Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA / Working from home
Worker Category: This is a hybrid post involving fieldwork
Salary: £34,350 - £37,950 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 37 per week
Contract Type: Fixed term/ Secondment for 12 months
Closing Date: 26th November 2024
Interview Date(s): 9th December 2024
Are you looking for an exciting and interesting opportunity to work within a creative, dynamic and energetic team?
About the Role
DPST take a whole family approach and work flexibly with children in care in order to improve outcomes for our children and increase placement stability.
The team works creatively to provide a range of support, underpinned by a therapeutic and trauma informed approach, with the aim of ensuring our children are able to reach their full potential and thrive.
The main themes of the team's work are:
* Working directly with children/young people and their carers, using targeted interventions, including with parents where children are placed with them, using a variety of resources and approaches, including joint work where appropriate.
* Assessing the needs of children, young people and their carers, in order to inform the planning and delivery of work that will meet the needs of children/young people, in order to sustain positive outcomes for them.
* Supporting young people making transitions, particularly when stepping down from a residential placement, or rehabilitation home.
* Increasing carers' understanding of therapeutic parenting and trauma informed practice.
* Supporting safety planning around a child or young person, by delivering strategies and interventions which address identified risk factors, and planning support that will meet the needs of an individual's care plan.
* Regularly monitoring and reviewing the provision of work and making adjustments when required, dependent on the needs of children, young people and their parents/carers.
* Using a variety of methods to help sustain improved outcomes, including putting parents/carers in touch with community groups and other services as part of a care plan.
* Advocating for children in care, ensuring their voices are heard, and their needs are fully met, both physically and emotionally.
* Building effective and positive working relationships with families, encouraging greater social inclusion and involvement in pro social activities.
* Planning, delivering and evaluating group work.
In order to achieve this, you will of course have support from your line manager, including regular supervision.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must have:
* NVQ level 3 in Childcare Diploma or Childcare Qualification, or evidence of continuing professional development.
* Experience of working directly with challenging children and young people, as well as vulnerable young people in at least one of the following settings: social care, education, youth offending or health.
* Knowledge of child development and an awareness of differing needs of children and young people and their carers, knowledge of other cultures, and have an understanding of the risk factors and prevention work that impacts upon children's attachment, and presenting behaviours.
* Good time management skills, organisational and planning skills, assessment skills, IT skills, and a good standard of case recording and report writing skills.
* Ability to build trusting relationships with children, young people and their carers with ability to observe and analyse behaviours, their causes, and put forward solutions to problems using a solution focused and therapeutic foundation.
* The ability to communicate confidently, respectfully and persuasively with children, young people and carers.
* Be accountable for allocated casework & maintain concise and accurate records either electronically or in manual written case files.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Helen Taylor; Team Manager Email: Helen.Taylor@leics.gov.uk Tel: 0116 305 6325
Or Dawna Moffat; Assistant Service Manager Email: Dawna.Moffat@Leics.gov.uk Tel: 0116 305 9014
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 303 0222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.
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