Overview
Salary: £27711 – £33366
Shift hours: 37
Positive Directions
- Practitioners work with complex young people in the community such as schools, hospital or home, using trauma informed practise to change their life for the positive.
- Direct work to be undertaken, in a compassionate yet creative way.
- updating adults in the child’s life, whilst advocating for the child, which will include using your trauma expertise to challenge inappropriate language.
- Working with parents/carers to understand life from the child’s point of view, acting as an advocate, this will also include within CIC/CIN/CP meetings.
- Using your skills to manage complex situations, that are ever changing and highly demanding.
- Building relationships with young people.
- Understanding levels of development and the link to trauma.
- Work with partnerships to ensure working together policy and procedures are acted to the upmost confidentiality.
- Take part in regular case formulations.
- Work closely with Edge of Care team and NHS colleagues.
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
This is a fixed term term post until March 2028.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Experience of working with young people who have complex needs and exhibit emotional and behavioural difficulties
Experience of creative and innovative approaches to engage vulnerable and hard to reach young people
Experience of data protection, recording sensitive information, maintaining case files and adhering to confidentiality policies
Experience of working in a multi-agency capacity, ensuring collaboration with partner agencies and promoting relational practice.
Understanding of risk management for children.
Understanding of Education and Health care planning process.
Experience of de-escalation skills.
Strong understanding of trauma and how this can exhibit in a persons life.
Creativity.
Good engagement with young people.
Real understanding of the pressures for young people in todays world.
Able to lone-work and manage own diary effectively.
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme – As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date(s): 27/08/25
Reference: coventrycc/TP/64959/11397
