Salary: Band 9, £37,937 to £41,510 per annum Contract: Fixed Term / Secondment for two years Hours: Full time (37 hours per week) Closing date: Sunday 8 December 2024 , 23:59 Interview date: Tuesday 17 December 2024 Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures. Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: The Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership (PSCP) provides the arrangements under which the Safeguarding Partners and relevant agencies work together to coordinate their services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in Portsmouth. The partnership prioritises workforce development to ensure there is good and effective safeguarding practice in Portsmouth. Your New Role: You will deliver training with a mental and emotional health focus, and provide a consultancy service to establish training needs and identify solutions to meet those needs. You will design, deliver, monitor, and evaluate training provided to those working in Portsmouth. You will work within a team of trainers supporting and guiding others to ensure training is delivered to a high standard. PSCP takes pride in the delivery of all learning opportunities and experience on the values of relational and restorative practice; you will deliver key learning in line with these values. This rewarding role provides an opportunity to make a difference for both the Network of professionals in Portsmouth, children and families, and you will really see the input you make having a direct impact on the development of others. There will be opportunities to learn new skills and develop knowledge. What you'll need to succeed: You have experience or qualifications in mental health and safeguarding practice, and you have a recognised qualification or equivalent experience that is transferable to this role e.g. Health & Social Care (including Social Work, Nursing and Occupational Therapy), Careers Guidance, Human Resources, Teaching in Further Education, CIPD. You have excellent knowledge of mental health and safeguarding children practice, policy and legislation, and knowledge of relational and restorative practice. You have experience of designing, delivering and evaluating training for practitioners and managers and / or a training qualification, and experience of facilitating groups, supervising and coaching. You can deliver presentations, use effective research skills, and have good influencing and motivating skills. You are creative and innovative in commissioning / developing / delivering learning and development programmes that engage learners. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave. A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return. Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships. Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more. Additional Information: . Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Sam Nesbit, PSCP and Restorative Practice Training Manager, Sam.Nesbit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours . Application process: We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the full Job Profile , using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful. Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles. We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. We look forward to speaking with you soon. Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk .
