JOB TITLE Complex Needs Advocate – No More Youth Service
POST NUMBER 008063
WEEKLY WORKING HOURS 37
SALARY RANGE £36,214 to £39,513 pa – pro rata for hours worked
TYPE OF CONTRACT Fixed Term to 31 March 2025
LOCATION Hertfordshire
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you passionate about making a difference to people’s lives?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Community Advice and Support for a No More Service Complex Needs Advocate to work with our youth team.
This is a county wide contract so travel across the county is required.
You will be working with young people with complex needs including substance misuse, offending and mental ill-health. You will be working with partnerships agencies to support to improve quality of life to residents and their family.
You will also need to have knowledge around the local partners known to the No More Service to enhance the wellbeing needs of individual residents and service users ensuring these needs are met by obtaining help from appropriate agencies, to enable residents, occupants, and service users to maintain independent living.
To enhance and create initiatives aimed to strengthen the work of the No More Service and continue to expand the services. This includes creating new ideas to keep the service up to date and putting them into practice.
A full UK driving licence (with access to own vehicle) is essential.
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in this role you will have been educated to a good standard including HND/HNC Housing, Social work, Addiction or ASB qualification or equivalent practical knowledge and experience of working previously in an area providing support and guidance.
You will be able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team, deal calmly and confidently with emotional situations and have the ability to understand the needs and perceptions of residents.
OUR BENEFITS
• Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements.
• Part time and Job share opportunities - all our full-time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave.
• 25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues
• Season ticket loans and discounts for public transport
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Stevenage Credit Union: secure savings, free life insurance and access to cheap loans.
• Employee Discounts: via monthly paid membership of the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)
• Discounted Health and Fitness membership
• Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union.
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be made on online - please visit https://jobs.stevenage.gov.uk/StevenageBorough/Home
For an informal discussion about this role please contact
Name Melissa Cucos
Job Title Senior Complex Needs Advocate No More Service
Phone Number 07842307422
Email Melissa.Cucos@Stevenage.gov.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications: 20th November 2024
Interviews will be held week commencing 25th November 2024
Please note that if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the published closing date
Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and recruitment candidates to share this commitment. SBC shall take all reasonable steps to employ staff who are safe to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. For posts identified with regular contact with these groups applicants will be required to undertake a Value Based Interview. The council supports the legislative requirements for employing and maintaining safer staff and the guidance specified by Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board
Stevenage Borough Council is committed to Equal Opportunities for All. For further information please click https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/about-the-council/equality-and-diversity
