Mediation Officer

Mediation Officer

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Bolton Council, Bolton

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

, 26 Jan | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: e923bfd048aa4f3fb2d829baaf8ce0aa

Full Job Description

The Time 2 Talk service provides mediation interventions with young people and their parents, preventing homelessness in upward of 80% of cases.

Mediation Officers are integral to the Council's homelessness prevention approach, working with young people, their family and other partner agencies including Children Services, resolving conflict within families and helping them to reestablish positive and supportive relationships.

You will sit within Community Housing Services managing a case load, facilitating shuttle and face to face mediation. With a clear focus on safeguarding vulnerable children and young people from early teens into early adulthood, including supporting Housing Options with young adult family lodger exclusions.

About You

You will:

Have excellent communication skills resolving conflict.

Be highly organised and ensuring accurate case management recording

Be flexible working outside normal working hours to meet the needs of the service

Be able to build and maintain effective working relationships with other professionals and partner agencies.

Be confident and effective engaging people who may be reluctant to do so

We are committed to personal development. If not already secured, you will be supported to secure accreditation in Mediations Skills.

The role is currently subject to evaluation for an essential car user allowance and applicants will be expected to have access to suitable personal transport.

Please provide a full CV AND a covering letter supporting your application, ensuring you demonstrate how you meet the key minimum person specification requirements highlighted (noted as 'Application' under Method of Assessment.)

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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