Specialist Worker in Nottingham

Specialist Worker – UASC Service, Nottingham

Manuele Praktijk Open Hart is recruiting a Specialist Young Persons Worker to coordinate the support identified on a co‑produced support plan with Unaccompanied Asylum‑Seeking Children who are looked after by Nottinghamshire Children’s Services.

Position: Permanent, 37hrs, Grade 4 AS, £28,731, FTE

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement a co‑produced support plan for UASC.
• Link children to relevant support services and work alongside a Nottingham Refugee Forum worker.
• Support young people with their asylum status and facilitate the development of life skills.
• Apply trauma‑informed care principles in all interactions.
• Work shift patterns including some weekends and evenings.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience working with young people in accommodation or youth work settings.
• Knowledge of trauma‑informed care approaches.
• Willingness to work shifts, including weekends and evenings.
• A valid driving licence and access to a car is beneficial but not essential.

Benefits

• Full induction, e‑learning and classroom training, management development pathways.
• Fully‑funded professional qualifications.
• Wellbeing support through a dedicated well‑being practitioner.
• Employer assistance programme, salary‑sacrifice schemes.
• Stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid sick leave.
• 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays, increasing with service.
• Paid DBS checks and update service.
• Loyalty awards and non‑contributory life insurance.
• Equal opportunity employer – open to all backgrounds and cultures, with a strong disability confident stance.

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As a Disability Confident employer, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. We are committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities.