Overview
Passionate about working with children and families? Be at the heart of our transformation journey and enable earlier intervention and better outcomes for families in North East Lincolnshire. Join a service that empowers you, supports you and values your skills.
We are seeking a full time (37 hours per week), colleague to join us on a fixed term basis (12 months). As part of our team, not only can you expect real progression opportunities for your career, you will be supported with compassionate, relational leadership to help you thrive and feel safe in your practice. As a Family Help Practitioner in North East Lincolnshire Council’s Children’s Services, you will work as part of a team to provide high quality family help practice to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and families. This role sits within the Youth Justice Services Out of Court Team supporting children on a diversionary basis to prevent escalation into the criminal justice system. Family help is highly valued and supported by skilled, knowledgeable and caring leaders and managers. You will be joining a service that is built on pride and passion, who have high aspirations for children and families and who are committed to empowering them to thrive and be the best they can be.
If you are an enthusiastic and passionate person and want to provide earlier support to address the needs of children within their family networks, we want to hear from you. We aim to interview w/c 22/09/2025. We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.
Rewards and Benefits
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension. You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform. This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our in-house wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels. NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a fostering-friendly scheme.
Requirements and Compliance
In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment Guidelines, if you are successful with your application you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:
* At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
* You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
* References must cover the last 3 years; any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position
Support and Apply
Do you need support? If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.
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