Hmyoi Feltham

**HMYOI Feltham - Caseworker - Resettlement Practitioner YP - 75134**
**£31,313**
**Feltham**:
**Overview of the job**

This is a non-operational job in an establishment which is children and young people facing.

The role will have comprehensive training and development in order for them to provide high quality outcomes within the Resettlement function.

The job holder will be responsible for supporting a cohort of very complex children and young people (CYP) within the secure environment. This role involves investment in the CYP’s history and development in order to ensure they are fully represented (voice of the child) during their time in custody and beyond.

The job holder will be responsible for facilitating the planning the CYP’s custodial journey by bringing together key stakeholders both internally and externally in order to plan and achieve outcomes which strive to offer better opportunities for the CYP over short, medium, and longer-term timelines. This will be underpinned by the YCS theory of change around supporting a CYP’s healthy identity development through engaging the CYP in meaningful interactions, activities and roles. The job holder will be a core member of the CYP’s support team and as such will be key to contributing to a holistic, community-based, individualised approach for each CYP they work with.

The job holder will plan to ensure resettlement focussed outcomes (ETE, Accommodation, relationships, health etc) are supported and driven by the needs of the CYP and supported by community-based partners as well as family and carers.

The work carried out by the Resettlement Practitioner will be underpinned by the National Standards for Youth Justice and will work alongside the Youth Justice Board’s (YJB) Case Management Guidance.

The Resettlement Practitioner Young People post sits within the Youth Custody Service (YCS) public sector sites.

The population of children/young people within YCS present with particularly complex needs which can manifest as difficult and challenging behaviour in custody. To effectively respond to these needs, YCS in collaboration with NHSE&I have developed an evidence-based framework to deliver Integrated Care within each of the public sector sites, aimed to minimise risk of harm to self and others including other children/young people, staff and the environment, through a trauma informed approach to care.

**Summary**

The job holder will be a core member of the Resettlement Team working with male and female young people aged 15-18yrs.

They will oversee and support children/young people on their journey through custody, focusing on all aspects pertaining to resettlement to the community and transitions to the young adult estate and case management. This includes continued planning and the review of outcomes as well as co-ordination and multi-agency partnership working with key stakeholders, ensuring high standards of individual delivery and that harmful behaviours are always identified and supported.

The post holder will undertake their role with the Theory of Change at the forefront of all the work they do and adopt the principles of Constructive Resettlement (the 5 Cs) when supporting children in their care.

This is a non-operational role with no line management. This is a rotational role.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

- Support the achievement of qualitative and quantitative service standards that are compliant with the Youth Justice Board’s National Minimum Standards, the policy on Care and Management of Young People and the YCS & NHSE/I Behaviour Management Strategy (BMS).
- Ensure compliance with Section 11 duty to safeguard and promote welfare under the Children Act 2004.
- Ensure that Resettlement/Transition Planning reflects identified pathways and outcomes contained within YOT planning materials.
- Meet with the child/young people on arrival within required timescales as set out in the “National Standards for Youth Justice”.
- Manage a caseload of children and young people in which short, medium
- and long-term targets are set in order to achieve healthy resettlement outcomes based on the child’s voice and history, aspirations etc. (theory of Constructive Resettlement).
- Set and review targets with children/young people and those involved in their care, updating case management notes on the appropriate young people specific databases.
- Use the young people databases and systems to identify risks and manage children/young people appropriately.
- Ensure that actions/timescales and relevant actions are taken with regards to accommodation, education and training on release.
- Use of Motivational Interviewing and therapeutic skills to engage children/young people.
- Adopt the principles of Constructive Resettlement, Identity Development and a Child First approach and ensure they are at the core of all work carri