About The Role

Are you determined and passionate about improving the lives of vulnerable young people? Do have an ability to engage hard to reach vulnerable young people and families and inspire them to achieve a positive outcome? Do you have the skills and experience to engage and build positive trusting relationships with young people and families to inspire them to make positive changes and improve life outcomes?

Northamptonshire Childrens Trust Young Peoples Service offers support to young people and their families with identified complex support needs and offers targeted support to address risks outside the family home, in addition to the longstanding focus on keeping children safe within families.

We welcome interest from both new applications and those who applied previously as long as the gap between applications is more than 3 months.

We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.

What will you be doing?

You will be the lead professional or work to support the lead professional with defined pieces of work to help support our young people. The role will require you to complete return home interviews with young people who go missing, support the delivery of group work and work with young people who are/or at risk of being sexually and criminally exploited amongst other concerns, with a specific focus on addressing extra familial harm.

We are committed to building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people, and families at the heart of all we do. Our aim is to provide young people and families with the right services at the right time and for young people to be supported to make a successful transition to adulthood.

You will be providing a county wide service so you would need to be able to travel effectively across county and would be based in one of our children's centres closest to your home address.

About You

You are an enthusiastic, self-motivated team player with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.

You're able to work flexibly with families and advocate on behalf of children, young people and vulnerable adults

You hold a Level 3 qualification in working with children, young people vulnerable adults and their families or have substantial professional experience in this area

You have experience of direct work with families with multiple problems and with families who find it difficult to engage with services.

You are able to mediate, negotiate and problem solve and undertake individual and family assessments and assess needs and risk.

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

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 Childrens 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 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

Northamptonshire Children's Trust

New Jobs

Young People's Practitioner