho is curious about safeguarding, likes to work one to one and can balanceoutreach visits with administrative tasks.
We are flexible about where workfor admin tasks are carried out as a laptop and phone will be provided. Fulldays within core hours of 9-5 are needed, as is the ability to travel forindividual appointments. Mileage costs will be paid.
AboutUs
Catalyst is a non-profitorganisation working with people who are dealing with issues associated withtheir mental health wellbeing, and/or drugs and alcohol use. For the past 30years, we have been focused on believing in peoples ability to change and weare proud of our non-judgemental ethos. Our goal is to focus on how we offerour service and not on what service we offer. Because of this we need andrecruit people who:
Have an understanding of empathy and the importance of applyingempathy in relating with our clients
Understand that integrity is not just our value it is our way oflife at Catalyst
Will share our value of genuine care for people
Will understand that being friendly, thinking in a holistic,professional, and non-judgemental way is not a requirement but a necessity toachieve our mandate to our clients
Will be committed and dedicated to our cause
Whatwe will offer you
Ongoing training on the job
Case management Supervision and line management support
Mileage at 45pence per mile
An opportunity to join an small team who can offer on the job learning
Blended working and options to work from home/office foradministration tasks and work in the community to support clients.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. .
Desirable
2. .
Experience
Essential
3. Ideally you will have a qualification within Health and Social Care or experience / knowledge around this area
4. Non judgemental approach to support work
5. Knowledge around substance mis-use would be an advantage
6. Work in demanding and changing environment
7. Work collaboratively with our partners.
8. Maintain data on project outcomes and be able to write reports that reflect the impact and outcomes expected.
9. Write case studies that demonstrate positive outcomes
10. Be able to manage competing tasks and prioritise
11. Balance client facing work with reports and
12. Have good understanding of safeguarding and how to recognise, respond and report.