Expect Respect Female Caseworker

The vital role of the Nurturing New Adventures Caseworker will focus on engaging and supporting girls and young women in Wolverhampton once they have been identified as being involved in a violence-related incident, being at risk of exploitation or gang affiliated. You will build positive relationships with them and their families and produce risk management plans based on assessments, plus deliver a holistic support service that provides practical help such as housing and social support, education, and training and employment options. Working for this service you will be part of a team, a regional service and an organisation that is at the forefront of working with young people to reduce the huge harms caused to young females caught up in CSE/CCE. You will be at all times mindful of, and promote St Giles' organisational Vision, Mission, Values and strategic aims., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

Are you a dynamic, compassionate, and target-driven individual with a proven record of working in a multiagency/disciplinary team and engaging positively with young or challenging people or other vulnerable groups? Looking for an exciting and highly rewarding new career opportunity?,

• Experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and the ability to assess clients' needs.
• Experience of engaging positively with young females or other vulnerable groups.
• Ability to calculate risk and implement safety procedures when engaging with clients.
• Experience of engaging successfully with challenging people, for example people who have complex needs, people who are reluctant to discuss their needs, and people who are angry and confused.
• A knowledge of the cross over from CSE/CCE and how exploitation impacts young females.
• A clear understanding of safeguarding for children and young adults
• Ability to be a flexible and co-operative member of a team.
• The ability to use and develop monitoring systems to record all aspects of the project including; actions, outcomes and referrals.
• A flexible, proactive and collaborative approach to your work.
  
  There are 2 positions available, one full time and a part time role of 2 days.
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.