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Closing date: 08 September 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Youth Justice Service for an energetic and dynamic Senior Family Support Practitioner.
This is a full-time post for a fixed term non-case holding role to cover maternity leave based at The Quad, Chesterfield.
We’re proud of our practice and commitment to children and their families in Derbyshire, we achieve this high standard of care by offering excellent supervision, systemic practice, innovative working and generous training opportunities to our workers. We are a high performing service and welcome candidates who share our passion to help children and young people overcome barriers to achieve and succeed.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with children and young people, management experience is preferable but not essential.
Our culture is enshrined in our mission statement:
"Child First in everything we say, do and write. We build on the strengths of children, families, and communities to achieve their potential and in turn, protect the public and victims. We never give up on our children and young people".
You will be supported to develop and strengthen your knowledge and skills in trauma-informed practice and have access to a wide range of multi-disciplinary training as well as reflective supervision. This will include access to Psychologists, Speech and Language therapists, Substance Misuse workers, Education, Training and Employment workers, Restorative Practitioners and Wellbeing workers to support you in your role.
What will you be doing?
* Providing personal and practice supervision to Family Support Workers within the team.
* Assisting the Team Manager in efficient and effective delivery of Child First practice.
* Quality assuring Youth Justice reports and assessments, to maintain a high standard of understanding and analysis of the needs impacting our children.
* Working with our multi-agency team members and partner agencies to support the holistic needs of our children and to keep them safe.
* Demonstrating and championing systemic practice.
* Embedding Derbyshire’s operating model into all practice to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.
What benefits do we offer you:
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme
* travel expenses
* discount on leisure centre memberships
* free car parking at most sites
* an in-house counselling service
* occupational health service
* access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
* cycle to work scheme
If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Team Manager, Sam Munday at Sam.Munday@derbyshire.gov.uk
Provisional Interview Date: 18 September 2025
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