Job description
Salary: £27,2694 - £29,540
Location: Locality 2 - Staying Together Team
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 13 March 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Derby City Council’s Children’s Early Help and Social Care are looking to recruit a worker to work intensively with children and young people. The Staying Together Team uses evidence-based interventions with young people and families who have been assessed as being at risk of breakdown. You will be joining an existing team of experienced Children’s Practitioners.
You will be delivering planned interventions with a specific focus and developing resilience with children and young people. Ideally you will be confident and creative in pulling together one to one intervention.
This post will not involve case holding and will generally mean working alongside an identified member the Team supporting their intervention plan. It will focus on direct work and engaging hard to reach young people who have experienced multiple adverse childhood experiences.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Hybrid working (depending on your role)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Young Peoples Direct Work Practitioner, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
You will be responsible for planning and delivering direct work to children and young people.
You will work collaboratively with the team, managers, other professionals and agencies involved in the child's, young persons or family’s life, such as social workers, educators, and healthcare providers, to ensure a holistic approach to support.
You will be vigilant in identifying and responding to any safeguarding concerns, ensuring that appropriate protocols and procedures are followed to protect children and young people.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have...
Ideally you will have some experience of working with hard-to-reach young people and of working in a multi-agency setting and have a level 2 NVQ qualification in a relevant area and at least a Grade C GCSE in English or equivalent.
Other responsibilities will include:
Maintaining accurate recording on internal record keeping systems
Where needed attending and contributing to review meetings (TAF, Network Meetings, ICPC, RCPC and CRE review meetings)
Producing written reports
Please read the person specification and job description thoroughly before applying.
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