COMPLEX NEEDS CASEWORKER
C/O The Foundry, Unit 2.2
17 Oval Way
London
Greater London
SE11 5RR
United Kingdom
Salary (full time equivalent)
Type
Hours
Location
Region
COMPLEX NEEDS CASEWORKER
As Complex Needs Caseworker you will provide one-to-one support to women on Probation living in the community, and women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision.
You’ll provide focused support in identifying their needs and empowering them to access appropriate services in the community. You will also provide some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support prior to women being released from prison.
You will manage a caseload of women with complex needs who are facing housing issues and provide them with advice, guidance and support that helps them connect with other support services in the community that can assist them to overcome barriers when securing safe and appropriate housing.
The role involves a significant amount of data recording and updating case management systems so you need to be prepared to spend a minimum of 35% of your working hours on this aspect and will need to manage your time effectively to meet the data management requirements.
This is also a predominantly independent role, so you will need to be confident to make decisions and able to manage your own workload.
You will be employed by One Small Thing but will be part of a wider team of Community Keyworkers employed by our partner Advance https://www.advancecharity.org.uk/.
You will also have a desk space at Hope Street, Southampton, to facilitate close working with the rest of the Hope Street team.
You will be required to participate in training and team building events with the wider One Small Thing team as well as the Advance team, in Hampshire.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
A requirement of this role will be to have a driving licence, access to your own vehicle and hold business car insurance.
How to apply for the job
Please visit our website via this link: Work with us — One Small Thing
Please provide your CV, personal statement and equity and diversity form.
- Please complete as outlined above and return to recruitment@onesmallthing.org.uk If sending the application by post, please mark ‘Confidential’ to: Recruitment, C/O One Small Thing, C/O The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London. SE11 5RR. We reserve the right to close this advert at any time if we receive a high volume of applications.
- We will only contact those applicants who have been shortlisted for interview.
- A further confidential Personal information and Reference details form will be sent to candidates who are shortlisted for interview, asking for information such as contact details, references and giving information on our DBS process (a DBS is required for all One Small Thing staff).
Decisions will be made on the basis of how far applicants meet the requirements listed in the Person Specification which can be found in the Recruitment Pack on our website.
Please ensure you address those requirements of the Person Specification as those will be used for shortlisting purposes and please use the headings as shown. You should give clear and concise information that demonstrates your experience, knowledge and skills. Make sure you give specific examples.
Guidance Notes
These notes are intended to help you complete the application form which is designed to ensure that our recruitment panel has the appropriate information to assess each candidate fully and fairly. Your application will be dealt with in strict confidence.
CV
- Please include to the nearest month and year, the previous jobs you have held as well as any voluntary or unpaid work. These details should be included, particularly where the experience has helped you develop knowledge, skills and abilities asked for on the person specification.
- Please also include any relevant full-time or part-time training or study that you have undertaken.
Personal Statement
- Decisions will be made on the basis of how far applicants meet the requirements listed in the Person Specification. Please ensure you address those requirements of the Person Specification as those will be used for shortlisting purposes and please use the headings as shown. You should give clear and concise information that demonstrates your experience, knowledge and skills. Make sure you give specific examples. This means: telling us what you did in your job rather than what the team did; and giving us concrete examples of where you demonstrated a particular skill, rather than simply saying that you have it.
- The supporting statement can be done in one of 4 different ways:-
- One side of A4
- Powerpoint - No more than 5 slides
- Audio - No more than 5 mins
- Video - No more than 5 mins
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Information
- The information you provide is for monitoring purposes only, will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be used in any part of the recruitment or decision making process.
- Please complete and return the Equality and Diversity Form with your application.
- On receipt of your application the Equality and Diversity Form will be saved separately and be used for monitoring purposes only. It will not be seen by the panel who are shortlisting or interviewing.
How your information will be used:
The information provided by you will be stored either on paper records and/or electronically in accordance with current GDPR regulations and will be processed solely in connection with recruitment.
If you require further information prior to application, please email recruitment@onesmallthing.org.uk