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2 x Part-Time Posts | 18.5 hours per week + paid on-call
We’re expanding our County Wide Specialist Services (CWSS) team and are looking for passionate, motivated workers to help support children, young people, and families when they need it most.

This is a part-time role (18.5 hours) with a minimum of two overnight on-calls, paid separately. While part time, regular additional hours are expected, including evenings, weekends, and on-call work.

About the Role
You’ll deliver intensive, wrap-around support to children, young people and families experiencing crisis. Working across services such as Supporting Solutions, Rapid Response, ERASE and the Emergency Duty Team, you’ll use trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches to help families achieve positive, lasting change and to prevent family breakdown or entry into care.

You’ll support:

• Young people with mental health needs
• Those at risk of exploitation or going missing
• Children struggling with education, behaviour, substance use or wellbeing

This is a developing role, so there’s real opportunity to help shape the team as the service grows.

Who We’re Looking For
We want people who are:

• Enthusiastic, flexible and resilient
• Experienced in trauma-informed and therapeutic work
• Confident working creatively with children and families
• Child-centred, solution-focused and outcomes-driven
• Strong communicators who work well under pressure and across services

What You’ll Need

• Level 3 Health & Social Care (or equivalent)
• Recent experience (within the last 12 months) of direct work with young people and families
• Enhanced DBS (required if appointed)

Interested?
For an informal discussion, contact:
Lucy Armstrong via email at lucy.armstrong@durham.gov.uk,
Clare Alderson via e-mail at Clare.Alderson@durham.gov.uk or
Jude Grant via e-mail on judith.grant@durham.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Person Specification for the full criteria. 
If successful, you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.

Our commitment to safeguarding 
Durham County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore if successful in your application, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be sought inclusive of a check of the Children’s Barred List and Adults Barred List, due to the position working in regulated activity. Applicants should be aware that the DBS check will disclose both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings, in line with current legislation and will confirm whether an individual is barred from working with children, adults, or both.
 
INTERVIEWS
Interviews will be held on Thursday 4th June 2026
 
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.
 
OUR OFFER TO YOU
We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years’ continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working (home and office) where applicable. Explore the full range of rewards and benefits on our website
Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We are a proud equal opportunities employer and believe a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and drives service improvement. We welcome applications from everyone and make employment decisions based on skills and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent people and offer support throughout the recruitment process.
 
HOW TO APPLY 
Please note, we do not accept CVs. All applications must be submitted online via the Northeast Jobs portal. Use the ‘Person Specification’ section of the form to clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential (and where possible, desirable) criteria. Applications that do not evidence the essential requirements will not be shortlisted.
Please visit our website to understand our position on using AI to support to your application and for guidance on completing your application.
 
If you require assistance when applying for this role, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk on 03000 26 27 27, or via email RecruitmentCYPS@durham.gov.uk
 
All correspondence relating to your application will be sent from donotreply@northeastjobs.org.uk. Kindly check your spam/junk folder regularly to ensure you don’t miss any updates.
 
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Company: Durham County Council

Salary: Grade 8 £32,597 - £36,363

Location: Durham, Durham

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Social Care

Job Role: Support Worker