Job Description

We are working closely with local authority in Sefton to assist with the appointment of a My Space Intervention Worker, on a 3-months contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay £16.87- £22.18 per hour

The My Space Intervention Worker will contribute to the delivery of high-quality early intervention, safeguarding, and support services for vulnerable children, young people, and families within the Youth Justice Service and MYSPACE & Springboard provision. The role involves undertaking direct intervention work, managing a complex caseload, assessing risk and need, and supporting children and young people facing emotional, behavioural, safeguarding, or social challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake direct work with children, young people, and families in line with Child in Need, Child Protection, Early Help, Youth Justice, and care planning frameworks.
• Develop, implement, and review intervention plans, support strategies, assessments, and case records, ensuring documentation remains accurate and up to date.
• Support vulnerable young people who may be at risk of exploitation, offending, exclusion, neglect, family breakdown, or poor emotional wellbeing.
• Maintain effective communication in sensitive, challenging, or high-risk situations while supporting children and families through periods of change and intervention.

Essentials

• Degree or recognised professional qualification in Social Work, Youth Justice, Social Care, Criminology, Psychology, Child Development, or a related discipline.
• Experience working with vulnerable children, young people, and families within children's social care, youth justice, early help, safeguarding, or related services.
• Experience working with children and young people presenting behavioural, emotional, safeguarding, exploitation, offending, or family-related concerns.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding legislation, child protection procedures, data protection, and equality and diversity principles.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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