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YOUNG PEOPLES TARGETED PRACTITIONER - FIXED TERM
Salary details: £30296 - £33024
- Reference
- HUL/24/0304
- Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)
- £30296 - £33024
- Occupational group
- Early Help
- Job term
- Full Time
- Appointment type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- 37
- Division
- Children and Family Services - Directorate
- Closing Date
- 19 May 2024
- Proposed Shortlisting Date
- 20 May 2024
- Proposed Interview Date
- 31 May 2024
- Place of work
- Kenworthy House, Hull HU1 3DT
- For an informal discussion please contact
- Matt Wallis
- Contact telephone
- 01482 331 059
This role is fixed term due to grant funding until March 2025.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the ReFRESH team as a Targeted Practitioner providing Early Intervention support for young people.
Within this role you will provide group drug, alcohol, and vaping education sessions to young people in schools, colleges, youth settings etc. You will also hold a case load of young people who are vulnerable to substance misuse or impacted by parent/carer or family drug/alcohol use, facilitating interventions to reduce risk and build resilience.
The service delivers a variety of early help support and you will be working alongside the ReFRESH Treatment team and other 11-19's services to ensure the most appropriate support is offered to young people.
You will consult with other CYPFS professionals such as Social Workers, Youth Justice Practitioners and Education Staff on a regular basis and be committed to multi-agency working and safeguarding children and young people.
The post is WorkSmart enabled, and you will work predominantly in the community in settings such as schools, family homes and youth settings.
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Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.
We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Any offer of employment to the above post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced & Childrens Barring List Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Fixed term vacancies are available to Hull City Council employees on a secondment basis, subject to approval from their current line manager for up to 18 months. PLEASE ENSURE YOU DISCUSS THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH YOUR MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THE VACANCY. For further information and guidance, please refer to the Council’s Secondment policy.
Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, adhoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out your role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.