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The starting salary for this role is £36,282 per annum, working 36 hours per week.

Do you feel passionate about supporting young people to achieve their very best?

Are you looking for opportunities to gain experience within a dynamic and innovative team?

We are looking for creative individuals who enjoy working with adolescents and their families to join our Targeted Youth Support Team in Surrey Children's Service and help make a difference to our young people's lives.

Surrey County Council's Targeted Youth Support Service (TYS) is a service that supports some of the county's most vulnerable young people to ensure they have the best chance of thriving and succeeding as adults.

This Senior Practitioner post in the North West sits within one of our specific youth justice teams and so the Senior Practitioner will need to have extensive experience of youth justice work including the writing and gate keeping of PSR’s.

The service works with young people at risk of offending, family breakdown, homelessness, sexual exploitation and criminal exploitation. The service provides help at the point when problems emerge; preventing the need for more specialist services further down the line. The TYS Service also holds the Youth Offending function for the county; supervising young people in the Youth Justice System in Surrey.

As a member of our team, you will be working alongside social workers and other partners, agencies and the voluntary sector to support children and their families in the community. Surrey Children's Service provides training to ensure competence and professional development. We will ensure that you receive a full induction and monthly supervision.

It will be great if you have had experience with working with adolescents and can show us how this work has impacted in more positive outcomes. You will need to be able to engage with families, carers, young people and support colleagues in managing risk and effecting positive change. You should be able to evidence good written and verbal skills.

Surrey Children's Service believes that the welfare of children and their families is paramount. Team members are enthusiastic and supportive, committed to the provision of a quality service for young people and their carers and we are looking for people with similar qualities to join us to continue the good work already being done.

The role of the Senior Targeted Youth Support Practitioner is to provide experience and leadership for practice within the TYS Team. This role will work with some of the most complex young people and families that the service supports, including post-court Youth Justice Cases. The Senior Practitioner role will also be responsible for supporting the training and mentoring of new and less experienced staff and modelling best practice.

The role of Senior Practitioner is a bridging role assisting the team manager in supporting staff across the teams, holding complex cases within the team, offering consultation and joint working on cases with other staff and leading by example across the team.

A full UK driving licence and use of a card is a requirement for this role.

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Additional Information

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 10/07/2022.

Interviews will take place the week commencing 18/07/2022.

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion please contact Chris Beck by e-mail at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application.

Post source:job.theguardian.com

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Name:SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL

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