Want to make a difference to our Community and work with our Young People?
Who We Are
At North East Lincolnshire Council, we have a unique ability to provide the ultimate work life balance for our employees. Situated within the award-winning coastal area of Cleethorpes and the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds, North East Lincolnshire Council provide the perfect location for you to Live, Work & Play.
Our Vision & Purpose
To create a stronger economy and stronger communities and improve the lives of our people.
Our Values
- Valuing People
- Honesty
- Striving for Continuous Improvement
- Openness
- Commitment
- Behaving with Integrity
The Role & Team
This exciting new role is within the Street based team, young and safe. The street based team is a targeted youth work team and works afternoons and evenings between 5pm to 10pm in parks and open spaces within the area.
The role supports young people in informal education settings on issues such as drugs and substance misuse, sexual health, exploitation, and other adolescent risks. Providing positive activities via a youth bus, detached youth work and youth sessions working in partnership with other agencies.
Your Responsibilities
We are looking for a confident, self-motivated, dedicated, and driven person to work directly with young people and professionals across a number of current issues - Including mental health and substance misuse.
You will be:
- Empathetic, understanding and compassion at all times in order to build trusted relationships.
- Non-judgemental and understand the child first, offender second element to the youth justice model in North East Lincolnshire and ensuring it is delivered using a whole family approach.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal effectiveness particularly about reading situations in which they may find themselves where a clear, consistent judgement of that situation will be required.
This will be underpinned with experience in working in a multi-agency model of delivery supporting young people to not enter the criminal justice system.
Key dates
Interview date:
12/06/2023
Start date: In line with our
‘Day One: NEL Induction Process’, we would like to aim to have the successful candidate in post by
03/07/2023.
(However, this may be subject to change and will of course be dependent on your notice period and relevant pre-employment clearances being completed)
Apply for this Role
All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification, and evidence in your application how you meet the essential criteria.
If you require an informal discussion about the role please contact Donna Chandler, donna.chandler@nelincs.gov.uk
This is a frontline position
(the duties of the role may require you to work from various council locations)
Why work for NELC?
North East Lincolnshire is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. Here are some of the main benefits:
- Flexible Working Options – agile working, compressed hours, term time working, flexi-time, home working. All to enable a work/life balance (relevant to the role you are undertaking).
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme – saves tax and national insurance by exchanging part of your gross salary for non-cash benefits such as; Holiday Extra – to purchase additional annual leave, Cycle to Work scheme and Tusker Cars (beneficial rate car lease scheme)
- In-house Health & wellbeing support
- Health Cash Plan – to claim cash back on a range of healthcare costs
- Credit Union
- Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health & beauty and many other products and services
- Discounted Car Parking Permit
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- A minimum of 24 days holiday + 8 bank holidays per year (based on a 37-hour week)
NELC is committed to
Equality and Diversity
as an employer.
NELC is
committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and Adults at Risk. For any posts that will involve access to children, young people and Adults at Risk, the successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check where appropriate.