Job Description
The role of Young Person's Practitioner (Risk and Resilience)is an excellent opportunity to make a direct and valued difference to the lives of children and young people (C&YP), who are at significant risk of experiencing child exploitation, substance misuse, or going missing from home.
Providing tailored support and guidance to children, young people, and families, this role will actively contribute to achieving high standards of care, quality, and positive outcomes - supporting service users to fulfil their potential, through consistent and meaningful participation.
Main Duties:
1. Providing tailored one-to-one support, guidance, and interventions.
2. Assessing the needs of children and young people, determining appropriate support plans and pathways, and informing risk reduction plans - supporting access to additional or specialist services where necessary.
3. Ensuring that referrals, support, care, and risk management are of a high quality, with ease of transition.
4. Developing sustainable joint service work with referring agencies, local authorities, children’s social care, and children and families services (CFS).
5. Ensuring timely and appropriate data recording – including tracking, outcome monitoring, KPI monitoring, and assisting with the production of feedback reports.
6. Providing consultation, information, training, and presentations, to a wide range of stakeholders, from varied settings (we can help to build your skills in training provision if required).
This role works in partnership with a wide range of partner agencies and commissioners, providing continuous opportunities to build your network and knowledge within the Children’s Social Care Sector. We will also support you to build service-area specialisms, in the areas of Substance Misuse, Child Exploitation, Missing from Home, or Families work. We are highly invested in supporting the continuous professional development of our staff, and our staff are also encouraged to visit the extensive variety of national services that Catch22 can offer.
The team are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and young people, working through a relationship-based approach, that draws on the ethos and values of young people. Integrating a variety of work backgrounds, the team utilise a ‘Think Family’ approach – and all staff are trained in motivational interviewing, trauma informed practice, and brief solution-focused interventions – click to find out more.
We are also interested in candidates who can demonstrate transferable experience in the following areas:
7. Working with children and young people with a range of vulnerabilities.
8. Building positive relationships with children and young people, and their families.
9. Carrying out assessments, risk management, and care plans, and providing interventions.
Qualifications
10. 5 GCSE’s (grade C or above), or equivalent.
11. Experience of working with children and young people, with complex needs or vulnerabilities.
12. Preferable: Working knowledge of supporting children and young people in one or more of the following areas: substance misuse, child exploitation, missing from home.