Casework Coordinator

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**Julian House is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. We run several projects and every year we help thousands of people out of homelessness, into employment, away from domestic abuse, and more.**

**If you’d like a real sense of job satisfaction, great career prospects and a competitive benefits package, you could be who we’re looking for**

**Job Role**: Criminal Justice Casework Coordinator

**Salary**:£19,600

**Hours**:Part time 30 hours a week

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Location**:Based in Taunton but required to cover Minehead & Highbridge.

**Additional information**:

- On-call (1 in 4 weeks), £100/week when on-call

**The Role**:
The Case Work Coordinator is expected to hold day to day responsibility for managing referrals, assessing and supporting clients in a way that allows them to maintain accommodation and make positive changes in their life. You are expected to develop effective and productive relationships with key partner agencies such as National Probation Service, Police and other criminal justice and generic support services that facilitate production of multi-agency support planning.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Build positive and effective working relationships and agreements with relevant external agencies which will include working closely with criminal justice services.
- Take part in an out of hours on call system (1 week in 12).
- Take part in rostered systems of working which may include weekend and evening working as required.
- Ensure that all clients are provided with a high-quality person-centred service which takes a strength-based and trauma-informed approach.
- Manage incidents and safeguarding and to ensure action is taken and followed up where required.

**Qualifications / Requirements**:

- Have full driving license and access to own car.
- Working with people with complex needs and challenging behavior.
- Personal experience of homelessness or social exclusion.
- Understanding of the causes of offending, homelessness and social exclusion and approaches which seek to address these

**There are many great reasons to join our team**
- Great opportunities for career development and **free monthly training sessions** from experienced facilitators
- ** Sliding salary scale **with salary increases every year for the first 3 years
- Wellbeing related support and advice and **up to 6 free counselling sessions** through our Employee Assistance Programme
- ** 27 days annual leave, **including an extra day off for your birthday, increasing up to 30 days after 4 years of continuous employment. Plus bank holidays
- ** 30% staff discount** at Julian House charity shops
- ** 20% staff discount** at Julian House bike workshops
- A generous and competitive pension scheme
- Instant access to healthcare professionals and discounts on a variety of health treatments through our **Simply Health Scheme**:

- A supportive culture where **staff feedback is highly valued **and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted
- ** 6 weekly Reflective Practice sessions** from objective, external facilitators

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