Case Worker- Women and Girls; West Yorkshire

Case Worker
- Women and Girls (West Yorkshire)

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- Women and Girls (West Yorkshire) role at Catch
22

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”. We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Second, we use our 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 and Families (YPF) hub provides early intervention, targeted and specialist support services to those in crisis, leaving care, missing from home or with substance misuse or mental health problems. Our services support people no matter what their situation – and have demonstrated a high success rate.

• County Lines Support Service: A specialist support service for under 25’s, and their families, who are criminally exploited through county lines in West Yorkshire, London, West Midlands, Merseyside, and Greater Manchester.
• Rescue Service: A rescue service with out of hours capacity to facilitate the safe return home, at a critical teachable moment, of under 25’s from West Yorkshire, London, West Midlands, Merseyside, and Greater Manchester, where they are identified outside of their home police force area, in connection with county lines.

The Specialist Women & Girls Case Worker role will undertake 1‑2‑1 work with young people under 25 years old supported by Catch
22’s County Lines Support and Rescue Service funded by the Home Office in one of the five delivery areas. This role focuses on supporting young women and girls exploited by county line activity.

• Experience of working with children, young people (18‑25) and their families, identified as vulnerable or having complex needs, preferably in a community setting.
• Experience of delivering impactful one‑to‑one interventions.
• Experience of inter‑agency working, preferably with Children’s and Family Services/Youth Justice Services/Youth Services.
• Knowledge of issues around risk and vulnerability amongst young people.
• Good ICT skills, with experience of using data recording and data collation systems.

• Salary: £27,000 – £29,000 per annum
• Hours of work:
  Full time, 37 hours per week
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Flexibility:
  Hybrid working arrangements available where service delivery allows.
• Rescue Service requires designated staff to be on‑call until 10 p.m. (on a rota system).
• This role requires access to a car, and a full manual driving licence.
• This post will involve travel across the regional area, and occasional evening and weekend working.

See the benefits of working for Catch
22 here.

At Catch
22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch
22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

If you are applying for this role and are care‑experienced/care leaver, Catch
22 offers a mentor to assist with the application process. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to find out more about this support. This information will not be passed to the team recruiting for this position.

Catch
22 is proud to have “Ban the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.