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Role:                 Senior Caseworker

Based:             Camberwell with regular travel across London

Rate:                £20ph umb  (perm salary £30,000)

Start Date:       ASAP

Duration:         Temp ongoing (funding until June 2027)

Hours:             35 hours per week, Monday to Friday - 9am – 5pm

Our client is looking for a Senior Caseworker to be part of Poverty Services, supporting adults facing barriers to employment, including long-term unemployment, low skills, insecure work, and economic exclusion

 Synopsis of Duties

Working with participants to conduct a comprehensive initial assessment of their employment and wider needs.
Co-develop and regularly review an action plans, supporting individuals to carry out actions through one-to-one and group motivational advice and guidance.
Leading a team of Peer Advisors and Volunteers to deliver flexible and supportive services to individuals with complex needs, aimed at improving their employability and helping them transition into sustainable employment.
Providing day-to-day supervision, support, and guidance to the team, allocating work, and carrying out your own direct work with participants.
Organising the promotion of the project, establishing and developing partnerships to create pathways for participants to join the project.
Developing excellent relationships with colleagues and local stakeholders and identifying wider local services that can provide support to participants.
Utilising recording systems for participants, managing the day-to-day budget and expenses of the project, and providing data and narrative reports for internal and external purposes. Essential Requirements:

Substantial experience in working successfully with people who have multiple and complex needs and supporting them into sustainable employment
An understanding of current labour market trends and knowledge of employment rights and contract types
Demonstrable experience managing a caseload of clients with complex needs.
Experience in independently addressing safeguarding issues affecting adults
Skilled in conducting thorough risk assessments and identifying the needs of adults at risk of harm or who may be a risk to others
Proven ability to work effectively as part of a multi-agency team, particularly with a view to working successfully with referring agencies to support the needs of participants
DBS on the update service
Available immediately Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency