About the role
Cambridgeshire County Council Targeted Support Service provides support to children, young people and their families aged 0-25. Targeted Support Service’s consist of Family Workers, Young People’s worker’s, Senior Transitions Advisors, Transitions Advisors and managers. A district Targeted Support Service provides early intervention support to reduce the risk of harm, to support with keeping families together, and to support children and young people achieve positive outcomes.
The role of Young People’s Worker (YPW) is an exciting, varied and highly skilled role aiming to offer Young People aged 12- 19 with intensive 1-1 support to enable them to reach positive outcomes in their life. As a YPW, you will primarily support an individual young person, however, will exercise a whole family approach in order to analyse how the support provided impacts not only the young person, but their family as well.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Suzanne Wright 07919213954 email Suzanne.wright@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held at Noble House, Ely on the 21st February 2023
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation, and the communities we serve.
What will you be doing?
You will support a caseload of Young People who require help to achieve positive outcomes within their life. You will provide targeted intervention to support with a range of risks/needs including (but not exhaustive to); Child sexual and criminal exploitation, Healthy Relationships, at risk of exclusion from education, County lines, and anti-social behaviour.
You will complete Early Help Assessments, act as the Lead Professional for the young person, work in partnership with the multi-agency team around the family and provide tailored, targeted intervention that enables young people to achieve positive outcomes.
You will lead on the organisation, planning and delivery of evidence-based group work programmes that aim to support young people with topics such as; emotional resilience, risk taking behaviour, healthy relationships and more. You will also support the delivery of parenting programmes delivered to parents of teenagers.
About you
Qualities:
- You will be motivated and dedicated to supporting young people and their families in achieving positive outcomes.
- You will be organised, able to work autonomously and as a team.
- You will be willing approachable, personable, and able to build a positive rapport with young people and their families.
- You will be willing to continue your professional development through informal and formal training.
Skills and Experience:
- You will have a good knowledge and understanding of the issues facing young people and their families, and the support service in place to help them achieve positive outcomes.
- You will have a good knowledge and understanding of safeguarding requirements, duty of care, and legislation relating to support Young people and their families, including that of legislation regarding Raising of the Participation Age.
- You will have good communication skills using a variety of formats and will work efficiently within a multi- agency environment.
- You will have the ability to produce, keep and maintain good case recording, reports, and assessments.
To apply, please attach a CV and Supporting statement that tells us how you meet the following 3 essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the issues facing young people and parents of young people in East Cambs District
- Experience of multi-agency and partnership working to ensure the best outcomes for young people in East Cambs District
- The ability to write objective assessments and to complete accurate triage as part of work with young people in East Cambs District
- You must also be eligible to work in the UK. The successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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