Job Number
LBC03081
Contract Type
Permanent
Posting End Date
21 April 2024
Salary: £33,945 - £36,648 a year
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity within our Youth Partnership Service, where you’ll provide for prevention and early intervention in respect of vulnerable young people aged 10 – 18.
You’ll work closely with professionals from a range of support agencies including acting as Lead Professional to plan and deliver intervention support for referred young people through a whole family approach. You’ll take the lead on the delivery of evidence based personal and social development opportunities for young people.
To be successful in this role, you will need an in depth ability to engage and build sustainable and positive relationships with vulnerable and disengaged children and young people and their families.
You’ll have the ability to build and sustain relationships with key staff whilst effecting influence through professional challenge as well as be able to interpret and identify development needs of young people and be able to devise a plan of action to meet these needs using evidence based practice.
You must have demonstrable knowledge the core principles of youth work, including a JNC recognised professional youth work qualification or equivalent qualification.
You’ll have an understanding of youth and family related evidence based practice, relevant legislation, and policy. This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English.
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
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