0-19 Practitioner (Level 2)

Barnet Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 days annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Policy

Lifestyle discounts from major Retail—

Payroll benefits including cycle to/ey

Training and development opportunities

Employee well-being training

Job summary

Barnet Council is seeking a proactive coordinator to support the 0-19 Early Help Service across Barnet. You will coordinate event planning, administration, and lead on holiday activity delivery for Barnet Youth and BACE programmes, ensuring inclusive access for eligible young people.

You will work with partners and families, applying strengths-based approaches, safeguarding knowledge, and maintaining accurate records.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to encourage participation.
• Event management, administration support and budgeting experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead on event planning and administration for Barnet Youth and BACE programmes.
• Deliver/oversee activity delivery for young people during holidays.
• Develop targeted activity programmes for vulnerable groups in Barnet.

Job description

Important Information for Current Barnet Council Employees

Where possible, employees who have access to Oracle are encouraged to apply via the Opportunity Marketplace (Internal Career Site). This helps to ensure applications are correctly identified as internal and avoids potential delays during the recruitment process.

About Barnet Council

Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities all help make it a great place to live and work. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better. As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative - which drive everything we do.

About the role

The 0-19 Early Help Service delivers interventions to children, young people and families across the borough. The post holder will provide flexible, practical and evidenced based support to children and their families utilising a range of strengths-based approaches to build resilience and promote improved outcomes and life opportunities.

The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating and leading on the event planning, administration requirements and maintaining the Barnet Youth and BACE programmes during holidays ensuring inclusion of all eligible young people to access opportunities. They will take responsibility as operational lead on activity delivery for young people in Barnet as part of Barnet's children and families Early Help service.

The post holder will also develop activity programmes including targeted programmes as part of BACE and Barnet Youth, meeting the needs of the most vulnerable groups of young people in Barnet who are considered at risk of poor outcomes.

About you

You will have experience of working with children, young people and families, have excellent organisational skills and encourage participation and involvement.

You will have experience of event management and delivering programmes, including administration support, activity planning, costing and resourcing.

We expect our Team to use a range of evidenced-based approaches, to build resilience and promote improved outcomes and life opportunities. You will need to have a robust understanding of safeguarding and be able to prioritise tasks, keep accurate records and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

If you want a rewarding job that provides opportunity for innovation, if you can rise to a challenge and most importantly if you want to be part of making a real positive difference for children then we want to hear from you.

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
• A comprehensive Flexible Working Policy which supports work-life balance by empowering staff and management to make decisions around when, where, and how work is done
• 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
• Employee well- being training programs including confidential employee assistance

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. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures, this may include AI Detection Screening, Biometric ID/Right to Work Checks, Qualification and Registration Checks, Up to 6 years of Employment Data and Insights to Accelerate Screening (Konfir), Up to 5 years of Employment History References, DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Checks, Credit Checks and Social Media, Sanctions and Occupational Health Screening.

To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Barnet 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. Candidates are encouraged to talk about relevant requirements and preferences at interview. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

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.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

Please ensure you regularly check the email account (including JUNK MAIL folders) that you use to submit your application, as any further communication regarding your application will be sent electronically. Should you not hear from us within four working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.