Job Introduction
Job Title: SfYP Inclusion Worker
Starting Salary: £31,537 progressing to £34,434 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Children's Services
About the team
Hertfordshire Services for Young People is the primary provider of youth work, career education, information advice guidance and work-related learning in Hertfordshire.
Our vision for young people is clear. We want young people to succeed, and by working for us you’ll be key to enable this to happen.
We work with vulnerable young people to address emerging needs, improve life chances, and reduce escalation to more expensive and intensive services.
This includes supporting those challenged in education, their community or home life, to ensure a successful transition to adulthood. The young people we work with are typically 11-17 and 18 to 25 if they are Care Leavers or have SEND.
About the role / What does the role involve?
- Delivering one-to-one and small group sessions with clear aims and measurable outcomes.
- Supporting young people who are missing from education, home educated, on reduced timetables, or persistently absent.
- Building strong, positive relationships with young people to support meaningful change.
- Working closely with parents, carers, schools and partner professionals.
- Representing the service confidently in multi-agency meetings.
- Signposting young people and families to appropriate services and resources.
- Working collaboratively with SfYP colleagues to ensure a holistic support offer.
About you
Essential:
SfYP are looking for an enthusiastic Inclusion Worker to work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting young people who are missing from education, electively home educated, on a reduced timetable or who are persistently or severely absent from education.
The aim of the role is to support young people to overcome barriers to their education through bespoke one to one work and targeted group work, with the aim to support young people to re-enter or improve their education attendance
- You will have excellent verbal, written and ICT skills and a flexible approach to your work.
- You will have the ability to demonstrate experience of building relationships within teams, the ability to build. rapport with young people and evidence of working with them individually and in small groups.
- Be proactive and can advocate and negotiate.
- Have a strong understanding of the issues facing young people and be able to demonstrate how you have effectively challenged stereotyping or other discriminatory practice.
- You will have the ability to work flexibly as Service needs require.
- You will be required to travel across the county so access to a vehicle is essential.
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is Level 8. Please locate the job profile here:
Job profiles - Community services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Laura Butcher (Laura.Butcher@hertfordshire.gov.uk)
Interview Date: w/c 8th July
Benefits of working for us
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Additional information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.