Salary: Band 6, £27,363 to £31,067 per annum
Contract Type: Fixed term/secondment for one year
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)
Closing date: Sunday 13 April 2025, 23:59
The Service:
In Portsmouth we are proud to be at the forefront of integrated multi-agency work with neurodiverse children and their families. As a national trailblazer, we have launched our new ND pathway and Multidisciplinary 0-19yr Neurodiversity Service. This brings together experts from a range of fields to provide universal and targeted information, advice and guidance.
Your New Role:
You will deliver a range of information, advice and guidance for children, families and practitioners, and you will be central to improving the way in which we as a city support children, families and practitioners to navigate the many challenges and successes of being neurodiverse. You will ensure that practitioners across the workforce are able to map a child's individual profile and plan to meet their needs. You will ensure information, advice and guidance is provided to children, families and practitioners in the most effective way to ensure that improved outcomes are achieved, including reducing demand on high-cost specialist services. There will be occasional evening and out of hours working.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have a nationally recognised qualification such as NVQ level 4 or other higher-level qualification or equivalent experience. You have up-to-date working knowledge of safeguarding children and young people, the ability to complete risk assessments, and experience of working with children, young people and families. You have a positive attitude to helping young people and delivering a safe and effective offer. You can demonstrate knowledge of child development to support objective, family-led planning and, ideally, some understanding of youth justice practice and frameworks. You have excellent communication skills, a restorative approach to practice, and the ability to reflect and learn. You have a driving licence with access to transport, or the ability to easily access public transport to move across Portsmouth City.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Application process:
How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/support-for-applicants/
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Click on the 'Apply' button to register or log into your applicant account, complete our profile builder, and enter your personal statement. In your personal statement, please detail why you feel you are suitable for the role using the 'Who is the Person' section of the job profile.
If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
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