Navigator & Tailored Support Youth Worker
* Full-time
* Contract type: Full time - permanent
* Service type: Stoke and Staffordshire Navigator and Tailored Support service
Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.
As a Navigator & Tailored Support Youth Worker, you will be providing support to children and young adults (CYA) who are victims of, at risk of, or involved in serious/youth violence. Support will predominantly occur at ‘reachable moments’ in custody settings and hospital sites within the county of Staffordshire.
Your main duties will include:
1. Responding to notifications received from designated custody settings at reachable moments where violence is a factor related to arrests made.
2. Responding to notifications received from designated health settings at reachable moments where violence is a factor related to injuries sustained.
3. Identifying risk and support needs of CYA engaged through Navigator interventions (and their families/significant others where necessary) and signposting/referring onto specialist support services to mitigate the occurrence of future incidents.
4. Completing dynamic risk assessments to ensure the safety and protection of CYA engaged, their families/significant others, and professionals involved.
5. Sharing information to safeguard individuals linked to violence including: Police intelligence, safeguarding referrals, Child Exploitation Processes.
6. Developing and sustaining productive working relationships with partner agencies to ensure regular and appropriate referrals.
7. Undertaking tailored, short-term, one-to-one interventions with CYA where additional support is required, following Navigator involvement or where referrals are received from external sources.
8. Creating collaborative action plans and risk reduction plans capturing outcomes through the use of the Outcome Star tool.
9. Conducting Educational Awareness training within partner agencies to increase understanding of youth violence and associated harms (including exploitation, knife crime, trafficking, and criminality).
10. Completing all required monitoring information within set timescales to assist the production of feedback reports and case studies to funders and stakeholders to track and monitor progress against outcome targets and Key Performance Indicators.
Other Responsibilities:
1. Familiarisation with all Catch22 policies and procedures and working in line with service specifications.
2. Attend and engage in regular supervision and appraisal sessions for continued personal and professional development.
3. Act as an ambassador for Catch22, upholding and promoting our corporate values and participating in publicity events promoting the service at the local level.
4. Be willing to work on a flexible rota system to meet the demands of the service, which will include some evenings and weekends.
5. Carry out other relevant duties as may be required and as are commensurate with the nature and grading of the post.
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Minimum 5 GCSEs or equivalent, grade “C” or above.
2. Relevant professional qualification in Youth/community work, Social Care, Health, or Education.
3. Knowledge of the issues affecting young people at risk of, involved in, or victim to youth violence (including Child Exploitation) linked to Adult and Children Safeguarding Policy and procedures.
4. Knowledge and understanding of Equality & Diversity issues.
5. Experience of working directly with young people on level 2-4 on the continuum of need presenting a variety of support needs including keep safe work with those involved in violence.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Staffordshire police Southern Custody suite, Gailey area, ST19 5PR; Stafford County Hospital, Weston Road Stafford, ST16 3SA.
This is a Full-time role (37hrs per week) but we also have a part-time (30hrs per week) role available. Flexible working as part of a rota system including evenings and weekends.
Vetting and Clearance Requirements: Enhanced DBS check. You will need a current driving licence, business insurance, and use of a suitable vehicle for work, and be willing to travel across Stoke and Staffordshire to deliver/coordinate service outputs.
At Catch22, we value equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services.
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