Zone West Link Worker

Salary £26,000-£27,000 per annum, depending upon experience

This role is eligible for Full Time or 0.5 job share.

Zone West is a small team with big ambitions for children and young people in the West End of Newcastle. Our job is to link vulnerable children with resources that will help them, but it is more than signposting: we have the time and space to form meaningful and lasting relationships that can transform lives, underpinned by developmental thinking.  

We are looking for individuals who are driven by the desire to make a lasting impact and will excel when embracing the following values: 

The Zone West Team is looking for a passionate, empathetic individual with a high level of experience and knowledge of both the educational and social care systems, to work in the West End of Newcastle. This role supports children and families who are engaged with Early Help or Children’s Social Care and are experiencing difficulties with school attendance. You will hold children at the centre of every aspect of your practice, be flexible and non-judgemental, and excellent at rapid engagement.

You will work across the 9 primary schools within the WEST trust, engaging with children and caregivers to identify barriers to school attendance and use a solution focussed approach to support the co-creation of strategies to remove them.

If you have the following skills and expertise, we would love to hear from you:

1. 1. Act as a trusted adult and role model in the lives of children and families.
   2. Maintain a child-centred, child-led approach, enabling young people to move towards greater self-understanding.
   3. Demonstrate relevant experience with children aged 7 to 11 years in family support work, education, social work, youth work, mentoring, counselling or similar.
   4. Have experience of assessing and promoting the wellbeing of primary school children who are at risk of becoming looked after.
   5. Experience of working positively with children facing complex social and emotional challenges.
   6. Experience of child-led and child-directed practice.
   7. Excellent understanding of safeguarding, child protection and children’s social care provision; experience of collaborative working with Early Help, Children’s Social Care, Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership.
   8. Confidence in participation and challenge in multi-agency meetings
   9. Widen the network of support for the child by linking them to existing organizations and opportunities in the community including cultural engagement, physical activity, curriculum enhancement, and family engagement.

Full details of the role can be found in the Job Description, Person Specification and Link Worker Applicant info sheet below.

Job Description and Person Specification Zone West Link Worker

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Link Worker Applicant Info Sheet

Please return completed application forms to: office@northeastwellbeing.co.uk 

Deadline: Rolling deadline until the post is filled.