Targeted Youth Support
Cornwall Council
Date: 18 hours ago
City: St Austell, England
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
The Service & Team:
Working within the children and families services based in the Family Assessment and Support Team, St Austell.
The Role
Targeted Youth Workers / Youth Support Workers work as part of multi-disciplinary team where children, young people and their families need co-ordinated support at times of increased need and difficulty. They carry out holistic assessments with young people aged 13 yrs + (inc family and siblings were appropriate) and devise plans of intervention and undertake direct work. To do this you will be trained to utilise a range of evidence-based approaches including Signs of Safety & Motivational Interviewing and accredited Parenting Programmes. We have excellent training programme and career progression.
Youth Workers establish trusting relationships with young people. We seek candidates who are dedicated to providing exceptional support, fostering resilience, and promoting independence among the youth.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
Monday to Friday 8.45am until 5.15pm - flexible working / compressed hours hours available and sometimes the need to work later in the evening. Hybrid working available with the role. The expectation is for at least 2 days office based.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
This is an opportunity for an experienced worker with a track record of effective intervention with young people. You will evidence your learning and practice and how this has positively impacted on the lives of young people
You will need to hold a JNC qualification or equivalent in Youth and Community work or significant experience of delivering community based of targeted youth work & be willing to work towards gaining the JNC qualification
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What You’ll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role 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. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
The Service & Team:
Working within the children and families services based in the Family Assessment and Support Team, St Austell.
The Role
Targeted Youth Workers / Youth Support Workers work as part of multi-disciplinary team where children, young people and their families need co-ordinated support at times of increased need and difficulty. They carry out holistic assessments with young people aged 13 yrs + (inc family and siblings were appropriate) and devise plans of intervention and undertake direct work. To do this you will be trained to utilise a range of evidence-based approaches including Signs of Safety & Motivational Interviewing and accredited Parenting Programmes. We have excellent training programme and career progression.
Youth Workers establish trusting relationships with young people. We seek candidates who are dedicated to providing exceptional support, fostering resilience, and promoting independence among the youth.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
Monday to Friday 8.45am until 5.15pm - flexible working / compressed hours hours available and sometimes the need to work later in the evening. Hybrid working available with the role. The expectation is for at least 2 days office based.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
This is an opportunity for an experienced worker with a track record of effective intervention with young people. You will evidence your learning and practice and how this has positively impacted on the lives of young people
You will need to hold a JNC qualification or equivalent in Youth and Community work or significant experience of delivering community based of targeted youth work & be willing to work towards gaining the JNC qualification
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What You’ll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role 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. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
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