About The Role
This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract based in our East Central Hub.
The 0-19 Early Help Service brings together practitioners from a Youth Work, Children’s Centre, Family Support and Social Work and EH Assessment background; with the aim of offering a more integrated early help offer to families, within Hubs based in local communities. Our service is delivered in conjunction with a wide range of partners. We take a systemic, whole family and multi‑agency approach to help build resilience and aim to offer the right help, first time, putting children first. The 0-19 Early Help Service aims to provide timely and effective early intervention that prevents problems from escalating and enables children to flourish.
The ‘I’ grade role carries additional responsibility for ‘Return Home Interviews, (following missing episodes), ‘Out of Court’ processes, alongside the Youth Justice Team and working with vulnerable adolescents at risk of contextualised safeguarding, often alongside statutory social work services.
About You
A for this role, you will need to demonstrate that you have experience in direct work with young people and families. Be able to provide high quality interventions to children and their families to promote the welfare of children within their homes and community. Have a robust understanding of safeguarding and be able to prioritise tasks, keep accurate case records and have excellent assessment writing skills.
We are particularly keen to recruit someone with an interest/experience in providing preventative group work to young people and their families, co‑delivering alongside partners and other colleagues. This post will also be involved in developing co‑production work with young people, to develop and identify service needs and put suggestions into practice.
We are particularly looking for people who are dynamic, enthusiastic and keen to develop themselves. If you have a passion for creativity and enjoy working in dynamic environments, we would love to hear from you.
What We Offer
* 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
* Work‑life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part‑time
* A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
* Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
* Excellent training and development opportunities
Equality and Diversity
Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The council embraces all forms of flexible working, including part‑time, compressed hours, and hybrid working, and is committed to offering employees a healthy work‑life balance.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and welcomes and encourages job applications of all abilities, providing reasonable adjustments where needed.
All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the council satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
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