Early Help Practitioner

Salford City Council

Early Help Service

Early Help Practitioner

Location: Various locations in the Salford borough   

Early Help Practitioner
Grade: 3A, £30,296 - £33,024

Working hours: 36 

Contract type: Fixed Term Maternity Cover for 12 Months 

Closing Date: 22nd May 2024 at 4.30pm

Please state on your application whether you are applying for a full time or part time position.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Early Help Practitioners to play a key role in the continuing development of the Early Help Service. 

The role of an Early Help Practitioner is to work across the Early Help Service, and they have key responsibilities:

• Be part of the Early Help Citywide Teams in promoting the vision of the Early Help Services and in the leading and co-ordination of the delivery of high-quality outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
• Act as a designated accountable lead for an individual or family in need of early help or with complex needs. Working as their champion and advocate to tackle problems; improve aspirations and outcomes and reduce dependency on public services. 
• To co-ordinate and oversee the right support for families and ensure that it is delivered in the right order, right time, and place, to ensure needs are met and prevent issues becoming more complex. 

Approaching the role with enthusiasm and a positive can-do solution focused attitude is essential.  

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For further information please contact - Rachel Shearn on 07591350388 

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £38.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £9.50 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £38.00.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

About your benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes.  In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment

New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit:
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