Apprentice Champion

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

About the role

At Northampton Children’s Trust we have many reasons to be proud of our existing services for children, young people, and their families. At the heart of the Trust is a passionate workforce who are committed to supporting children and young people to feel safe, healthy, happy, and ready to learn and achieve.

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to support and engage our young people, we are offering a fixed term apprenticeships for 2 years, which will give you further qualifications to enter youth work posts.   Your base will be at Russell House in Northampton, and you will be located within the Leaving Care Team.

What will you be doing?

The Leaving Care Team want to recruit a person who has experience of the care system to support our service.  Within this role you will support with our social media platforms, events, create and run groups and be a part of practice change through talking to Care Experienced young people to develop the service. You will keep electronic records up to date and attend multi-agency meetings. You will need to be IT literate and have or working towards your English and Maths level 2.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

About you

We would love to see applications from the people who have experienced the leaving care service and guarantee an interview for all Care Experienced young people.

If you have a care experience and are passionate about improving outcomes for care experienced young people, this could be the role for you.  If you want to know more call Ross Watts on 07801273191.

When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education

About us

At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them.  The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation.  We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.