Youth Support Officer – Adolescent Safeguarding Team, London Borough of Enfield

Youth Support Officer – Adolescent Safeguarding Team

Salary – £32,418 – £ 34,209

Full Time x1

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Youth Support  Officer in the newly restructured Adolescent Safeguarding Team, currently based at Charles Babbage House, Orton Grove,  Enfield.  This is a multi  disciplinary team based alongside colleagues in the Children’s Specialist Support Service,  and works closely with partner agencies such as the Police Exploitation Team,  Education and Health colleagues.

The Adolescent Safeguarding Team will work directly with children and young people aged 10-17 (up to 18) where there are concerns arising from being at risk of exploitation. This includes Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), trafficking and modern slavery. The team also works with young people at risk of coming into local authority care, including 16/17 year olds at risk of homelessness.

The objectives of the team are to ensure assess risk and provide robust safeguarding to young people. Also to work with young people and their families to prevent the need for them to come into Local Authority care.

There is regular supervision and support and good training opportunities. The successful candidate will be passionate about working with this client group and be able to engage and undertake direct one to one work with teenagers and young people. The role will also involve giving presentations on Child Exploitation (Criminal and Sexual) in schools, youth clubs, residential units and to other professionals.

How to apply:

This role requires that you upload 2 documents – in the “Document upload” section of the online application form.

1. A supporting statement addressing how you meet the requirements of the job description and person specification. Your supporting statement should be around 2 pages in A4 format.

2. Full work history document completed since leaving full time education, as this is a safeguarding role and requires you to work with Children and/or vulnerable adults.

Why it’s great to work for Enfield Council

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do – by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you – and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

Closing date : 11:59 on the 6th August 2021

The Adolescent Support Team is busy, supportive and committed to continuous improvement. For an informal discussion please contact Claude Madembo on 0208 132 1929 or Jo Fitzgerald 0n 0208 132 2293 or Andrea Wilkinson 0208 132 1678.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Farida Uddin on 0208 132 1027 or email farida.uddin@enfield.gov.uk 

“This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment”.