Adolescent Worker

**Adolescent Worker - Young Croydon - Children Services - Croydon Council**

**Salary**: Grade 10 £40,833 - £42,840

Permanent - 36 hours per week

Hybrid working

**Job Purpose**

To manage a caseload of adolescents (age 13 upwards) who are at risk of harm, including significant harm. To assess individual needs and risk presented inside and outside of the home, focussing on strengths and reducing harm by engaging and working with adolescents and their families/carers. To provide targeted interventions and support positive changes, with a longer term goal for reintegration into communities and universal provision. A successful Adolescent Worker will develop effective professional relationships with adolescents and their families in order to achieve sustainable positive outcomes.

**About You**

We are looking for an experienced and appropriately qualified professional that is able to demonstrate their knowledge and experience of working with challenging young people and their families/carers. You will have an understanding of how to address adolescent risk with the delivery of effective interventions. You will have compassion and drive to effectively engage with team managers, social workers and other professionals, supporting them to build relationships with young people and their families to protect young people from harm inside and outside of the home.

**Essential Requirements**

Relevant professional qualification in working with children and/or adolescents

Working knowledge of issues relating to adolescents

Excellent communication skills that allow to produce a high quality reports

Ability to identify, assess and determine individual plans based on strengths for adolescents focussed on safety, protecting from harm and reducing risk

Experience in developing and delivering targeted interventions that reduce risk and vulnerability for adolescents

Ability to make sound professional judgments.

Compliance in practice with statutory requirements and guidance, and local procedures and standards.

**Benefits**
You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by the team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:
Highly competitive compensation package

29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more

A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%

Continuing Professional Development - genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career

Management development programmes

Investment into your wellbeing

Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts and more)

We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance

Closing Date: 23 June at 11:59pm

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.