Salford City Council
Children’s Service
Route 29
Edge of Care Residential Keyworker - Route 29
Grade: 3A+2, £32,076 - £34,834
Working hours: 36 hours per week, including weekends and evenings and sleep ins to meet service needs
Contract type: Permanent
Salford is a thriving cultural, economic and residential location, well known as a channel for academic and business talent. Children get a great start at a wide range of schools, further education colleges and the award-winning University of Salford. The waterfront development at MediaCity UK makes Salford a major centre of UK media production.
We want children growing up in Salford to see and say that their city, community, and services are great and this has been recognised in our most recent Ofsted report which rates our continued overall services as ‘good’. This means that ‘children have continued to receive focused, timely and proportionate support in response to their needs and level of risk. Multi-agency arrangements for children are effective and these lead to a good range of interventions that keep children safe’ (Ofsted 2018)
Route 29 is using the ‘No Wrong Door’ (NWD) approach which is a new exciting way of working collaboratively to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children and families in Salford. Route 29 will focus on providing a robust and asset based intervention to young people aged 12 – 17 years who are on the edge of care, in care or at risk of placement instability. We are now in the position that we can launch our 8-11 provision, We believe that Route 29 will embrace a closer working relationship with families - a ‘working with’ rather than a ‘doing to’ approach. We want to be seen as a listening organisation and one where young people do not need to repeat their story to each professional, no matter which agency is involved.
Our hub which will provide residential and outreach support will have a dedicated team which includes:
• Two Deputy Managers
• Key workers who support young people and their families within the hub and by outreach work in the community
• Portfolio Leads (keyworkers with additional levels of responsibility)
• Life coach (clinical psychologist)
• Speech and Language therapist
• Educational Psychologist
• Police Officer
• Two Nurses
• Two community foster families who work out of the hub and are part of the professional team; and
The resilient keyworkers ‘stick’ with the young person through thick and thin to access the right services at the right time and in the right place to meet their needs.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Keyworker to join our new service. We are looking for someone who really wants to make a difference. You will need to have extensive experience of working with vulnerable adolescents who have complex needs and present high risk. You will hold a level 3 in Children and Young People. You will offer advice, support and guidance to the young people who reside in the hub creating a safe and homely atmosphere. You will have sound knowledge of the Children Homes Regulations and Quality Standards that underpin the work you do within the hub. Working as part of a multi-agency team you will display a genuine commitment to the needs and welfare of vulnerable children and adults to ensure the best outcomes for them. You will demonstrate our values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility to give young people the stability, skills and support to manage their transition to adulthood and independence successfully.
Learn, grow and develop as a Salford Keyworker
At Salford we’re committed to supporting our staff to learn and grow and from day one we’ll support you to succeed within Salford through ongoing learning and development. This will include some core training both online and face to face as well as the opportunity to continue with apprenticeships relevant for your role.
Contact the Route 29 team
If you think that working at Route 29 and making a real difference to a young person's life might be for you, please contact Deputy Managers - David Roberts email david.roberts@salford.gov.uk for an informal discussion.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £38.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £9.50 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £38.00.
If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
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About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.
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Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion
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