Job Description CASS Accompaniment Officer

JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Accompaniment Officer ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Manager: CARI Accompaniment Coordinator Reports to: CARI Accompaniment Coordinator SUMMARY OF ROLE This role requires the post holder to work in partnership with criminal justice agencies; children and families teams; forensic physicians and designated and named child protection professionals and requires highly developed communication and mediation skills.

The post holder will be required to provide support and communication to children and families/carers

The post holder will prioritize, assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of care to an agreed and expected high standard, work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the clinical governance process. JOB PURPOSE

The post holder will provide court accompaniment to children and their families before and during criminal trials. PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

To help prepare children on a practical level by explaining the court procedure using age appropriate language.

To ensure all legal terminology is clarified for the family.

Arrange and accompany both the child and the family to the court in advance of the case.

To attend court with the child and their family for the duration of the trial.

To provide practical and emotional support to both the child and their family throughout the process.

To record all phone calls and meetings with clients and update all files.

To provide statistics on the service regarding phone call activity, meeting activity as well as a record on our referral history.

To record all CASS activity on a monthly basis to report back to the CASS Coordinator.

To have weekly case management with the CASS Coordinator.

To attend regular supervision as arranged by the CASS Coordinator. SECONDARY DUTIES:

To attend all forums organised by the Commission for Support of the Victims of Crime.

To ensure all duties which arise from these forums are attended to, efficiently in a timely manner.

To liaise and network with peer support groups, to maintain strong relations.

To continually seek productive ways in which to raise the profile of the service to the relevant bodies on a national level.

To ensure all clients related materials are locked away at the end of each working day.

Any other duties as deemed necessary by the CASS Coordinator in consultation with the CASS Accompaniment Officer.