Adolescence Family Help Worker
Adolescence Family Help Worker
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Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent There are numerous posts available.
Working Hours: 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 oncall arrangements.
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting salary 31586 (Level One) rising to 32115 (Level Two) on the first year anniversary subject to satisfactory completion of a probation period(pro rata for part time)
Location:Citywide
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce perhaps this is the opportunity youve 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.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
*We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants. Early application is encouraged.
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 forwardthinking course for the citys 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 Childrens 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.
About the Role
You will be providing targeted support and interventions for adolescents and their families addressing their unique developmental needs and challenges fostering positive family relationships with a key focus on family networks and working to prevent escalation of need and the admission of children into the care of the Local Authority or further along the Criminal Justice System.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Ability to conduct assessments and analyse findings to formulate action plans and the ability to produce high quality written records and reports. This includes doing so with adolescence within the Criminal Justice System.
- Experience of effectively using a range of preventative and early intervention theories and models when working with children young people & families to prevent the need for escalation to specialist services including Youth Justice.
- Ability to build good working relationships with families and overcome barriers to them engaging.
- Ability to demonstrate a solutionfocused approach that will give confidence to children young people and their families.
- Sound knowledge of 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.
The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional informationfor applicants page.
For informal enquiriesplease contact James Roberts Adolescence Team Manager by telephone onor by email at
Closing Date: 23rd May 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held:Week commencing 2nd June 2025.
If you have any technical issues when completing your application please contact our Employee Service Centre: applying to this job you agree to ourTerms & Conditions.
Employment Type
Full Time
