Chief Executive’s Service

YOUTH OFFENDING SERVICE (YOS)

Turkish Speaking Support Worker

Scale 6: £23,970 - £25,455 per annum (Under Review)

Ref: HJA/4211

Fixed-term contract to April 2010 with possible extension to March 2011

Secondments welcomed

Do you have the skills needed to continue to take the Haringey Youth Offending Service forward, helping it to achieve high standards of performance?

If you are interested in working to prevent offending and re-offending by children and young people, possess the required experience/qualifications and personality and want to work within a service that is well-established and respected then read on.

You will need to be fluent in Turkish and have the ability to assess young people and work on an individual and group basis with them and their parents/carers. You will assist YOS case workers and support Turkish speaking young people to remain in some form of education, training or employment (ETE). You will liaise with other agencies that may be able to assist with this work.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  An enhanced disclosure check with the Criminal Records Bureau will be undertaken.

Closing date: 5 February 2010.

How to apply: To apply please go to www.haringey.gov.uk/jobs where you can complete your application online. You can access the internet for free at all of Haringey’s libraries. If you do not have access to the internet please call 0870 700 0205 quoting the reference at the top of this advert.

Haringey Council wants its workforce to reflect the diverse community it serves.