Trainee Caseworker – Skills and Employment

Ref: TCW-24

Are you a proactive, compassionate and collaborative individual with a passion for supporting vulnerable people involved with the Criminal Justice System, gang involvement/ risk of, substance use and learning difficulties and supporting them to progress successfully into education, training and employment?

If so, join St Giles as a Trainee Caseworker in our Skills and Employment team, where you will support the delivery of a high-level service in which you will be responsible for one-to-one customised support that will enable our clients to overcome their employment and wider barriers and make progress with their personal goals and ambitions.

About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this key role

As a key part of an energetic and highly motivated team, you will be responsible for engaging, motivating, advocating for and supporting a small caseload of clients experiencing a range of barriers, including involvement with Criminal Justice System, gang involvement/ risk of, substance use and/or learning difficulties to achieve set engagement and employment targets. 

Working alongside a caseworker, we will count on you to develop and deliver one-to-one and group activities which are engaging and high quality, while also supporting the caseworker to engage employers and work collaboratively with local agencies.

What we are looking for

• Willingness to engage people via outreach and promotion including liaising with relevant local agencies to generate referrals
• The ability to manage a small caseload and support people to progress closer to the labour market and to support colleagues to achieve overall project targets
• The desire to provide a person-led support service that responds to an individual’s employment, wider needs and aspirations.
• A willingness to support trainers with small group workshops and activities on employability and soft skills, drop-in sessions and workplace visits
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, verbal and written

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date 1 January 2025.