Sessional Worker - Youth Offending Service
- Employer
- Sandwell Children's Trust
- Location
- 6-8 Unity Walk, Owen Street, Tipton, DY4 8QL
- Salary
- £10.27 to £11.98 per hour
- Closing date
- 27 Jan 2019
- Reference
- SAND000003672
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- Sector
- Health & Social Care / Work
- Job Type
- Social care, Youth work
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Working Pattern
- Part Time
- Hours
- Part-Time
Job Details
About the Trust:
Sandwell's Youth Offending Service has been praised by government inspectors and received an overall rating of "Good" following their recent visit to the service. The report praises the Youth Offending Service, part of Sandwell Children's Trust, for their culture of 'innovation and creativity' when dealing with young people and their families.
In the Trust we are transforming the way we do things and we want to strengthen our teams to enable us to provide intervention and preventative solutions for the families we work with. We have the freedom to make quick decisions that matter the most, resulting in the best possible outcomes.
We believe in providing the best possible work environment and opportunities for our staff, where together with an inspirational leadership team we strive to serve our purpose of improving the lives of children and young people.
This post is fixed term for 12 months.
Hours: 4 hours per week
Closing date: 25th January 2019
We are currently looking for Sessional Workers who will be required to:
- Assist in the delivery of intervention/reparation packages for young offenders
- Support in the facilitation of group work
- Escort young people around the borough of Sandwell
- Be involved in activities with young people for the purpose of completing project objectives
- Supervise young people, either on a 1-2-1 basis or in small groups whilst undertaking activities as part of their Court Order or Out of Court Disposal
- Accurately record all work undertook with young people and report to an identified YOT Officer
No qualifications are needed for this post but specific skills or areas of expertise such as landscaping, carpentry, horticulture, bricklaying arts and crafts, coaching, mentoring, etc is required.
You must have the:
- Ability to motivate young people to achieve set objectives
- Ability to work alongside two other sessional workers to achieve the objectives of the session
- Ability to accurately record information and work undertaken with all young people
- Experience of working directly with challenging young people in a variety of settings is essential
- Experience in the supervision of young people in small groups is essential
- Experience in dealing with challenging behaviour is essential
- Experience of supervising reparation sessions
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.
For an informal discussion please contact Aneshah Gordon, Team Manager on 0121 569 2204.
An enhanced DBS is required for this role.
This vacancy and advert will be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible.
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Person specification
Company
At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need.
With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust.
Working for us
There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children’s Trust. From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development. Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children’s Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team. Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink: https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/
There are many benefits for working for us too:
- Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
- Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
- The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
- Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
- Access to a range of family friendly policies.
Benefits & Rewards
- Up to £6,500 re-location package
- Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
- The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
- Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
- We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
- Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
- 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
- Access to a range of discounts on products and services
- Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
- Refer a friend scheme
- Wellbeing initiatives and forums
- Discounted gym membership
- Eye care vouchers
About Sandwell
Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people. While Sandwell is the 12th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.
We have excellent and affordable transport links, quality housing at affordable prices and an abundance of entertainment, arts, culture and history right on the doorstep.
For all recruitment enquiries please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and one of our friendly team will call you to discuss opportunities with the Trust.
- Website
- https://www.sandwellchildrenstrust.org/
- Telephone
- 0121 569 2200
- Location
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Sandwell Children's Trust
The Wellman Building
Dudley Road
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DL
United Kingdom
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