Stevenage (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
£30,559 - £33,366
Job Title: Childrens Practitioner
Starting Salary: £30,559pa progressing to £33,366 pa
Hours: 37.0
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services
About the team
The Separated Migrant Children and Care leavers Service supports individuals who have travelled to the UK seeking sanctuary, by way of offering practical and emotional intervention to help provide stability and safety through our duty under the Childrens Act 2004. This includes accommodation, education and training support, health and mental wellbeing input, asylum support and wider access to additional resources and networks within the community to help grow a 'family' around each of the young people we work with. We work with our young people from the point of referral into our service (between 12-17 years old), up until they reach 25 years old.
The service is made up of four teams, which includes a Team Manager, Consultant Social Workers, Social Workers and Personal Advisors. We have one Child Practitioner and are looking to recruit a second in order to help provide wider support with direct work and more opportunities for our young people to access a point of contact for housing or asylum support from the service.
It is a really exciting time for us as we continue to grow as a service, and the introduction of a second Child Practitioner will allow us to creatively progress ideas and opportunities to engage our cohort more meaningfully, gather their views and provide them with experiences and opportunities to come together.
We work closely with a wide range of services, including the Home Office, Policing teams, Housing, Health, Education and Employment Services, Probation
and the Prison Service, Interpreting and Family Tracing and community-based support opportunities designed to increase networks and systems around our young people, who have no family within the UK. We also link in closely with our Participation Service, to look at improving the ways in which we support young people, and identifying groups and activities which they would benefit from and will help them reach their potential.
About the role
The role of Child Practitioner includes, but is not exclusive to:
Arranging and supporting young people to attend relevant appointments inc. asylum and health
Acting as key point of contact with District Housing Teams - completing relevant paperwork to progress transition plans for young people moving into independent living-Administrative tasks including completing referrals for key documentation, support services and financial requests
Working with the wider service to identify opportunities to develop events and social opportunities for our cohort, liaising with services and organisations to develop these plans
About you
Essential:
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC8 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Health and social care
To hear more about this opportunity please contact lucy.bradley@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: W/c 14th April, 2025
Benefits of working for us
How to Appy
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Additional Information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Starting Salary: £30,559pa progressing to £33,366 pa
Hours: 37.0
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services
About the team
The Separated Migrant Children and Care leavers Service supports individuals who have travelled to the UK seeking sanctuary, by way of offering practical and emotional intervention to help provide stability and safety through our duty under the Childrens Act 2004. This includes accommodation, education and training support, health and mental wellbeing input, asylum support and wider access to additional resources and networks within the community to help grow a 'family' around each of the young people we work with. We work with our young people from the point of referral into our service (between 12-17 years old), up until they reach 25 years old.
The service is made up of four teams, which includes a Team Manager, Consultant Social Workers, Social Workers and Personal Advisors. We have one Child Practitioner and are looking to recruit a second in order to help provide wider support with direct work and more opportunities for our young people to access a point of contact for housing or asylum support from the service.
It is a really exciting time for us as we continue to grow as a service, and the introduction of a second Child Practitioner will allow us to creatively progress ideas and opportunities to engage our cohort more meaningfully, gather their views and provide them with experiences and opportunities to come together.
We work closely with a wide range of services, including the Home Office, Policing teams, Housing, Health, Education and Employment Services, Probation
and the Prison Service, Interpreting and Family Tracing and community-based support opportunities designed to increase networks and systems around our young people, who have no family within the UK. We also link in closely with our Participation Service, to look at improving the ways in which we support young people, and identifying groups and activities which they would benefit from and will help them reach their potential.
About the role
The role of Child Practitioner includes, but is not exclusive to:
Arranging and supporting young people to attend relevant appointments inc. asylum and health
Acting as key point of contact with District Housing Teams - completing relevant paperwork to progress transition plans for young people moving into independent living-Administrative tasks including completing referrals for key documentation, support services and financial requests
Working with the wider service to identify opportunities to develop events and social opportunities for our cohort, liaising with services and organisations to develop these plans
About you
Essential:
- Experience in working directly or indirectly in a support or advisory role with young people/vulnerable adults
- Ability to work independently, and within part of a team, to create plans
- Understanding of supporting individuals who have experienced trauma or discrimination and how this may impact how we engage with them
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Confidence in interacting directly with young people and professional agencies
- Experience in completing administrative work
- Hold a valid UK driving license and have access to a vehicle to be able to transport young people to and from appointments, as needed
Desirable:- Experience working directly with asylum seeking or other marginalised groups
- Understanding of asylum processes and legal framework
- Multi-lingual
- Experience of working with Hertfordshire computer systems
- Project planning experience
- Are you someone who is passionate about working within a dynamic team, supporting the needs of young people? Do you enjoy the potential of everyday being different? Of meeting and developing relationships with young people and professionals in order to help to support them to feel confident and successful in their future? Then this job is for you!
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC8 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Health and social care
To hear more about this opportunity please contact lucy.bradley@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: W/c 14th April, 2025
Benefits of working for us
How to Appy
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Additional Information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Closing date: Tue 08/04/2025 at 01:00
Job reference: HCC27278