Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual.
35 hours p/w - Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2022
St Giles Office in Leeds with regular travel to HMP New Hall and HMP Wealstun.
Ref code: CFY-201
About St Giles and the Children & Families Service
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, and addictions, hold the key to positive change in others.
Without the right support, families can become trapped in a cycle of homelessness, crime, unemployment and poverty that is passed on from generation to generation. St Giles solution to this stark reality is our Children & Families Service. The C&F team offer an intensive and holistic approach and our caseworkers help to unlock chaotic families’ potential, and empowering them to raise themselves out of poverty.
About this key role
As a Caseworker, you will supervise and work in conjunction with volunteer Peer Advisors to provide support to prisoners and their families annually, who are based in Leeds Bradford or Wakefield.
A ‘whole family’ approach involves working with the family to assess risk, ensuring all family members feel safe and also mentoring young people. You will be offering holistic support to enable the family to achieve their potential and raise aspirations.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing our clients to apply for this role.
What we are looking for:
- Personal experience of the Criminal Justice System and/or being involved in a gang or knife crime.
- Experience of working with socially excluded children, young people and adults
- Experience of providing advice and guidance and/or mentoring to young people
- Mentoring Level 3 qualification (or be willing to work towards this).
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues faced by our client group, in particular barriers faced by people with lived in experience.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, access to clinical supervision flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervision, season ticket loan and much more.
Closing date: 11pm, 23rd February 2020.
Interviews: w/c 4th March 2020.
Bank Support Worker
Join our client - A Unique and Innovative Approach to Supporting Young People in Care.
Their aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life. As part of their continued growth they are now looking to recruit Bank Support Workers to support their Leeds team.
Bank Support Worker Responsibilities:
As part of their bank team you will work on a zero hours contract supporting their residential houses across numerous locations in the Leeds area. Your role will be to provide the highest standard of care to the young people following individual care plans and programmes. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and as a bank worker you will have the opportunity to apply for permanent internal roles as they arise.
Bank Support Worker Requirements:
Experience is not essential as full training will be provided however you will need to have a good understanding of the issues young people face and the desire to make a real difference. You will need to be flexible in your approach and have the ability to work shifts including nights and weekends. Access to a car is desirable.
If you have a passion and commitment to work with young people and make a difference to their lives please apply now for a link to the online application pack.
Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
They reserve the right to bring forward our closing date, without notice in the event of high volumes of interest.
About our client:
They provide residential services for young people aged 16-25 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. The young people they care for often require a high level of support and dynamic approach to risk management in order to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation.
Location: Leeds, Yorkshire
Job type: Part Time, Permanent, Zero Hours Contract
Salary: £9 per hour
Benefits: 22-27 holidays per year (plus bank holidays), Free training and professional development programme, Paid induction, training and enhanced DBS check, Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Free onsite parking, Life Assurance.
Closing date for applications: 10am, Wednesday 6th March, 2019
You may have experience of the following: Bank Support Worker, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Care Assistant, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.
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