Specialist Support Worker

About The Borough

The London Borough of Sutton is situated less than 30 minutes by train from Central London, with direct connections to London Victoria and London Bridge. Found in zone 5 with good transport links in and out of London, Sutton boasts award winning parks and open spaces, low crime rates, affordable housing and great schools. As well as high levels of resident engagement and satisfaction, providing quality services and success in addressing our financial challenges, whilst involving residents in key issues and high street changes.

Sutton is continuously investing in the health, wellbeing and education of our residents and the future generation, as set out in the “Ambitious for Sutton” corporate plan. We are home to the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together with the development of the London Cancer Hub, Sutton will be the world’s leading life-science district, specialising in cancer research and treatment.

Our vision will create around 13,000 jobs while contributing £1.2bn to the UK economy each year, a vibrant community of scientists, doctors and innovative companies intended to deliver real benefits for cancer patients and drive economic growth. With the regeneration of the local areas with new homes and schools, Sutton is passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.

The Council is seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment. As we strive to improve our services and spaces for our residents as set out in the ‘Ambitious for Sutton’ corporate plan, Sutton aims to shape the future of the borough and adapt to the needs of its residents to make our Borough a great place to live, work and raise a family.

You will work with young people aged 10‑17 years old who are at risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice service. The focus is on prevention and supporting the child and their family holistically to sustain positive outcomes.

• You will hold a caseload of young people referred into the service and carry out timely assessments on them to see what support is needed
• You will create intervention plans to support your work with them within a multi‑agency environment, working with partners and hearing the child's voice
• You will carry out regular interventions with the child and their family meeting the needs of the assessment. This may include home visits, activities or structured work to support them to fulfil their potential
• You will build professional and positive relationships with the child and their family so as to enable change and prevent the child from any offending behaviour
• You will carry out group work activities as required in schools and/or in the community with young people and their family.
  
  This role offers hybrid working and is based at The Quad, Green Wrythe Lane, Carshalton SM5 1JW
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We are looking for dynamic, passionate and creative staff who have experience of working with challenging young people. You will be able to engage with children with a trauma background who may not be trusting or initially keen to work with you. Your engagement skills will be flexible and adaptable and we need staff who are willing to persist where needed to gain the trust of families.

Ideally you will have experience of whole family working and be able to work with parents and carers too as well as coordinate multi‑agency meetings and team around the family meetings when needed.

Your writing and analytical skills will be good and you will be able to write assessments taking into account the whole family needs as well as that of the child and identify what needs to change alongside positives.

The Youth Justice Service sits within the adolescent team and the schools team and carries out vital work to support young people. You will be based at The Quad in Carshalton as part of a vibrant, innovative and caring service which values its staff and strives to…