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Ready for a career that's truly different?

Mountain Healthcare's one of the UK's leading providers of forensic healthcare, delivering specialist care within police custody and the wider criminal justice system. Guided by our values of Being Kind and Doing the Right Thing, we support some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

We are seeking Registered Nurses and Paramedics to join us as Forensic Custody Healthcare Professionals.

This is an opportunity to step beyond traditional healthcare settings into a rewarding role offering autonomy, variety & professional challenge. Working alongside police and criminal justice partners, you'll assess, treat & support detainees, using your clinical expertise to safeguard welfare and influence important decisions.

No two shifts are the same. You could be managing acute healthcare needs one moment and supporting a vulnerable person in crisis the next. Your clinical judgement, compassion and professionalism will make a real difference every day.

No forensic or custody experience is required.

We provide accredited training, support & a structured development programme to help you succeed in this specialist field.

Are you a Registered Nurse or Paramedic with at least 3 years' post-registration experience in an acute or urgent care setting and are looking for a role with purpose, independence and impact? We would love to hear from you.

Join Mountain Healthcare and build a career where your skills and decisions truly matter.

This is a unique opportunity to develop specialist skills in forensic healthcare, safeguarding, emergency care and criminal justice healthcare, while making a real difference to vulnerable people.

Apply today and take your clinical career beyond the traditional ward or ambulance setting.

As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will deliver high-quality healthcare to people detained in police custody, many of whom have complex physical health, mental health, substance misuse or safeguarding needs. Working autonomously in a fast-paced environment, you will assess, treat and support detainees while ensuring their safety and well-being.

This unique role combines clinical practice, safeguarding and forensic healthcare. No two shifts are the same. You will assess fitness for detention, interview, charge and release, manage acute presentations, respond to emergencies and provide advice to custody teams and partner agencies. Your clinical judgement will support safe decision-making and positive outcomes for vulnerable individuals.

You will also undertake specialist forensic duties, including injury assessment, evidential sample collection, and maintaining accurate clinical and legal records. Working with police, NHS and partner agencies, you will support detainee care in custody and on release.

Key responsibilities include:

• Clinical and capacity assessments.
• Managing acute healthcare needs and emergencies.
• Supporting mental health, substance misuse and safeguarding needs.
• Collecting and documenting forensic evidence.
• Maintaining accurate clinical and evidential records.
• Working collaboratively with police, NHS and partner agencies.
• Attending hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
• Providing professional statements and court attendance when required.

What we are looking for:

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

• Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration, or Paramedic with current HCPC registration.
• Full UK driving licence with fewer than six penalty points.
• Ability to complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
• Full right to work in the UK and a minimum of three years' UK residency prior to application.
• At least three years' post-qualification experience in an acute or relevant setting, such as front-line ambulance, A&E, prison, custody or urgent care.
• Strong assessment, communication and decision-making skills, with confidence working autonomously.

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to complete externally accredited forensic training within the first year of employment.

Working pattern and location

• A min of one shift per month. We operate a 24 x 7 shifts or 06:45-19:00 and 18:45-07:00, all shifts include paid breaks
• The main place of work will be Barrow/Kendal Custody Suite.

What we offer:

• Recommend a friend 500
• NMC HCPC registration paid
• Access to company pension scheme
• Overtime at enhanced rates
• A supportive, values driven culture where professionalism and compassion are genuinely recognised
• A unique clinical environment where no two shifts are the same
• Exposure to specialist forensic skills including evidential documentation and forensic sampling
• Opportunities to progress within one of the UK's most respected forensic healthcare providers
• Accredited forensic training and structured development.

Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Nurse Assessor - Band 6 (RGN/RMN/RNLD)

Location: Fully Remote

Contract Type: Locum

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Client: Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Essential: Current NMC registration as an RGN, RMN or RNLD, the Right to Work in the UK, and experience in Continuing Healthcare (CHC), community nursing, complex care, mental health, learning disabilities or clinical case management.

Job Summary

We're currently supporting Cheshire and Merseyside ICB in recruiting experienced CHC Nurse Assessors to join its Individual Assessment and Commissioning Team. This role would suit nurses with a background in Continuing Healthcare (CHC), community nursing, mental health, learning disabilities, complex care or clinical case management.

You'll assess care needs, manage a caseload and work with NHS services, local authorities and care providers to help individuals access the right care and support.

Who We're Looking For

You're an experienced nurse who enjoys assessment-based work, managing a caseload and working collaboratively with others to support positive outcomes. You'll be confident making informed clinical decisions and communicating with healthcare professionals, service users and families.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments and reviews.
• Manage a caseload of individuals with complex health needs.
• Review and coordinate packages of care.
• Support NHS-funded Nursing Care and Fast Track pathways.
• Work closely with NHS services, local authorities and care providers.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and documentation.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Current NMC registration as an RGN, RMN or RNLD.
• Right to Work in the UK.
• Experience in Continuing Healthcare (CHC), community nursing, mental health, learning disabilities, complex care or clinical case management.
• Strong assessment and clinical decision-making skills.
• Previous caseload management experience.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Previous NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) experience.
• Knowledge of NHS-funded Nursing Care and Fast Track processes.
• Experience working across health and social care services.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act or Section 117 pathways.
• Experience reviewing or commissioning care packages.

What's in it for You?

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Remote working
• Monday to Friday working pattern.
• Opportunity to work within an NHS Continuing Healthcare service.
• A role focused on assessment, case management and person-centred care

About Medacs Healthcare

At Medacs Healthcare, we've been supporting nurses and healthcare professionals with their careers for more than 35 years. We work with NHS trusts, health boards and healthcare organisations across the UK, helping healthcare professionals find roles that fit their experience, availability and career ambitions.

Our specialist consultants understand the healthcare sector and take the time to get to know you, so we can match you with the right role, not just the next available one.

How to Apply

Apply today with your up-to-date CV.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Please contact (url removed) for more information

Please note - this role is deemed inside IR35

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in units in Blackpool, Lancashire. Our client is also looking for Bank Staff to cover these roles which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in units based in Lancaster, Lancashire. Our client is also looking for Bank Staff to cover these roles which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in Blackburn, Lancashire. Our client is also looking for Bank Staff to cover these roles which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in units based in Ketttering, Northamptonshire. This unit is also looking for Bank Staff which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Overview

Our client is a well respected Nationwide Healthcare Provider that focuses on service users in Police Custody. They are looking for 2 Permanent Healthcare Professionals (Ideally from a General Nursing / Custody / Prison / Paramedic background) to work in units based in Preston, Lancashire. Our client is also looking for Bank Staff to cover these roles which you can also apply for here.

The HCP provides healthcare interventions within police custody suites, assessing and addressing the health needs of detained persons. The role ensures detainees are assessed holistically and safely within a short time frame, including fitness for detention, interview/court, physical and mental health assessment, substance misuse and withdrawal management, minor illness/injury care, forensic sampling, medication support, safeguarding and onward referral.

Accountabilities & Duties

• Provide safe, professional and compassionate healthcare to detained persons in custody suites and the wider force area as directed.
• Assess fitness for detention, interview, charge/release and court attendance, escalating appropriately where risk is identified.
• Complete holistic assessments covering acute illness, injury, mental health, substance misuse, long-term conditions, vulnerability and safeguarding.
• Provide treatment, advice, care planning, medicines support, forensic sampling and onward referral within your scope of practice and protocols.
• Advise custody officers and police staff on healthcare needs, priorities of care, risk and welfare arrangements of detained individuals.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and contemporaneous clinical and forensic records on approved systems.
• Comply with PACE, local protocols, safeguarding requirements, information governance, professional codes and SONAR Cares policies.
• Participate in clinical supervision, CPD, audits, training, and service improvement activities.

Role Boundaries and Support model

The HCP is responsible for autonomous clinical assessment and care and will spend a lot of time working as a lone practitioner. The HCP must escalate clinical risk, safeguarding, uncertainty, system access issues, equipment concerns and staffing pressures promptly to the SHCP/Clinical Lead or agreed escalation route (e.g. during the out of hours period).

HCP Requirements

• Registered Nurse / Paramedic with NMC / HCPC Registration. Degree / Relevant Diploma or Professional Qualification, evidence of CPD.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical field such as urgent/emergency care, primary care, mental health, ambulance, prison, custody, substance misuse or community/acute services.
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care autonomously; competent in recognising deterioration, assessing risk and escalating appropriately.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, capacity, equality, clinical risk, medicines safety and professional accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document clearly, use IT systems and communicate complex or sensitive information professionally.
• Calm, resilient, reliable, compassionate, assertive, impartial, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and unpredictable environment
• Enhanced DBS, police vetting, eligibility to work in the UK, ability to meet force residency/security requirements, flexible approach to shift work and site cover.

Please do not apply if you do not live in the UK and have no right to work at this time. Our client is an industry leader and we anticipate good quality candidates for these roles. Please contact Tony Team to discuss, or apply through CV Library and we will be in touch.

Family Practitioner - Refugee Safeguarding Team

Contract: 3 months (rolling)

Rate - 23 (umbrella)

Location: Havant

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team dedicated to improving outcomes for children and families.

As a Family Practitioner, you'll be at the heart of early help and intervention work - building strong, trusting relationships with families, empowering them to overcome challenges, and helping them thrive. You'll work closely with children, parents, and professionals to provide practical, emotional, and tailored support that makes a lasting difference.

As a Family Practitioner, you will be a key member of a dedicated and supportive team working to improve outcomes for children and families. You will manage a small caseload of settled children, providing tailored support and interventions that respond to each family's unique circumstances. Working closely with social workers and other professionals, you will contribute to assessing needs and developing comprehensive family plans. Your role will involve delivering a variety of tasks and interventions within the strengths-based Hampshire Approach, helping families build on their existing strengths and achieve lasting positive change.

This is a hybrid role, where the office is based in Havant and visits are required locally along with some home working.

Responsibilities

• To arrange appropriate resources and help in assisting families to access other resources under supervision and within the Departments agreed priorities and resource
• framework. This could include arranging transport, domiciliary care, accommodation; appropriate voluntary sector resources, accessing play groups; liaising with housing colleagues etc
• To carry out direct work with service users and carers as allocated by supervisor/ Manager
• To work in partnership with service users, carers, relatives, children and other professionals at all times
• To use mediation/negotiation skills to support young people and their parents/carers in improving their relationships
• To undertake some statutory tasks as described within The Children Act 1989, Sec 17, such as assessments of need and CIN visits when deemed appropriate by the Team Manager and with a Qualified Social Worker where appropriate
• To write and present good quality, coherent reports based on work activity
• To deliver services and interventions within the framework of the Hampshire Approach in order to keep more children safely at home and support families to achieve positive and sustained change
• To provide a service to children and their families as assessed to be appropriate to their needs
• To present to internal panels only (e.g. re: Funding) for Children In Need Cases
• Ensure all information/visits/contacts are recorded on child's electronic record system in line with departmental policies/requirements/standards
• To prepare reports for court, serve court notice, and placement forms in consultation with social worker

Desirable Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Behaviours

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Knowledge of child development
• Direct experience of specific work with children and young people
• An understanding of the impact of social deprivation and disadvantage in children, young people and their families

About us:

Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Empower Lives. Build Confidence.
At Hft, a leading Social Care provider, we stand alongside learning disabled adults, empowering them to live life their way. As a Support Practitioner specialising in Autism, you ll play a vital role in creating opportunities, building confidence, and helping people achieve their goals in everyday life.
Every day will be different: from cooking meals and planning weekly shops, to outdoor adventures, live gigs, or simply building confidence in public transport. What matters most is that you ll be there to enable choice, dignity, and independence supporting people to live the life they choose.

What You ll Be Doing
Every day is different, but your role focuses on empowering independence, choice, and dignity:

• Enable people to live with independence and dignity, offering support that builds skills, confidence, and achievement.
• Provide thoughtful, person-centred care; from daily routines and personal support to helping people take on new challenges.
• Create meaningful opportunities for people to discover hobbies, learn new skills, and stay connected with family, friends, and community life.
• Support individuals to manage everyday tasks like cooking, shopping, budgeting, and travelling, so they feel in control of their own lives.
• Use your experience with Autism and behaviours that challenge to create safe, supportive environments where people can truly thrive.
• Role model Hft s values; kindness, respect, and inclusion; and inspire others to do the same.
• Work flexibly, including sleep-ins, ensuring people have the right support whenever they need it

Who you are

• You re passionate about standing alongside learning disabled adults and supporting them to live life their way. You ll bring:
• Experience supporting individuals with Autism and behaviours that can challenge
• Patience, supportiveness, and respect for people s choices
• A positive, encouraging approach that celebrates achievement
• Strong communication skills to build trusting relationships
• Willingness to learn and work towards a Health and Social Care qualification
• Confidence providing personal support when it s needed
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, waking and sleep-in shifts

Life at Hft

• Joining Hft means becoming part of a warm, inclusive team that values both your wellbeing and the impact you make. We believe every learning disabled adult should have the chance to live the best life possible, and that begins with supporting our colleagues.
• Our values guide everything we do: we re diverse and inclusive, kind and compassionate, positive and solution-focused, and visionary about what the best life possible can look like. Here, your work has real purpose. You ll be part of a welcoming team that values what you bring, supports your growth, and ensures you feel included and appreciated every step of the way.

What We Offer

• A role with real impact, where your work empowers others.
• A warm, supportive, and inclusive team culture.
• A role with real impact, where your work empowers others.
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Access to award-winning training and career development
• Flexible pay options via Wagestream
• Wellbeing support including Digital GP, counselling, and mental health services
• Discounts on mobiles, life assurance, and referral rewards
• Family-friendly policies and return-to-work bonuses
• If this sounds like the kind of role where you can thrive, we d love to hear from you. Apply today and play a vital role in empowering learning disabled adults to live the life they choose.

Accessibility: We believe everyone should have the support they need to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process or in the role itself, Hft - proudly a Disability Confident Employer - is committed to ensuring disabled people can apply, succeed, and thrive with us.

Background checks: We re committed to keeping the people we support safe, so this role requires a satisfactory DBS and background checks. Don t worry; we ll guide you through the process.

Previous experience in supporting individuals with Autism is essential.

The starting salary for this full-time, permanent position is 34,660 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.

The Safer Team provides rapid and intensive support to vulnerable children who go missing, are at risk of, or are experiencing extra-familial harm, and in situations where safer context work is required within local communities. The team also works across and supports the wider functions of the Central Hub within Surrey's Adolescent Service.

We support hybrid working with the right balance; supporting a mixture of working from home, in the office, and working with children and their networks for the rest of the time.

Our Offer to You

• 26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
• A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.

About The Role

The Safer Team supports young people and their families through a strengths based, trauma informed approach, delivering intensive interventions for those at risk of or experiencing extra familial harm. This includes Return Home Interviews, contextual safeguarding work within communities, group work in schools and other settings, as well as one to one work with children and carers.

Working alongside Social Workers, Early Help practitioners and wider Children's Services teams, the Safer Team helps ensure support plans are effective in increasing safety for a child, and young people receive the right help at the right time. The team also provides specialist guidance across locality hubs, promoting consistent and effective contextual safeguarding practice.

The biggest impact you will have will be on the lives of children. If you are passionate about wanting to work with children and young people to achieve positive change, then being an Adolescent Practitioner within the Safer Team will provide you with opportunities to support some of the most vulnerable young people in Surrey.

Your Application

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• An understanding of the roles and responsibilities of practitioners working with vulnerable young people
• Experience of working in a social work, youth justice, youth work, teaching, or probation environment
• Basic awareness of relevant legislation affecting working with children, including the Children Act (1989) and the Children and Adoption Act (2002)
• IT skills, including use of databases, email, Word and Excel
• Ability to prioritise and work effectively under pressure with minimal supervision
• Willingness to learn and undertake training relevant to the role

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 25/10/2025 with interviews planned to follow.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation and will move to new authorities in April 2027. This role is currently employed by Surrey County Council and will remain so until then. If you are employed by Surrey County Council on 1 April 2027, your employment will transfer under TUPE arrangements to one of the new councils, with your current terms and conditions protected. The provisional allocation for this post is East Surrey subject to final confirmation through the wider transition process later this year.

Our Commitment

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum shortlisting criteria, as displayed on the advert, we guarantee you an interview.

Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we're committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.