Salary: Band 7, £29,777 to £33,945 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)
Closing date: Monday 4 November 2024, 09:00
Interview date: Friday 15 November 2024
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
The Service:
The Supporting Your Future team works with Children Seeking Asylum and Care Experienced young people aged 16-25 to support them through to independence or reunification to their families. This is an exciting and privileged opportunity to support children and young people in their journey to independence and help them to build a positive future for themselves.
Your New Role:
You will be responsible for supporting young people aged 16 to 25 to develop the independent living skills and emotional resilience necessary for a successful transition to adulthood. You will work alongside the young person's allocated social workers until they turn 18, then support them to access and maintain Employment, Education or Training and help them with any benefit claims. You will provide practical and emotional support to enable them to move into and maintain a tenancy. You will support young people to develop and strengthen all the skills necessary for successful independent living and help them to achieve their life goals.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You are passionate about working with young people and aspirational for them. You are approachable, supportive, flexible and responsive, and able to sustain positive and effective relationships with young people, their families and professionals. You can challenge others appropriately, work effectively alone or in a team, and are an excellent communicator. You enjoy a busy atmosphere, and have skills in tact, diplomacy and empathy. You can write clear and concise reports and assessments. You are motivated to achieve good outcomes for young people, and are curious. You understand the importance of confidentiality and are computer literate. You are able to travel to meet clients across the city or beyond. You have a driving licence and can take young people to appointments and visit clients outside the city; a car will be provided if needed. You have a degree (desirable but not essential), or other post-18 training or development.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
What you'll get in return:
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Sarah Read, Service Leader, Sarah.Read@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 688 118.
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
