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Caseworker - South West

HARRIS HILL
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 22 days
Location

Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8RT, England

Salary

£32,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Harris Hill is seeking a Caseworker for a charity focused on improving futures in horticulture, located in the SouthWest.
  • The role involves providing advice and support in areas such as health, social care, housing, and employment, with a focus on holistic assessments.
  • Candidates should have experience in delivering advice services and managing complex information, as well as excellent communication skills.
  • The position requires a minimum of two years of relevant experience, and the salary is competitive based on experience.
  • Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful candidates will be contacted for further information.

Harris Hill are partnering with a fantastic charity, passionate about building better futures for people working in horticulture, in their search for a Caseworker based in the SouthWest.

The Casework Team deliver help services which include advice, information and support for people working across horticulture. The team provide generalist advice across areas such as social care, health, benefits, housing and employment, often having an area of speciality.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

  • Experience undertaking comprehensive holistic assessments across outcome areas of health, wellbeing, self-care, housing, money, family, relationships, safety and crime
  • Experience of measuring the impact of interventions delivered
  • Experience of delivering advice to people, across areas of employment, money confidence, housing, social care, benefits and health systems
  • Experience in delivering a telephone helpline or advice service in the community or on occasion in service users homes
  • Experience of scrutinising complex information to produce concise reports, comprehensive case records and high-quality casework and associated correspondence
  • Highly developed communication skills including, discretion and capacity to deal efficiently, and effectively with people experiencing traumatic or difficult circumstances and/or from different cultural backgrounds
  • Experience of using interpersonal skills, including active listening and questioning skills to understand the needs of others, causal issues to inform case management plans
  • Ability to interact and network with line managers, colleagues, volunteers, partner organisations, external agencies and service users
  • Ability to work flexibly across geographical regions as required

CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so if this sounds like you, then please do get in touch for more information ASAP!

Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted with further information.    

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corpâ„¢, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

 

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