Resettlement Caseworker

RESETTLEMENT CASEWORKER

Oakhill (Children) Secure Training Centre (STC), Milton Keynes

Fixed Term Contract up to 12 months

Salary: £32,231.88 per annum, full-time (40 hours per week) various shifts including weekend

About Us

G4S Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) cares for children aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The children in our care can be vulnerable and challenging, with a wide range of complex social and emotional needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for children to develop their life skills and address their previous behaviours. We aim to support change and learning.

We strive to help every child feel safe, giving them an opportunity to heal from trauma and feel supported in developing a more positive identity. We ensure our children have equal access and opportunity for change and are celebrated for their strengths. We want the children in our care to leave better equipped for life emotionally, mentally, physically, and socially. Our hope is that they will go on to make decisions and life choices that will lead to increasingly positive and productive lives. We aim to support the constructive resettlement and transition of our children, whether returning to the community or moving to other custodial settings. We are committed to working in partnership with them and their families, significant others and wider community organisations, to develop a quality regime at the centre.

About the Role

Oakhill STC is a fast paced, complex and challenging environment and as such the successful candidate needs to be resilient, innovative, passionate and work collaboratively. 

As an experienced Case Worker this will be a case management role within the Resettlement Team at Oakhill Secure Training Centre.

You will be responsible for identifying the risks and needs of children within the Secure Setting. Supporting children by coordinating intervention planning which promotes positive outcomes for children.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children. You will motivate, inspire and lead them to success, despite the significant challenges of a complex environment.

Some of the key responsibilities of this role are:

• Manage a caseload of children in line with Youth Justice Services Case Management Guidance with the aim to resettle children into the community or to an alternative placement.

• Chair and minute Review Meetings with the child, families and professionals to agree to and coordinate a Sentence or Remand Plan focusing on the Resettlement Pathways.

• Complete regular Risk Assessments and ensure these are communicated effectively with all stakeholders.

• Work with key professionals in the community to ensure that accommodation, education and a continuation of care is in place ready for release.

• To support, guide and assist children with their welfare, ensuring they have the right services in place to meet their holistic needs and ensure that any safeguarding concerns are identified, managed and addressed whilst in custody.

• Deliver interventions with young people to help change their behaviours and support them to desist from offending.

• Support the Residential Units with direct work with children so that they acquire personal knowledge of children that will facilitate their participation in the review process.

• Monitor the progress of young people during and after release by contact with external agencies so that records can be kept on their progress to demonstrate the effectiveness of the STC.

• Provide support to all Looked After Children at the centre by supporting the Resettlement Caseworkers from a Social Work lens. This includes attending CIC / LAC Meetings, escalating concerns and sharing experience.

• Represent Resettlement Social Workers within Suicide and Self Harm Assessments and meet all New Admissions as a Social Worker on the Admissions Team.

• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health and Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in timely manner and follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will need to be a dynamic and engaging individual, with significant experience in a similar role. It is important you have a good knowledge and understanding of current legislation.

You must hold a professional qualification in a relevant subject: Psychology Degree, Sociology Degree, Criminology Degree or Foundation Degree in Youth Justice.

The role will require you to promote a child centred approach which prioritises both the safeguarding of the children’s welfare and wellbeing.

The successful candidate must have experience in working with children and young people, ideally within a care or criminal justice setting.

Leading by example, we are looking for a highly motivated and determined person, with the ability to be resilient, confident with a tenacious can-do attitude, have the ability to embrace complexity and be a part of a busy and fast paced team.

Benefits

• 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays

• Flexible holiday scheme

• Free parking

• Contribution company pension

• Life Assurance Scheme

• Training programmes and study support

• Employee discount scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.​

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. This role is subject to safer recruitment practices including a DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process for the role.