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Sandwell Childrens Trust,
At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.
What we can offer you:-
- Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
- Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
- You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
- We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
- Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
- We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.
With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our ‘Sandwell Family’.
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37 hours per week
Fixed term contracts until 31st March 2028
About the Role:
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Prevention Worker position within the Horizons Team. This is a fixed term position until 31st March 2028 as part of an initial pilot programme and the successful candidate will be working with children and young people who are at risk of entering the youth justice service. The service has great working relationships with partners and offers a truly multi-agency way to improving the outcomes for children and young people
The post holders will be responsible for:
- Providing support for young people who have been arrested but have no ongoing police involvement and prevent further offending.
- Work with young people who have experienced school exclusion and offer prevention at the earliest opportunity.
- To undertake direct work with children, young people and families with a specific focus on behaviours for young people that are increasing their risk of coming into the youth justice arena.
- To work with families and partner agencies to devise, implement and review an outcome focused plan and to bring about better outcomes for Children and Families.
- Keep accurate and up to date recordings on EHM of all contact, meetings and interventions with children, young people and families.
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You will need to have:
- Two years’ direct experience of working within a child, young people or families setting where a caseload has been held.
- NVQ Level 3 or above in children, young people and families field
- Experience of working as part of a multi-agency team, preferably in Youth Justice or family support setting.
- Experience of undertaking assessments, devising and reviewing plans and delivering creative direct work/ interventions.
So, if you think your future could lie with a 'Good' Team at Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.
To apply please click on the link below to complete an application form and view the Sandwell Deal:-
https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/
Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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