Job Description

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There are various positions available for Short Breaks Link Workers. Permanent (annualised hours) contracts to work up to 18.5 hours per week, and casual (usually to cover sickness/emergency requests and annual leave).

Working Hours: Various - predominantly at weekends and evenings. The hours can be flexible from week to week as part of an annualised hours contract, with options for term-time or school holidays only and other working arrangements.

Worker Type: Mobile

Salary: Starting Salary is 31,586 (Level one) rising through increments to 34,314 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Team base is at Loxley House, Station street Nottingham, NG2 3NG. Role is community based within the Nottingham City boundary.

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Short Breaks Link Work Team. Our team support children and young people with disabilities and complex health needs to access their community, develop friendships and gain independence. The Short Breaks service is all about enabling young people to live their very best lives, exploring their potential and giving them the very best opportunity to have a meaningful and beneficial break. It's also about ensuring families and full time carers are able to find the time for themselves, which can include doing their housework, shopping, or just having a rest!

As part of the Short Breaks Link Work Team you will have the opportunity to access a wealth of training in order to develop your skills and work as part of a supportive team to deliver the best services possible to the young people we support. We want you to recognise the potential in all the young people we work with; to enable, rather than limit them - so we expect link workers to plan person centred sessions with our young people, rather than for. This gives you the unique opportunity to explore the local community and support them to try new things - like climbing, board-gaming, or even eating a new healthy snack for the first time. The role offers the opportunity to become an important part of young people's lives and enable them to achieve their aspirations. As their allocated link worker, you will support young people on a regular basis aiming to achieve identified outcomes and developing independence, by planning and taking part in a variety of fun and exciting activities.

Working with young people with a variety of disabilities such as Autism, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities and complex health needs, successful candidates will be supported to develop their knowledge to become all round experienced support workers. The role supports Children and Young People who live within the Nottingham City area and the post holder will offer direct support and care both in the young person's home (where appropriate) but mainly in their community. This support will be on a 1:1 basis; however, our more complex children and young people may require 2:1 support (based on their assessed needs).

Some of our young people may require personal care, or support with their mobility needs for example, and it's important that this is managed with their dignity in mind. Compassion, patience and understanding is a must. There may also at times be challenging situations on link work sessions, as we do support some young people who can display behaviour that challenges, so the ability to think fast and react appropriately - and sensitively - is also essential.

We are a Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered service and we currently hold a GOOD rating.

Candidates should ideally have their own mode of transport, or be able to use public transport for the efficient performance of duties in line with service requirements.

Previous applicants need not reapply.

About You

Please ensure that the personal statement in your CV demonstrates the following:

Knowledge and experience of supporting children and young people (ideally in similar roles and 1:1 situations), and those individuals who can demonstrate challenging behaviour. They must have a proactive 'can do' approach and the ability to think creatively when planning Link Work Sessions and have experience of identifying and supporting others to deliver positive outcomes for children and young people.

Candidates should be physically able to carry out all the duties of the role; i.e. supporting complex needs, challenging behaviours and delivering active sessions and be able to work weekends and evenings.

The ability and knowledge of how to respond promptly to incidents that may have child protection implications and referring appropriately to case holder.

Sensitivity to a diverse range of service users and evidence of responding to their different needs, along with the ability to remain calm and think clearly under pressure whilst remaining focussed on the task.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Natalie Davies (Short Breaks Team Coordinator), by telephone on 0115 8762745 or by email at shortbreaksservices@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 26th April 2024.

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: From the week beginning 20th May onwards.

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually

Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%

Smart Working - to support your work life balance

Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From 31,586.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Shift:

Day shift
Work days:

Every weekend
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 20/05/2025
Reference ID: 5118