About The Role
Contract: Permanent
Salary:£29,777 £33,945 (pro rata salary £18,107 - £20,642)
Hours: 22.50
Location: Hereford
Closing Date: 13/09/2024
Interview Date: 23/09/2024

2 positions available 
 
This is a fantastic opportunity for a child-focused, forward-thinking, creative, dynamic individual to join our child-led service by supporting the children of Herefordshire by being the ‘voice of the child’; representing their views, ensuring they know their rights and entitlements and supporting them to raise issues if they want something stopped, started or change. This is a chance to make a real impact on the lives of children and young people to empower them to use their voice.
What we are looking for:

• Previous experience of working with children and young people / adults is essential
• A clean driving licence and access to your own car or good links to public transport
• An enhanced DBS check will be undertaken if applicant is successful
• Effective organisation of time, responsive and able to accurately record/report
• Working knowledge and understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Working knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, level 3 safeguarding training is desirable
• To empower children and young people to feel heard and to grow in confidence
• To support children and young people to actively participate at their Child Protection Conferences and Child in Care review meetings
• To have the ability to build a rapport with a child or young person
• To assist children with raising complaints if they feel they need to
• To advocate on behalf of young people in different care settings
• Flexibility to fit in with the young person’s availability
• To be calm and confident in how you communicate with children & young people and with other professionals
• Understanding of children’s social care and children with disabilities would be desirable but not necessary

This role is subject to a DBS check
Benefits of working for Herefordshire Council:

• A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:
• Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
• Generous Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum
• Flexible working: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:
•Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme;
•Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant;
•Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.   
We will deliver better support to our most vulnerable children and their families, develop stronger relationships with partners across the region, and beyond. Therefore, we take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Herefordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.
To apply, please submit your CV and complete the supporting statement within the application form, referring to the job description & person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you would like to obtain details regarding feedback on your application please contact Hoople Resourcing at: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk