Youth Violence Intervention Practitioner- St Georges Hospital

The Youth Violence Intervention Practitioner role is to be part of the youth work team within Redthread with a primary focus on youth violence interventions in a health care setting. In this role you will be part of the Youth Violence Intervention Programme team at St Georges Hospital. You will support young people aged 1125 years old who present to hospital following an incident of violence of for whom them there are concerns around exploitation or extrafamilial farm. You will work with the young person in the hospital as well as supporting them post discharge to ensure they have the support in place that they need and want. Other tasks include: 

• Hold a caseload and work with young people in a range of settings including in A&E and on the wards in the community in facetoface and group contexts and promote their personal educational health and social development through all interactions.
• Assist with the ongoing development of the service model to ensure that clients gain the maximum benefit from Redthreads interventions.
• Ensure information resources such as client forms databases and contact files are kept fully uptodate and secure in line with GDPR the Data Protection Act and our Confidentiality Policy and Consent Policy. Maintain high quality recording of interventions with young people on our database Threads in line with Redthreads bestpractice requirements. (Training will be provided.
• Collect and record evidence of project outcomes and young peoples achievements to ensure the completion of monitoring forms and project progress reports as required.
• Maintain a good level of knowledge of the issues around youth violence and Child Exploitation.
• With guidance and support from the Team Leader develop skills to further your work with the young people.
• Under the direction of the Team Leader develop an imaginative programme of events activities and other interventions which support Catch22s mission.
• Actively research and network with other organisations working with young people in the area served by the hospital to ensure that the organisation as a whole has a good knowledge of other services and projects that may be of interest to the young people we work with or appropriate for us to refer to.

Qualifications :

Experience: 

Essential:

• Significant professional experience of working with vulnerable young people in a range of activities and settings
• Experience of working as an effective team member
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working autonomously

Knowledge:

Essential

• A thorough knowledge and understanding of the physical social and emotional developmental needs of young people
• Understanding of the issues faced by young people living in inner city areas
• An awareness of child protection and safeguarding issues and knowledge of current best practice within the youth work sector
• A knowledge of best practice in case recording 

Skills: 

Essential 

• Resilient and reflective
• Welldeveloped verbal and written communication skills and an ability to interact with both young people and adults on a one to one basis and in small groups within a range of contexts
• Ability to plan and manage own workload
• Accurate data entry and record keeping and monitoring processes
• Ability to use up to date IT systems

Qualifications: 

Desirable: 

• A degreelevel qualification in social work youth work a social science education or another relevant field

Additional Information :

Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review the Job Description & Person Specification to find out more.

When applying please be cautious over the answers you provide. If you select NO to the screening question regarding Right to Work in the UK your application will automatically be closed. 

Contract: Permanent

Hours & work pattern: Full time 37 hours per week including regular weekend and evening working and shift patterns covering hours of 7.30am 9pm. 

Salary: 29768

Location: St Georges Hospital London

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check police vetting check and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The postholder must have right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see this register to see those that do.

To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role submitted applications must contain a CV satisfactory responses to the screening questions and information detailing interest in the role to be considered for this position.

Closing date: 10am Monday 12th May. 

Interviews will be held the week of 19th May. 

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Unless otherwise stated interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them a purpose and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them a purpose and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.