Targeted Youth Support Worker

Cornwall Council; Liskeard; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Council seeks a Youth Support Worker to join the Child & Families Service. This role involves working closely with young people, providing support through one-on-one sessions and assessments to help them build resilience and independence. The successful candidate will possess relevant qualifications and experience in youth work, and be committed to enhancing the lives of children in the local community.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Defined benefit pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Health and wellbeing programme

Employee benefits scheme with various discounts

Qualifications

• Experience with direct work involving young people and families.
• Ability to create SMART plans for youth support.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and statutory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work with referred young people to build trusting relationships.
• Complete 1-2-1 direct work and holistic assessments.
• Develop SMART plans to support young people and their families.

Skills

Effective intervention

Building relationships

Holistic assessment

Education

JNC Qualification in Youth and Community Work

Experience in community-based youth work

Job description

Job Description

The Service & Team:

This 6 month fixed term post sits within the Child & Families Service and is based with the Caradon Early Help Team, this team covers Liskeard, Callington and Saltash

The Role

This involves working with young people who have been referred directly into our Service via the Early Help Hub/MARU or from our Social Work teams. Youth Support Workers will build a trusting relationship with young people and complete 1-2-1 direct work. Youth Workers will be expected to complete an holistic assessment and SMART Plan of action to support the young person & their families. We are looking for people who share our commitment to offer the best possible support to young people to help them build their resilience and independence

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern

Working hours are Monday to Friday primarily 8.45am to 5.15pm with some flexibility for work outside of these hours

What You’ll Need To Succeed

This is an opportunity for an experienced Worker with a track record of effective intervention with children and young people. You will be able to evidence your learning and practice and how this has positively impacted on the lives of children.

You will need to hold a JNC Qualification or equivalent in Youth and Community Work, or significant experience of delivering community based or targeted youth work

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What You’ll Get In Return

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
  
  

Additional Information

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact [e-mail]

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .

Please answer the following questions in your supporting statement;

• Have you ever been barred or restricted from working with children and/or vulnerable adults?
• In this role you will be required to travel to rural locations which are not serviced by public transport. Do you have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle?
  
  

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [e-mail] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.