Voice and Participation Worker

• Directorate BHCC: Families Children & Learning
• Salary £30151 - £34723
• Contract Permanent
• Closing Date Apply by 16 April 2023

Brighton

• Job reference orbis/TP/82121/31020
• Positions available 1
• Working hours 29.6-37
• Closing date 16 April 2023
• Job category Education & Learning
• Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council

We are looking for Participation Practitioner to join our current team of experienced clinicians.

You will be working with others in the team to ensure that we deliver our offers to schools around mental health and wellbeing is informed by service users. You will be experienced in using creative and engaging means such as workshops, steering groups, surveys, digital/social media, etc, in order to gather the thoughts and views of children and young people to help us ensure children and young people are at the heart of what we do.

Interviews will be held on: TBC

If you have any questions please contact Linsey McGill at Linsey.Mcgill@brighton-hove.gov.uk

You will need to have experience of working with young people in gathering their voice and supporting schools with using feedback.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.