RESETTLEMENT CASWORKER (SOCIAL WORKER)
Oakhill (Children) Secure Training Centre (STC), Milton Keynes
G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services
Salary: £41,800.00 per annum, full-time (40 hours per week)
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 Social 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. Additional responsibilities supporting the Resettlement Team as a qualified Social Worker such as acting as a Looked After Child Lead for the Centre.
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 & Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner & 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 Social Work. Applications from Graduates or Newly Qualified Social Workers will be considered.
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
Diversity, equity and inclusion is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services and we actively encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds.
This role is subject to a checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Youth Custody Services and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 3 years. You will also need to provide full details of your employment and education history as part of the security screening process for this role.
It is every employee’s responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of the children in our care; as such all employees are required to hold a current Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Scheme) Certificate.
