Job Description

About the role
Part-Time 15hrs per week (salary pro-rata)

We have an exciting part-time opportunity for the right candidate to join the Circles to Success Service, as a Clinical Assessor Practitioner (sexually harmful behaviours). The successful candidate will deliver consultation, assessment and intervention to children and young people up to age 18 (and care leavers) where harmful sexual behaviour has been identified. Through the provision of specialist knowledge in this area of practice they will contribute to safety planning and multi-agency decision making alongside our partners in education, health, youth offending and social care working directly with the children and families across Northamptonshire.

At Northamptonshire Children's Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. The successful candidate will receive regular clinical supervision and the opportunity to undertake specialised training.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the /Person Specification.

If you would like an informal discussion or have any queries regarding this role please email Laura.Evans@nctrust.co.uk.

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lease do not email CV's to this email address as only on-line applications will be assessed.


What will you be doing?

Providing informed and accessible specialist assessments to support professionals, families and young people understand why behaviour has happened, what could lead to it happening again and what actions are likely to reduce the behaviour recurring

Supporting professional and family networks to safety plan, assess and manage risk within a highly sensitive and emotional area of practice with proportionate and containing responses*
Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload involving complex and high-risk clinical formulation and decision making, adhering to risk management, in line with Trust Policies and multi-agency partners across Northamptonshire as required.*
Provide specialist assessment, formulation and interventions for highly vulnerable children and young people who have high clinical risk and other complex/multi agency needs.*
Provide specialist consultation and advice to professionals working within a range of children's services within Northamptonshire as required.*



We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.


About you

When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education


About us

At Northamptonshire Children's Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do - in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.


Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.


We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.


At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.


Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.




Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.


We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

28 days annual leave,

plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years

Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover

(3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.

Opportunity to purchase

up to 25 days annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

- We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.

Employee discounts

with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.

Flexible and family working arrangements

including enhanced maternity benefits

A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team

where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions Extensive Learning & Development and

career development

opportunities *

Subsidised

town centre car parking scheme