Early Help Practitioner

Permanent

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Targeted Early Help Locality Team as we are recruiting for:

1 x Full-Time Early Help Practitioner
1 x Part-Time Early Help Practitioner (0.7 FTE) with a specific focus on Domestic Abuse, working as part of the wider Domestic Abuse (DVA) offer, alongside our Domestic Abuse Practitioners within Early Help.

If you are looking for an energetic and dynamic working environment that supports a wide range of professionals to deliver highquality services to children, young people and families in Bury, we would welcome an application from you.

What it's like working in our team

We are a dedicated and fastpaced team working across our locality areas. We work closely with schools, Children’s Social Care, Health Services and the Third Sector to contribute to the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Your contribution will have a big impact, and you will be trusted to work both independently and as part of a strong, supportive team. The work is varied, fastpaced and sometimes challenging, with opportunities to develop creative, strengthbased and innovative solutions.

We are looking for enthusiastic and proactive candidates with experience of working with children (019 years) and families needing support across a range of areas. You must be able to demonstrate a patient, engaging approach and a desire to empower families to make positive changes, helping them reach their potential through effective multiagency working. This ensures the right service is delivered at the right time for each family.

The role involves:

Working directly with children and families
Completing Early Help Assessments
Formulating plans of support
Working with multiagency partners
Leading multiagency Team Around the Family meetings and reviews
Direct intervention with children and their families

Hours:
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week (pro rata for the 0.7 FTE Domestic Abuse role), based around the usual business week of 8:45 17:00. Depending on service requirements, you may be required to work flexibly outside of these hours to meet families’ needs.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

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