Key Worker

 

Main characteristics

Location

Preston, Lancashire

Company

The Growth Company

Salary

£25000 - £27000/annum

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Consulting

Job summary

The Growth Companys (GC) Employment MOJ Personal Wellbeing Lancashire team have a fantastic new opportunity for a Key Worker Wellbeing who will deliver a range of interventions and training services for people under the supervision of the National Probation Service. We contribute to individuals sustained improvement in physical and mental health & wellbeing, create better relationships with families and peers and live healthier, more active and connected lives.

Please note that this role will cover Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington but will be based in our Preston centre.

We help to make a lasting difference in the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond by supporting individuals to live healthier, more connected lives. Our highly skilled key workers work with a range of individuals, from people pre and post-release from custody to those with complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health or those that are socially isolated.

Key Responsibilities

* Ensure service users receive a personalised Wellbeing offer that meets individual needs/levels of complexity.

* Manage a wide range of service users across multiple sites by caseload to achieve outcomes.

* Deliver Comprehensive Assessments, including screening for learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD)

* Identify, develop and maintain effective relationships with key local services to support service users, including signposting case conferencing.

* Deliver support to service users via appropriate channels, including digital, group workshops and face-to-face sessions.

* Produce high-quality service user action plans.

* Plan, deliver and evaluate group sessions for service users.

* Ensure Wellbeing contract compliance through excellent standards of recording.

* Take part in observations, assess own delivery, and act on feedback, including undertaking continuous professional development (CPD)

About you

* Recent experience in delivering personal wellbeing progressions and outcomes, particularly in Criminal Justice / Substance Misuse or similar setting

* Experience in managing a large and diverse caseload

* Developing strength-based action plans

* Detailed knowledge of the local health and wellbeing support landscape (statutory and community)

* Understanding of the quality issues relating to delivery in the Justice setting

Skills Required

* Ability to work in a target-driven environment, with a focus on the successful achievement of outcomes

* Able to deliver one-to-one and group sessions

* To undertake supervision and observations is desirable, although training provided

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone, including vulnerable adults and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures, which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.

If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.

GC is committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, and we provide guaranteed interviews to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from an ethnic community.

As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the recruiting manager and our Internal recruitment team.

We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. Were supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the application stage.

GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward, we will be transitioning to a culture where fully agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements, and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

Should you apply for any of our roles, we will be completing interviews virtually or face-to-face, depending on the role. This will be explained further should you reach the interview stage. We will be more than happy to explain the measures we have put in place ahead of you attending any of our premises.

If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact our Internal Recruitment team on (phone number removed)