Route 29 Portfolio Lead
Salford Council
Route 29 is inspired by the 'No Wrong Door' approach which is an exciting way of working collaboratively to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children and families in Salford. Route 29 will focus on providing a robust and asset based intervention to young people aged 8 -18 years who are on the edge of care, in care or at risk of placement instability. Route 29 embrace a close working relationship with adolescents a ‘working with’ rather than a ‘doing to’ approach. We want to be seen as a listening organisation and one where young people do not need to repeat their story to each professional, no matter which agency is involved. Our service includes a 28 day residential home that supports young people at times of crisis. We have an exciting opportunity to join Route 29 as a Portfolio Lead for Future Journey's. This role has been developed to be a key component of the support we provide to vulnerable children and young people. The role involves overseeing all step down plans for Route 29 ensuring that there is identified ongoing support for a child and their family. You will work closely with wider services to ensure you have excellent knowledge of community resources and universal service offers. You will support the staff team to identify appropriate services to refer young people to when their time with Route 29 is coming to an end to ensure that the progress they have made is sustained. You will be responsible for supervising a small number of key workers and ensure that practise is consistent across the team. You will also support a small number of young people on your caseload. You will be expected to be the senior member of staff on shift when covering the duty service. You will work as part of a multi agency team and will display a genuine commitment to the needs and welfare of vulnerable children and adults to ensure the best outcomes for them. You will demonstrate our values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility to give young people the stability, skills and support to manage their journey to adulthood and independence successfully. You will need to have experience of working with children and young people and be confident and competent to manage staff and lead a shift. A Level 3/4 in Residential Childcare and experience in working in a residential setting is also desirable. The team work out of The Hub which includes our residential and outreach support. The team is made up of: Want to know more about Salford? Find out about our city as a place to live, work & grow, and learn more about the amazing work we are doing. You’ll also find out about the wealth of benefits we have to offer you here! Other Benefits of working for Salford: Privacy Statement and Data Protection Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .
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