House Project Young Person's Practitioner

We are excited to announce that we are going to be working in collaboration with the National House Project, setting up our very own House Project, based in Tamworth. This is a fixed term role until August 2026.

The House Projects:

• supports young people leaving care to create their own homes and live connected and fulfilling lives.


• is co-designed with young people and they work together to develop relationships and learn skills that enable them to live successful adult lives.


We are seeking enthusiastic and adaptable practitioner, who will help develop and deliver the ethos of the project.
Main Responsibilities

As a Young Persons Practitioner, you will be providing direct support to care leavers, through a trauma-informed approach using group work, the ORCHIDS Practice Framework, and the House Project Programme.

You will also:

• be supporting our young people to make the transition to independent living in both a group and 1-1 setting


• be providing practical and emotional support, along with advice and guidance to young people


• be able to work flexibly, innovatively, and in a solution focussed and empowering way to help our young people to achieve the best possible outcome


• create and deliver weekly group sessions to a small group, to provide practical and emotional support
  
  You will:


• have experience of working directly with children and young people in a social care, education, housing, or youth work setting.


• have experience working closely with other agencies and professionals (statutory and voluntary)


• be able to demonstrate highly developed communication and influencing skills in a variety of contexts with young people.


• be confident and have experience creating and delivering group sessions to young people that are both creative and engaging.


• have an understanding of the social, emotional, safeguarding, and practical challenges facing young people in care and care leavers and have an understanding of how these may be overcome.


You may be required to work some evenings and weekends

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Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

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Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire