Catch22

Social Services

Keyworker

£28–35k ~AI est. Norwich, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for entry candidates.

The Brief

“Keyworker at Catch22. Skills: Young people support, Family support, Behavioural needs. Manage young people and families. Build trusting relationships”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve attitude and engagement; Improve attendance and behaviour; Provide progress reports; Enable academic progress; Enable pastoral progress; Enable personal progress; Ensure pupil safety

Industry & Context.

Social Services
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Enhanced DBS check, Online search, Willingness to work flexibly

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Level 2 English and Maths, NVQ level 2 in working with young people

Nice to Have

Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Level 5

What You'll Do.

Manage young people and families

Build trusting relationships

Conduct individual sessions

Perform family visits

Provide reading interventions

Offer targeted support groups

Oversee person-centred approach

Bridge academic needs

Bridge behavioural needs

Bridge therapeutic needs

Develop pupil support plans

Liaise with professionals

Make attendance calls

Attend attendance meetings

Run attendance interventions

Work with teaching staff

Ensure continuity of delivery

Organise small group support

Provide practical help

Ensure young people are risk assessed

Identify issues and concerns

Track pastoral progress

Inform intervention content

Liaise with other agencies

Make referrals to agencies

Participate in multi-disciplinary teams

Participate in planning meetings

Participate in review meetings

Work in varied settings

Include residential trips

Ensure pupil support plans are up to date

Record safeguarding concerns

Manage behaviours effectively

Keep accurate records

Record contact details

Update data management system

Produce reports for case reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Assistant Head Teachers; Pastoral Leads; Colleagues; Teaching staff; Multi-agency professionals; Multi-disciplinary teams

Full Job Description

Catch22 is a social business, a not for profit business with a social mission. For over 200 years we have designed and delivered services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities. Our 1600 colleagues work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting 44,000 individuals from cradle to career. Today we deliver alternative education, apprenticeships and employability programmes, justice and rehabilitation services (in prisons and in the community), gangs intervention work, emotional wellbeing and substance misuse, and children’s social care programmes. Catch22 include is an alternative education provider for young people, over 700 vulnerable young people with challenging behaviours are supported through independent alternative education schools or via a range of tailored support programmes delivered in school or off-site. Include schools provide an alternative to mainstream schooling, whereby multiple barriers to learning have previously affected engagement and access to education [Catch22 include Norfolk](http://www.includenorfolk.org.uk/welcome/) is an Ofsted registered independent school. It provides full-time, alternative, secondary education for young people who have been excluded from their previous school or pupil referral unit, or who need additional support to what is offered by a mainstream setting. Who we are Catch22 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 '3Ps'.](https://www.catch-22.org.uk/about/our-vision/) We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, 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. About Catch22’s Education hub Catch22 provides young people ag

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