About the role
Are you determined and passionate about improving the lives of vulnerable young people? Do have an ability to engage hard to reach vulnerable young people and families and inspire them to achieve a positive outcome? Do you have the skills and experience to engage and build positive trusting relationships with young people and families to inspire them to make positive changes and improve life outcomes?
We are committed to building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people, and families at the heart of all we do. Our aim is to provide young people and families with the right services at the right time and for young people to be supported to make a successful transition to adulthood.
What will you be doing?
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust Young People’s Service offers support to young people and their families when there are complex support needs. We often work with young people who are being exploited and go missing, those with high levels of conflict in their lives, who show signs of trauma, such as anger, emotional dysregulation, self harm, and struggles to engage with others (us and school for example). We offer support to address risks in and out of the family home. Part of our work is completing Return Home Interviews with any young person who has been missing in the county. This means we work with young people, families and other professionals to reduce the risks of them going missing again.
About you
You will be providing a county wide service so you would need to be able to travel effectively across county and would be based in one of our children's centres closest to your home address.
You are an enthusiastic, self-motivated team player with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
You're able to work flexibly with families and advocate on behalf of children, young people and vulnerable adults
You hold a Level 3 qualification in working with children, young people vulnerable adults and their families or have substantial professional experience in this area
You have experience of direct work with families with multiple problems and with families who find it difficult to engage with services.
You are able to mediate, negotiate and problem solve and undertake individual and family assessments and assess needs and risk.
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Adam.Treen@nctrust.co.uk and he can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education
Our benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
- Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
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