The starting salary for this role is £26,569 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.

This opportunity is offered as a 9 month fixed-term contract or secondment.

Our Hope Service supports some of Surrey’s most vulnerable young people. Our team of health, social care and educational professionals work innovatively to deliver essential services to young people aged 11-18 old years with mental health, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, living in Surrey. We are a Centre of Clinical Excellence and have been recently awarded Outstanding by Ofsted.

We are now looking to welcome an Activity Worker to join our team of passionate professional and help us to continue this good work!

As an Activity Worker with Hope you will play a key role in the planning and delivery of therapeutic support and education to the young people who use our services, either through our Day Programme or Outreach in the community. You will be actively involved in both group and individual programmes for our young people and participate in the delivery of multi-agency programmes. Working closely with our young people and their families you will help to empower them by developing problem solving, coping, and social interaction skills, and promoting educational attainment.

You’ll be joining a highly motivated and dynamic team that works closely together to create person-centred care plans, activities and interventions which help meet our young people’s therapeutic and educational goals - we’re looking for a creative thinker who shares our passion and who can engage with our young people. In this role, you’ll be supported to deliver the best service that you can and there are opportunities to develop further in your career across our Children and Youth People’s Service.

The Hope Service operates from two centres: Epsom, for young people living in the east of Surrey and Guildford, for those living in the west. As an Activity Worker you’ll be supporting your colleagues from both areas so you will need to have a valid driving licence and access to a car.

Here are the qualities, skills & experiences we are looking for in our Activity Worker:

• A good understanding of the needs of young people with mental health, social, emotional or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with young people using creative and flexible social skills/educational programmes
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with young people with complex mental health and social care needs

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 14/05/2023 with interviews to follow.

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion please contact Jayne Grieve by e-mail at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.