Therapeutic Community Caseworker

The Baobab Centre is a non-residential therapeutic community supporting unaccompanied minors who have experienced human rights abuses and are seeking asylum, refugee status and settlement in the United Kingdom. The role of a Therapeutic Community Caseworker at the Baobab Centre is to support unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee adolescents and young adults to access care, basic rights and entitlements and to support their social development and rehabilitation. This role involves working closely with the clinical key worker of each young person and with our wider multidisciplinary team. As a Caseworker you will aim to empower individuals to build stable, independent lives in the UK, including by supporting them to communicate their views, needs and experiences in decision-making processes, and supporting them to make challenges when necessary. Caseworkers assist young people to make effective choices about what happens in their lives and encourage them to speak up and build agency. Baobab aims to be a non-residential therapeutic community with a holistic and integrated perspective. As a Caseworker, you will play a key role within our multidisciplinary team. We aim to be a thinking organisation and place a high value on shared thinking time and shared responsibilities. Our team work together with each other and with agencies and key individuals in young people's lives, both within and outside of Baobab. A key aspect of the role is communicating with members of the clinical and admin staff team within the Baobab Centre and with other workers in the network around each young person including social workers, teachers, foster carers, lawyers, hospital consultants, housing and benefits workers. etc. You will strive to develop relationships across networks and advocate access to rights and entitlements for our community members. It is critical that as a Caseworker:

• you have an insight to the backgrounds and experiences of both the internal and external factors impacting on the lives of unaccompanied young people attending our centre and an understanding of the broader context in our society as it impacts on young asylum seekers (including invisibility, marginalisation, discrimination and the fact of waiting in uncertainty for a long time.
• You have an insight in how trauma and the many human rights violations and persecution that most members of our community have experienced impact on all aspects of a young person's internal and external world.
• You have an insight in how current immigration rules and social care system procedures act as barriers to rehabilitation, including by restricting access to education, adequate benefits, housing and healthcare provision., 1st stage interviews (in person only) will take place at the Baobab Centre: Thursday 8 October
2nd stage interviews (in person only) will take place at the Baobab Centre: Friday 9 October Organisation The Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile View profile Registered Charity 11 - 20 The Baobab Centre is a non-residential therapeutic community that offers support to young survivors of human rights abuses seeking refuge in the UK View profile Posted on: 26 August 2026 Closing date: 24 September 2026 at 23:30 Tags: Advice / Information, Social Care / Development, Advocacy, Housing, Care Management, Child Protection, Health / Medical, Human Rights, Justice, Mental Health, Modern Slavery / Human Trafficking, Refugee / Immigration, Safeguarding, Substance Misuse, Victim Support, Wellbeing, Youth / Children, Social / Support Work Does something look incorrect in this job listing?Report an issue What looks incorrect in the Therapeutic Community Caseworker ad? Job titleLocationSalaryWorking hours and contract typeJob descriptionPosting and closing datesTagsOrganisation informationOther Tell us more
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  Starting at £25,600 for 28 hrs a week (£32,000 FTE pro rata), based on experience Part-time (28 hours per week across 4 days to include Friday) Permanent Human Rights
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