Missing From Home Worker

Job Title –   Missing From Home worker

Employer – Trafford Council

Location –  Stretford Police Station, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0UX

Salary Scale –  Band 4 (SCP 12 – 17)

Salary range –  £26,421 - £28,770 per annum

Working Pattern – Full Time

Working hours –    Monday to Friday 8.30-4.30pm  

Contract type –     Permanent

Application deadline – 24 May 2024         

Interview date – TBA

Interview type – In person

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About the Role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Vulnerable Adolescent Service and work with children and young people who are missing from home and missing from care.

This vacancy is in our complex safeguarding team, SHINE. You will have the opportunity to build trusting relationships with children and young people through completing their return home interviews and you will support in engaging with parents/carers, partners and communities to develop interventions that meet the needs of young people.

You will also be an integral member of a multi-agency service that works collaboratively with the youth justice service, complex safeguarding social workers, police, health, education and traditional social care services to safeguard vulnerable children and young people.

What a child / young person needs from you….

I want you to want to get to know me, the struggles that I have and the reasons that I keep going missing from home or care.

I might not make it easy for you, but you need to be able to work around that and be determined enough to keep trying to reach out to me if I refuse to speak to you.

I might not understand that I am not safe, or well, but you will need to interpret information and situations to know what risk and safeguarding issues I face.

I expect you will have to record that information somewhere, and make sure you share it with the right people so that they can try to find me if I go missing again.

It’s all about how you come across to me. I need someone who is going to listen to me, and not tell me what to do because that makes me angry and upset and stops me hearing what you have to say.

If you feel that you have the requirements for this post, then we would love to hear from you.

role profile.pdf

About you

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

About us

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is that Trafford  is a place where all our residents, businesses and communities prosper.

Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do

We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.

CONTACT DETAILS

For an informal discussion, or to find out more about the role, please email

Emma ward- Practice manager:-  emma.ward@trafford.gov.uk

COUNCIL DETAILS

About the benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford. 

Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and we offer a number of initiatives for staff including mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running & walking groups and health and wellbeing events.

Our great benefits include:

Pension

Home Technology Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Simply Healthcare
Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'

To view more about our exciting range of rewards and benefits, please visit: Reasons to Join our Family | greater jobs

To learn more about Trafford as a place to live and work, please visit:

https://greater.jobs/content/10496/welcome-to-trafford

The Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants.

To find out more, please click here:

http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/data-protection/privacy-notices/Service-Level-Privacy-Notices/Recruitment-Employment-Privacy-Notice.aspx

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment - Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment | greater.jobs (stghavaspeople.com)

Right to Work – your right to work in the UK documentation will be checked

Privacy Notice - The Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants.

To find out more, please click here: Recruitment & Employment Privacy Notice (trafford.gov.uk)