Caseworker - Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom - Ingeus

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Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Caseworker

Salary:
£24,900 per annum (Pro Rata)
12 Months fixed term contract


Being an integral part of the intervention team, securing opportunities for participants, engaging them and the local community and encouraging Peer Mentor support.

Key Tasks

The Case Worker will be responsible for:

  • Establishing and maintaining a positive and ongoing supportive relationship with a caseload of participants made up largely of Veterans in custody
  • Addressing barriers to engagement and progression within a prison environment
  • Supporting individuals into accessing activities and opportunities through effective coaching and mentoring.

Accountabilities:


  • Effectively engage with participants and develop trustbased, positive relationships to provide an appropriate level of support.
  • Signpost individuals to relevant activities, partner agencies and peer mentors.
  • Strike an effective balance between nurturing participants and positively challenging selflimiting beliefs and behaviours
  • Support participants in actively addressing barriers to engagement, setting clear goals, short and mediumterm actions consistent with accessing and attend interventions at the earliest possibility
  • Ensure participants remain actively involved and engaged, reflecting each individual varied level of need, readiness to progress and their current status and circumstances
  • Regularly review progress and challenges with each participant
  • Support participant progression through a menu of available activities and support interventions in order to progress
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with partners in order to provide effective holistic support, challenge and mentoring
  • Develop effective working relationships with colleagues and lead professionals within partner agencies
  • Perform active threeway case conferencing with partner agency and participants.
  • Provide written and verbal updates to partner agencies as required and participate in joint working e.g. case conferences where relevant
  • Communicate regularly and effectively with the partner agency to deliver a joinedup offer
  • Communicate with the partner agency and other relevant partners to explore and access existing support to address the identified support needs of individuals
  • Maintain an up to date record of individual action planning and support provided
  • Record and report on all required monitoring information as required by HMPPS CFO
  • Promote a strong brand and ensure that Ingeus become an integral part of the local communities and businesses
  • Develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships
  • Maintain a sound knowledge of contract requirement
  • Part of international human services provider, APM Group, Ingeus is all about people and our mission is to enable better lives. We specialise in creating and delivering employment, health, justice, and youth services. Every day our teams across the UKhelp people improve their employment, skills, and wellbeing. Were purposeled, passionate and proud to work with our colleagues, customers and communities to drive social change._
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