Grade: G scp 23 £33,366 to scp 27 £37,035, plus Essential Car User Allowance
Contract: Fixed Term Contract, until March 2026
Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 Caring for Children and Young People or equivalent.
Role Requirements: Full Driving Licence
Hours: 37 per week
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The Role
We are looking for a committed and resilient individual to join our newly established team. You will be part of a Multi-disciplinary team including Personal Advisors, Education, Employment and Training Worker, Housing Officer and Emotional Health Practitioner and line managed by the Staying Close Team Manager.
Our model is based on relational practice and we will support young people who are living in their children’s residential homes to receive additional support as they transition into adulthood.
You will be responsible for a caseload of young people that require an intensive, strength-based wrap around support across key areas of their transition into independent living. This will include supporting them i to appropriate accommodation, building life skills, engaging in EET and promoting emotional well-being.
We are a small, friendly team that sits alongside The Leaving Care Team and work closely with our wider partners. You will need to be confident in closely co-working and supporting the team in the best interest of the young people we support.
Some of our young people live out of area and therefore travel will be required to ensure our most vulnerable young people are still able to receive the intensive support we hope to offer. You will receive essential car user allowance and be subsidence for mileage in line with the council policy.
It’s an exciting time to join us as we continue to develop and grow on our journey to providing this specialist service and we are really happy and proud of the impact we have made so far.
About You
We are looking for someone with a positive outlook who is passionate about supporting young people as they prepare for adulthood and independence.
The role requires an in depth understanding of the challenges this can bring including housing, employment and education and emotional wellbeing. You will need to be resilient, solution focused and work strongly as part of a team.
Staying Close is a new and relational based offer, we are therefore looking for an innovative, energetic and creative individual who has experience of working with vulnerable young people and is keen to support the development of the service.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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