Engage Outreach Worker London, England
Job description
About us
At Hillingdon we’re proud of our commitment of ‘Putting our residents first’, ensuring they’re at the heart of everything we do! We want to attract talented individuals like yourself who share our aspirations for the borough and can support us to deliver exceptional services for Hillingdon.
With an ambitious strategy we pride ourselves on delivering services that improve the lives of all our residents, businesses, and partners. Embarking on a journey of continuous improvement, we’ve set an agenda to ensure the provision of; safer communities, a thriving local economy, a greener more sustainable environment, whilst increasing our digital capabilities.
Working at London’s second largest borough can be tough, particularly with government reforms, budget restrictions, and political attention – but it’s enough to keep us busy and ensures no two days are the same!
What does an Engage Outreach Worker do at Hillingdon?
An innovative and unique opportunity to join an experienced, creative, and high performing team in a culturally diverse area with great opportunities for training and development.
We are looking for practitioners who:
- are enthusiastic about building effective and engaging relationships with children involved, or at risk of being involved, in the Criminal Justice System and improving their life chances
- are able to effectively engage with children while they are in Police Detention and subsequently, to assess their needs and vulnerabilities.
- Are able to directly deliver short diversionary interventions and ascertain and motivate children and their parents into ongoing support services.
- can work in partnership and forge positive relationships with key agencies, e.g. education, social care and health
- can represent the Youth Justice Service competently and confidently in Police Stations and elsewhere
Project Engage
Project Engage is funded by the Mayors Office for Policing (MOPAC) Violence Reduction Unit, for the two-year period from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2025. Project practical commencement is 01/08/2023.The Project is intended to contribute to the Home Office’s aim of supporting communities to tackle serious violence.
The Project is to provide direct early intervention and prevention activities to children who have been arrested and are in police detention in the Metropolitan Police District. This is considered a ‘teachable moment’ and consequently an effective time to engage with the child, undertake an assessment of serious youth violence risk factors and provide advice, support and signposting to a positive path. Engagement continues outside of the custody area using relational and evidence-based approaches such as restorative practices and brief solution-focused therapies.
The Project also aspires to engage children who have been detained outside of the operating hours and those who have otherwise been investigated by Police. Where capacity permits the Project may be able to support children who have been identified as being at risk of violent offending by other police departments or professionals. The aim of the Project is to provide timely support to children (and engaging with parents/guardians), if necessary, in conjunction with other stakeholders and thereby promote safeguarding of the child and instigate diversionary interventions, thereby securing a reduction in future violent incidents
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Advanced Practitioner Contextual Safeguarding, Priscilla Bani at [email protected]
What we offer
- Free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
- Generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 26 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 29 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 37 days
- Career breaks
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a wide range of training and courses
- Payment of professional fees where these are required
- Discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon
- Cycle purchase scheme
- 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses
- Plus hundreds of discounts available at supermarkets, restaurants, theatres and more!
Additional information
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
Due to an expected high volume of applications, we could close this role early, we therefore recommend you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
