Young Person's Resettlement Worker

Young Person’s Resettlement Worker
YAC, St Georges Place, Brighton
15 hours per week
Fixed term contract until 30 September 2017
£21,683 per annum (pro rata)

We are recruiting a part time resettlement worker, to provide advice, assistance and advocacy to young offenders (aged 16-21 years old). 

You will carry a small caseload of young offenders who have recently been released from custodial sentence or custodial remand. The project aims to provide a package of support to assist the young people to make positive choices in their resettlement plans and to provide short term support, to allow them to sustain their independence in the community thereby reducing the likelihood of reoffending.

You must be comfortable working on your own, and have the ability organise your own workload.  You will need to plan multi-agency meetings within given time frames and respond to unanticipated problems which arise.  

You will provide links into the local community and with other voluntary agencies to ensure the client receives the most appropriate support and advice, for example substance misuse services. You will also work with parents and carers of young offenders to establish partnership working with a view to achieving successful resettlement.

YMCA DownsLink Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date for applications: Monday 3rd April 2017 at 9am

Interviews date: To be confirmed

Please note that we do not accept CVs.
To apply, please download an Application Pack and an Application Form from YMCA DownsLink Group, www.ymcadlg.org/vacancies/, or email recruitment@ymcadlg.org or contact the Human Resources Department at 47 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BE, tel. 01273 222595.