Multisystemic Can Case Support Worker

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Would you like to be part of our ever-improving service ensuring children and young people are at the heart of our work?

The Children’s Social Care & Early Help Division are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Join us and you’ll be involved in our vision to keep families together, assure that children are safe, prevent abuse and neglect and reduce mental health difficulties experienced by children and adults.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an MST CAN Case Support worker to support our goal of preventing children being taken into care where the primary concern is neglect and/or physical abuse, and to keep these children safely at home.

Using the latest technology, you’ll have access to your own Windows 10 laptop, a Smartphone and a Dictaphone giving you the opportunity to work in people’s homes and in the community. You’ll be a part of a small team consisting of three MST CAN Therapists, one MST CAN Case Worker and supported by the MST CAN Clinical Supervisor.

You’ll have the opportunity to attend meetings at all levels. This includes but is not limited to weekly MST CAN group supervision and consultation, Child Protection conferences, core groups, strategy discussions, family meetings, network meetings and school meetings.

This is a full time, permanent position working 37 hours per week. The job is hybrid, with office space at Halford House. You will work across the city to conduct home visits and attend meetings. You may also be required to work out of hours.

What you’ll be doing

To assist with the delivery of comprehensive Multisystemic Therapy (MST) child abuse and neglect (CAN interventions according to the specifications and requirements set out in the MST License. These will address the behaviour of individual young people within a family and community setting under the supervision of the MST supervisor and MST consultant. MST is a therapeutic approach requiring intensive work with families at their home for up to 9 months This work is undertaken with complex cases where there is a young person aged 6-17 living at home with incident of child abuse and neglect who is at risk of care or custody as a result of their behaviour.

Working closely within the MST team, participating in team supervision and case discussions you’ll ensure a working knowledge of colleagues’ cases is maintained so that colleagues’ absences can be covered without disruption to treatment plans. In collaboration, you’ll work with cases in accordance with the Departments child-care and safeguarding policies and the principles of the Children Act.

What you’ll need

With experience of working across effective multi agency partnerships to achieve common goals, you’ll be able to engage with client and families within their own homes, whilst demonstrating an understanding and empathy towards young people and their family/carers. You’ll have a relevant qualification as well as experience of working with vulnerable families With resilience and tact, you’ll be able to effectively deal with sensitive matters in volatile settings and diffuse situations whilst remaining calm and in control. Using proficient IT skills and good attention to detail, you’ll be able to maintain up to date case records and provide reports for the Department, Court and other agencies as required.

Appointment to this role will be based on a full UK Driving License.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

If you’d like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact Tiernan Welch by email to Tiernan.welch@@leicester.gov.uk or call 0116 454 5967

Interviews/Assessments will take place on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th April 2024.