Young Women's Worker - King's College Hospital

Young Women's Worker - King's College Hospital

• Full-time
• Contract type:
  Full time - permanent
• Department:
  Redthread
• Service type:
  Youth Violence Intervention Programme
• Compensation: up to GBP 30362.85 - yearly

Catch
22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose.

We call these our '3

Ps'.

Weachievethis in two ways. First, we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we useour knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help.

With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business,we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

Our Young People & Families (YP&F) Operational Hub delivers a wide range of integrated support services designed to help resolve complex difficulties experienced by young people and their families/carers.

Support is provided to people who find themselves in a range of circumstances; they may be missing from home or have emotional, housing or substance misuse issues. We also support families where parents/carers are experiencing domestic abuse, substance misuse, emotional issues, youth violence, exploitation, homelessness or unemployment. Whatever the situation, we work alongside young people and their carers to find a way of stabilising their lives.

Redthread is one of our services delivered as part of the Young People and Families Hub within Catch
22.

Redthread is a hospital based youth work service, working alongside NHS staff and other professionals in emergency departments.

Our experienced, specialist youth workers engage with and support young people, aiming to reduce serious youth violence and exploitation. We often meet young people at a moment of change and work with them to find a positive way forward.

We provide long-term, holistic support. We consider every aspect of a young person’s life and build support around them.

The Young Women's Worker role is to be part of the youth work team within Redthread, whose primary focus is around providing youth violence interventions in a health care setting.

In this role you will be part of the Youth Violence Intervention team at St George's Hospital. You will support young women aged, 11-25 years old, who present to hospital following an incident of violence/sexual violence of for whom them there are concerns around exploitation (criminal and sexual) or extra-familial harm. You will work with the young women in the hospital as well as supporting them post discharge to ensure they have the support in place that they need and want.

The Young Women's Worker provides long term, holistic support and can work with a young women for up to a year.

Please note:

We are only accepting applications from female applicants due to the nature of the role and that the post holder will only be working with young women.

Main responsibilities include:

• Holding a caseload of young womenand to support them in a range of settings and support their personal, emotional, educational and health and social development through all interactions
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to safeguarding young women
• Ensure young women'sdetails and case records are kept up to date on our case management system
• Support the delivery of training to clinicians

Key Skills and Qualifications are:

• 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 multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of working autonomously
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of the physical, social and emotional developmental needs of young people and especially young women
• 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

Contract:

Permanent

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

Location:

King's…