Grade: F scp 17 £31,022 to scp 23 £34,434, plus Essential Car User Allowance payment up to £963pa
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: Full Driving Licence
Essential Qualification: Holder of a professional qualification at NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant field

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
Do you want to make a difference to children and young people? The role of Keyworker is vital in working with schools, children and families to promote regular attendance and access to education.

You will be responsible for investigating irregular attendance and circumstances where children are missing from education and provide intensive support and challenge to children and their families, where appropriate undertaking the role of lead professional.

The role will also involve the coordination of parental responsibility measures to ensure parents fulfil their duties under section 7 of the Education Act 1996.

This is a fantastic opportunity to enable Bolton’s children to be the best they can be.

About You
We’re looking for someone who’s passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and young people. The successful candidate must have experience of working with both Primary and Secondary schools and have the ability to engage with and involve children and families in identifying and overcoming barriers where there is irregular attendance at school.

You’ll work both independently and as part of a team. You’ll need to meet deadlines and have significant experience of working with children and young people. You’ll have fantastic communication skills and be able to build and sustain relationships with children, their families and other professionals, providing a high level of impactful intervention to give the children the best chances in life.

You will need experience of working with hard-to-reach families and have a track record of being able to motivate, encourage and support them to play a stable role in their communities and maximise school attendance.

Applicants must have an NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a young person or family related area and have a full driving licence and use of a car.

About Us
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.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the comitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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