Senior Caseworker

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Caseworker to join our dynamic team at St Giles Trust. As a Senior Caseworker, you will be responsible for providing expert case management and support to a caseworker and volunteers, working with young people and their families at risk of youth violence in residential settings.

• Lead by example, providing a positive role model to the team of caseworkers and escalating concerns to the Team Leader or Service Manager.
• Work with and advocate for young people and their families, providing vital support, advice, and advocacy using a strength-based approach.
• Deliver a holistic support service, working solo or with colleagues as the situation dictates, providing social and housing support, ETE options, benefits work, debt advice, appearing in court, and DIY work.
• Ensure all monitoring information and evidence is being recorded and collated in line with agreed processes.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with partner agencies.

• Extensive experience of using support plans.
• Proven track record of providing support, advice, and advocacy to young people.
• Experience in working as part of a multi-agency team in a high-intensity environment.
• Relevant qualification to a good standard or working towards one.
• Knowledge of Housing Legislation for Young People.
• Strong IT, interpersonal, and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Flexible, professional, and collaborative approach to work.

We offer a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance, duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher, and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer, welcoming all applications and particularly encouraging those from people of the global majority, disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, and those with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges.