We have an exciting role on offer within our Children's Services as a Young People's Practitioner. About Us Are you passionate about children and young people in Middlesbrough? Do you want to make a difference in children and young people’s lives by ensuring they receive the right support, at the right time? If so, then we have an exciting opportunity to work within the Work Readiness Team with the Stronger Families Team. The Council has a Statutory responsibility to track and follow up all young people in year 11 and year 12 leavers to ensure that they have a suitable offer of learning (September Guarantee) and this information is reported to the Department for Education. This role requires you to focus on tracking and supporting young people aged 18 – 21 years old for the Tees Valley Youth Trailblazer programme, which is a government pilot to help young people into work and training. The role will include contacting and tracking young people using a range of methods to ensure the destination of all relevant young people is known so that young people can be supported into education, employment or training. The reduction of young people not in either education or training in Middlesbrough is a key priority and this post is essential to service delivery. You will deliver direct support to young people using evidence-based interventions to increase resilience, improve outcomes and support young people into the Tees Valley Youth Trailblazer Programme. You will be responsible for accurate inputting and updating of information on relevant Council IT systems including updating records of all work undertaken following relevant policies and procedures. To develop and maintain knowledge of resources available and provide advice, information and guidance to enable children, young people and families to make informed choices. To work within Middlesbrough Safeguarding Children Procedures. At Middlesbrough we live our values and are looking for people who share our vision of putting children and relationships at the centre of everything we do and offering the right service at the right time. We will show Middlesbrough Children they really Matter and achieve the best outcomes for them. Staff are at the heart of all we do, we want to support you to be excellent and we will do this by providing a range of training and professional opportunities. To give you the best start in your new role with us, you will have a 4-week protected induction giving you the time to really get to know us, our processes, systems and services. We are working with staff to create ways that mean you can work flexibly from home and visit offices to work alongside peers in our blended approach to working. This vacancy is fixed term until 31.03.2026 If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for! In return we can offer:• Generous leave entitlement with an option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.• Excellent pension plus top-up options.• Staff networks run by our staff for our staff.• Flexible working (dependent on job role).• Electric car lease scheme.• Cycle to work scheme.• Employee benefits portal including Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme.• Staff lottery.• Travel and car parking schemes.• Ongoing training and development opportunities.• Fantastic career progression opportunities and lots more! If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact Patrick Woods, Service Manager, Early Help on 01642 727799 or email. The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We operative a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.