Youth Practitioner Level 1 - Weymouth, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

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Description
Organisation

  • Dorset Council
  • Location
  • Portland, United Kingdom, Weymouth
  • Reference
A

  • Occupational group
  • Health and Social Care
  • Children's
  • Salary details

- £24,496 - £28,37
  • Job term
  • Full Time
  • Appointment type
  • Permanent
  • Contact
  • Emma Fry
  • Contact
telephone


  • Closing Date
  • 05 March 2023

Youth Practitioner Level 1:


37 hours:


Salary £24,496 - £28,371:


The Harbour CWAD, Weymouth & Portland:
Dorset is committed to creating environments for our children and young people to thrive.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new service as a youth practitioner based in the Weymouth / Portland area providing care and support to children and young people initially in residential children's home working with a small staff team and subsequently working across our communities and in homes to improve the lives of our children.


The priorities for our Dorset children are; that they stay in Dorset, which is the best place for them to live, that they are given the best start in life through good care provision and the best education and training opportunities, which enable them to thrive and be the best they can be.


The role of youth practitioner is to ensure a safe and nurturing environment in which children and young people with disabilities are supported to reach their potential.

The work will include some evening, weekend work including sleep-ins for which there is an allowance and bank holidays. We are a flexible employer and would welcome a discussion around a variety of hours to be mutually agreeable.


What you can expect to be doing:
You will be passionate and aspirational in supporting young people, share our core values and celebrate differences.

You will support young people with their day to day lives, activities and promote community participation and social inclusion, as well as helping children develop life skills.

You will be a naturally caring person who can form and maintain positive relationships with our children, young people and families, as well as partner agencies and allocated social workers who form a team around the child.


You will be ambitious for our children, creative and passion to ensure children and young people who are disabled are supported to achieve the best outcomes and provide them with the opportunities to flourish.


You will be able to work independently and as part of a team and are flexible in the approach so we can creatively individually support to each child, as well as work together to find solutions.


We are aspirational for our staff team as well as our children and you will be joining a supportive and inclusive council who will provide nurture and invest in you to enable you to thrive in your job.

Dorset has a comprehensive training programme which supports your professional growth and development


About you:


  • You will be a kind and caring person with a passion for improving lives, be ambitious for our children and flexible and creative in approach.
  • Ability to achieve QCF level 3 Health and social care or equivalent.
  • Numeracy and literacy skills
  • Recording and report writing skills
  • Experience and resilience working with children and young people who are disabled
  • Ability to work flexibly across a range of settings
  • Experience of direct work with families
  • Be solution focused
  • Have good skills in forming and maintaining relationships with children
  • To advocate for children and young people in their day to day lives
  • Have good communication skills
  • Be skilled in forming and maintaining relationships with young people
  • Understand key childcare legislation
  • Be able to work as a team member to get the best outcomes for children
  • Have effective IT skills to use the recording systems
  • Be excited about learning and want to develop your skills to promote exceptional practice
  • Be an excellent role model for children and young people with disabilities
This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

See our policy on safeguarding children and young people.

See our adult safeguarding policy.


Dorset Council:
A great place to work
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.


At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success


You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential c
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