Job title: Expert Caseworker Criminal Violence
Location: Face to face delivery: Pan-London; Agile working / office based / home based.
Contract: permanent, subject to funding
Hours: 35 hours per week
Starting salary: £33,545
In this role you will offer relationship-based support which advocates for young Londoners’ needs, celebrates their strengths and helps them focus on their positive futures. In planning their support, you will consider their experience of trauma, safety and harm across the various contexts of their lives. All interventions will be trauma responsive and may last up to two years.
You are someone with the expertise skills and knowledge to develop trusted relationships with young Londoners in order to provide one-to-one support. This position delivers a wide variety of direct support and advocacy for the rights and protection of young Londoners affected by criminal violence. A key aspect of this role will be supporting victims and survivors through the criminal justice processes (including attending court, supporting witness statements, advocating on behalf of the victim’s voice within the criminal justice system) and supporting them to engage with people and agencies they may not trust.
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What the role involves
- Delivering effective one to one casework to children, young people and their families in line with the Safer London model of work in collaboration with young Londoners so that their voice is centred, and they receive the required support to meet their individual assessed needs.
- Delivering effective one to one advocacy to children, young people and their families in line with the Safer London model of work in collaboration with young Londoners so that their voice is centred, and they receive the required support to meet their individual assessed needs.
- Work in a manner which honours our organisational values and is responsive to the trauma and experiences young Londoners, families and communities experience.
- Carry out robust risk assessments and strengths-based needs assessments, ensuring safeguarding is the priority, to ensure the most appropriate intervention is offered and risks are managed and escalated appropriately.
- Maintain essential records accurately ensuring high quality case recording.
- Complete reports (which may be shared with statutory bodies such as the police, courts, children social care and can be shared with the family) that accurately reflect the work undertaken in professional manner.
- Maintain effective communication both written and verbal whether this is virtual, face-to-face.
- Identify spaces and places where Young Londoners feel safe enough to engage in meaningful interventions/activities.
- Work with partners, communities and other key stakeholders to deliver the service effectively.
- Work creatively with colleagues to generate project resources and materials which are accessible to those with a range of needs as required
- Act in accordance with safeguarding legislation and guidance, in addition to Safer London’s practice guidelines and wider pan London processes and protocols.
- Undertake any other duties as required and commensurate with the level of this post.
If you are committed and resilient, and believe you have what it takes to help us to improve the lives of young Londoners and their families please apply.
How to apply
To apply please complete the online application and submit it by Sunday 10th September. As part of the online application, you will be required to confirm you have read our Privacy and Cookie Policy and Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
As an agile working organisation, shortlisting will take place on a rolling basis and the closing date is subject to change at any time.
