Children and Young People Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Weymouth Dorset, United Kingdom Dorset Council Full time

The role of Night Youth Practitioner is to ensure a safe and nurturing environment in which children and young people with disabilities are supported to reach their potential. The work will include weekday nights and weekend nights on a set rota.
You will be passionate and aspirational in supporting young people, share our core values and celebrate differences. You will support young people with their night time routines, goals, and needs, as well as help children to develop their life skills.
You will be a naturally caring person who can form and maintain positive relationships with our children, young people and families, as well as partner agencies and allocated social workers who form a team around the child.
You will be ambitious for our children, creative and passion to ensure children and young people who are disabled are supported to achieve the best outcomes and provide them with the opportunities to flourish.
You will be able to work independently and as part of a team and be flexible in approach so we can creatively support each child, as well as work together to find solutions.
We are aspirational for our staff team as well as our children and you will be joining a supportive and inclusive council who will provide nurture and invest in you to enable you to thrive in your job. Dorset has a comprehensive training programme which supports your professional growth and development.
You must be able to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
You must also hold, or be happy to work towards the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare, to be completed within two years of employment.
This post has a significant travel requirement and you are contractually required to have a vehicle (or transport deemed to be suitable by the council) available for use as required.
This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders .
This is a part time role at 25 hours per week.
This post requires significant travel. This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders .
See our policy on safeguarding children and young people .
See our adult safeguarding policy .
The friends and family referral scheme applies to this post. If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at .
At Dorset Council we:
provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
care about Dorset and all the people who live here
have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression
We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.
Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.


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