Early Help Practitioner

Job description

Job title: Early Help Practitioner

Salary: SO2 £37,280 - £39,152

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Full-time permanent

Location: Merrion House, Leeds, LS2 8NG

Are you passionate about ensuring Early Help Support arrives at the correct time and is delivered in the right way? Are you passionate about workforce development and supporting services to develop and improve their offer of Early Help? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children, young people, and families? IF SO, Leeds Early Help Services is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Early Help Practitioner like you.

What you will bring to the role:

• Significant experience of early intervention, working with professionals, children and families to provide support and challenge using a restorative and relational approach.
• Experience developing effective partnerships with families and with professionals to achieve positive outcomes for children.
• Experience using management information systems e.g., Mosaic, SCMS, Core Plus.
• Effective liaising with staff at different levels across agencies and influence practice.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, information sharing and other key legislation relating to children and their parents/carers.

About the Role

As an Early Help Practitioner you will be based at Merrion House working closely with the Social Work Duty and Advice team to provide guidance and support at an Early Help level, workforce development and training. In this vital role, formulation is a key to informing next steps, providing timely and targeted support that help prevent issues from escalating. Your work will be directly aligned to our Leeds practice principles as you form part of a dynamic team focused on improving outcomes and directly contributing towards building resilience within communities.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities · a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply

Please complete an online application form.

Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries/would like an informal chat about the role contact Jonathan Roberts (Early Help Front Door Manager) 0113 378 1823 / jonathan.roberts@leeds.gov.uk or Elliott Stubbs (Early Help Locality Lead) elliott.stubbs@leeds.gov.uk

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children or Adults* barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying