- Deputy Manager York
- City of York Council in York, , United Kingdom
- jobs
- 1 month ago
jobs description
Do you have a background of working with children and Young People? Would you like to join us and be part of our brand-new service ‘Together We Can’?
This innovative new service provides support to children and young people between 11-17 years through outreach, residential homes and the staying close service.
It follows a forward thinking new model involving working with a multi-disciplinary team in the home. We aim to support young people in achieving York Children’s Services vision that all young people should be able to ‘Stay Home, Come Home, Belong.’
• Stay Home – Young People remaining at home or in their naturally connected network.
• Come Home – Young People returning to their family or network where it is safe to do so or at the very least returning to York when this is in line with their wishes.
• Belong – Young People being connected to their network and community and supported to learn.
Together We Can supports children and young people, with a complex range of needs due to, but not exclusively, early trauma and attachment. These children and young people often struggle to build relationships and make sense of their emotions which can result in complex and risk-taking behaviour.
You will work as part of a specialist team (which includes clinical psychologist, police liaison and speech and language therapist) to support children, young people and their families who are on the edge of care, in care or leaving care and play a crucial role acting as a key worker and developing meaningful relationships built on compassion, respect and trust.
• Community Support: providing ongoing support to young people and their families who are on the edge of care or supporting them back to their family home or supported lodgings.
• Residential Care: providing exceptional care and support when a young person requires co-ordinated support whilst living in a residential setting.
• Therapeutic Care: to support a young person requiring therapeutic care, to access the relevant services and provide oversight and pathway co-ordination in and out of health services in conjunction with multiagency care plans.
The post holder will support the Registered Manager to lead a specialist team to support children and young people and their families who are on the edge of care, who are in care or leaving care.
The post holder will play a crucial role in the management and development of this new service. Supervising a team of Senior Residential Practitioner, the post holder will ensure that the ethos and philosophy of the home is embedded in culture and practice.
This role involves working a rota pattern with shifts covering weekends, evening and bank holidays.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact MICHAEL CAVAN – RESIDENTIAL MANAGER at michael.cavan@york.gov.uk or on 07561 879 641 or Beth Gamble HOME MANAGER beth.gamble@york.gov.uk
Closing date: Friday 3 January 2025 at 12 midnight
Interview date: Wednesday 8 January 2025
York United Kingdom