Adolescence Family Help Worker (Team 1)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week - 9am - 5pm (Monday to Friday) and a requirement to working evenings and weekends and some public holidays as per a rota, over 7 days, to provide a flexible and responsive service, including on-call arrangements., You will be providing targeted support and direct 1:1 interventions for adolescents and their families to address their unique developmental needs and challenges. You will foster positive relationships, with a focus on family networks, working to prevent escalation of need, the admission of children into the care of the Local Authority, and preventing involvement with the Criminal Justice System.

The ideal candidate will have:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Direct experience of completing assessments and analysing findings to formulate action plans, and the ability to produce high quality written records and reports. This will include doing so with children at risk of becoming involved with, or those already within the Criminal Justice System.
• Direct experience of working in partnership with children, families and communities to shape and enhance service provision.
• Ability to demonstrate a solution-focused approach that will give confidence to children and their families.
• Sound knowledge of risk management and safeguarding issues and experience of applying legislation and policy and procedure to practice, including the relevant assessment framework and integrated working. This includes legislation around Youth Justice.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Salary: Starting salary £32,597 (Level One) rising to £35,412 (Level Four) on the first year anniversary, subject to satisfactory completion of a probation period (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending) Location: Citywide We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more… Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
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Thank you for your interest in joining Nottingham City Council. We have already launched an exciting period of transformation across the Council, aligned to our recent Improvement Plan. We are committed to overcoming the challenges of recent years whilst setting an ambitious, forward-thinking course for the city's future. With a clear vision and a strong resolve, we are committed to creating an aspirational environment where every child and young person in Nottingham has the opportunity to achieve, learn, and be safe in their family environment. Nottingham Children's Services are at a critical point in our transformation journey. We are transforming our approach to delivering early help, we have taken on board learning from recent inspections and the national Care Review and are focused on embedding continuous improvement across our services.