Young Person's Practitioner

In the role of Young Persons Practitioner, you'll provide support to young people by agreeing and providing interventions, which support young people who are experiencing issues or at risk of facing issues with homelessness, substance use, leaving care or isolation. The work will focus on proving young people with support on their personal, social, emotional and economic wellbeing.

We provide a welcoming and accessible service that respects and values young people as individuals we are professional, non-judgemental, and confidential encouraging young people to make informed healthy decisions.

• Providing a high-quality service young people aged 13 – 25 years.
• Delivering interventions to children, young people, or families on a 1:1 basis or in a group setting
• By Maintaining effective working relationships and channels of communications with colleagues and with children, young people, and families
• Attending and actively participating in relevant multi-agency meetings
• By being responsible for organising achievement of work objectives daily

In the role of Young Persons Practitioner, we're ideally looking for someone who has:

• Ability to manage demanding workloads and change priorities quickly
• Experience of delivering emotional wellbeing interventions to children and young people.
• A good understanding of and experience of applying safeguarding procedures
• Experience of delivering training and group work with young people
• Experience of delivering outcome-based programmes or initiatives, completing assessments, planning and reviews to ensure positive outcomes.
• Resident of Guernsey with the right to work and live in Guernsey

• Salary circa £27k plus on call allowances
• Great annual leave package plus buy & sell leave options
• Staff discount scheme & Employee Assistance Programme
• Supportive and flexible working arrangements
• A good range of training opportunities & CPD
• Volunteering day & other wellbeing initiative
• Employer pension contributions matched up to 7%