Practitioner (Futures) - Req24400

2 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds City Council Full time

As a Futures Practitioner you’ll thrive on being part of an energetic and dynamic team that always goes the extra mile to support the young people they work with.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our **council values** and **ambitions**.

**About you**
As a Futures Practitioner you will bring to the role:

- Experience of working with highly vulnerable children, families and adults
- Experience of working in intensive community based ways
- Knowledge, training and understanding of the challenges of this client group
- A trauma informed ethos in all that you do
- Flexible, determined and ‘can do’ approach

**About the role**
The Futures team currently works with young people who have experienced the removal of an infant through care proceedings. It is extending its scope to actively and creatively support young people and particularly care leavers that need more support during pregnancy and beyond.

This work is tied to the compassionate Leeds Strategy and wants to ensure that the most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in our city are recognised and equitably supported to access the help that they need.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Futures team and work in truly meaningful and impactful ways with young people and their families.

As our next Practitioner you will work as part of the team to support a small caseload, support the Hold my Hand project and utilise the Leeds Practice Model to guide and shape your practice.

The team works flexibly and according to need and there is an expectation that you contribute to a rota that enables a response to young people between 8am and 8pm. Occasional weekend working according to need is also expected.

**What we offer you**
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of **staff benefits** to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

**How to apply**

**We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.**

**We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is ranked 70 on the Stonewall Equality Index 2023. We are also an age-friendly employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.**

**This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.**

**Job Purpose**:The Futures Practitioner will be an integrated member of the Futures team working to design ,coordinate and implement intensive and flexible packages of support to young parents (under 25s) where there is an assessed and measurable risk of care proceedings or repeat proceedings for an infant.In particular where the young parent is at risk of poor long term social and health outcomes associated with domestic violence, substance use, and adverse life events. The young parent may be a child themselves as such at risk of becoming looked after, having poor school attendance or becoming NEET (not in education, employment and training). The Futures practitioner works always to enable and empower parents to make positive life change.

**Responsibilities**:

- Hold a small case load of parents and families and fully advocate for them throughout, always maintaining emphasis on achieving effective and sustainable outcomes.
- Work systemically as part of a team, to collaboratively develop and deliver effective assessment, formulation and plans of intervention with parents and families, this includes allocating and overseeing work to junior staff and supporting them in their own development to deliver this effectively.
- Recognise the challenges young parents can face and use initiative and creativity to provide a responsive and flexible approach to engaging them in an approach that will work for them.
- Work as part of a team that works outside of traditional hours and uses an assertive outreach approach.
- Work as part of a team that works in partnership with other agencies and organisations, working always to develop relationships and networks and align professionals to the case formulation, so developing pathways and creating access to the most appropriate interventions and treatments at that point in time.
- Utilising guidance and supervision fully implement the Leeds Practice Model, engaging in outcome focused su



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