Salary: £31,537 to £34,434 per annum
Grade: H
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire
We are recruiting to a number of Children and Families Intervention Worker (Best Start in Life Practitioner) posts across North Yorkshire. Opportunities are currently available in Knaresborough, Northallerton, Selby and Scarborough.
When completing your application, please clearly state your preferred base location(s). We will endeavour to accommodate preferences wherever possible, subject to service need.
About the programme
We are looking to recruit effective, resilient and highly motivated individuals to join our Children and Families Service as part of our Best Start in Life Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering North Yorkshire's Best Start in Life vision, supporting children, young people and families to access the right help at the right time and improving outcomes through early intervention and prevention.
About the role
Working closely with Children and Families Service colleagues, health partners, early years settings, schools, voluntary and community organisations, the successful applicants will provide targeted intervention and support to children and families facing emerging challenges. You will work directly with families using a strengths-based approach, building positive relationships, identifying needs, and supporting sustainable change that improves outcomes for children and young people.
You will be willing to take on a challenge and have experience of working directly with children, young people and families. You will have strong communication and engagement skills, experience of building positive relationships, and the ability to work collaboratively with partners to coordinate support around families. You will be passionate about helping families build on their strengths, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes.
North Yorkshire's Children and Families Service has developed a highly effective Strength in Relationships Practice Model, and you will work within this model to deliver strengths-based, relationship-focused interventions that empower families and build on existing family and community strengths.
What we offer
This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of the continued development of Best Start in Life – Family Hubs and wider family support services across the county. You will contribute to the delivery of innovative, community-based support that enables children and families to thrive.
Can you demonstrate:
- Experience of working directly with children, young people and families.
- Knowledge and understanding of child development, safeguarding and early help approaches.
- Experience of delivering targeted interventions and support plans.
- Experience of delivering group work, such as parenting support interventions.
- Strong communication, engagement and relationship-building skills.
- An ability to work effectively with families experiencing a range of challenges and vulnerabilities.
- Experience of working collaboratively with partners across agencies and sectors.
- A commitment to strengths-based and relationship-focused practice.
- Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a caseload effectively.
Then we’d like to hear from you
It is an exciting time in Children and Young People's Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementation for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, and we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Rachel Yeadon, Group Manager: Early Help, [email protected]
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Key Dates
Closing Date: Monday 3rd August
Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 4th August
Interview Date: Monday 10th August (venue - County Hall, Northallerton)
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Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
