Missing From Home Worker

3 weeks ago


Warrington, United Kingdom Smart Recruit Online Full time

Are you passionate about supporting the voice of vulnerable children? If you can provide the encouragement and guidance to set in place support plans and engagement with specialist services, and you have what it takes to work in partnership with Children’s Social Care and local authority residential homes and foster care providers, this might be the role for you.

A key deliverable in the role of Missing From Home Worker is to work in collaboration with local authorities and the local constabulary to offer support on the issues affecting young people and their families. This is a role requiring specialist knowledge in the field, to provide interventions and direct work, as well as signposting and implementing relevant referrals for our young people and their families.

This is a great opportunity to advocate for the safety and recovery of the children and young people who engage with our services, identifying ways in which we can improve their wellbeing, reduce harm and ensure they are appropriately supported by relevant services. You will undertake return interviews for all missing from home or care notifications received by Police and Social Care within struct timescales.

You will be responsible for managing a caseload of one-to-one work with children and young people, managing risk, and identifying the most appropriate pathway based on an assessment of needs.

A key focus for the role is to provide educational awareness within local authority residential homes and foster care providers.

**Essential Skills**:

- Knowledge and understanding of working with young people and the issues they face
- Ability to build strong relationships and rapport with a range of children, young people and services
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating support activities for and with young people and their carers
- Experience and understanding of case management including assessment, action planning and review
- Experience and understanding of Child Protection including Safeguarding processes and procedures
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent (or willing to achieve within 12 months), or relevant qualification in youth work/ education
- Able to handle sensitive and confidential issues with tact and diplomacy

**Desired Skills**:

- Understanding of solution focused brief therapy and / or motivational interviewing, and other relevant young person interventions
- Knowledge of the online support available to children and young people
- Knowledge of national networks for professional development and access to resources

**About Company**:
Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online.

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.

**We Are With You.**

**Essential Requirements**:

- Knowledge and understanding of working with young people and the issues they face
- Ability to build strong relationships and rapport with a range of children, young people and services
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating support activities for and with young people and their carers
- Experience and understanding of case management including assessment, action planning and review
- Experience and understanding of Child Protection including Safeguarding processes and procedures
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent (or willing to achieve within 12 months), or relevant qualification in youth work/ education
- Able to handle sensitive and confidential issues with tact and diplomacy



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