Young People's Service (YPS) - Weekly Email w/c 25/07/2016

West Sussex County Council sent this bulletin at 25-07-2016 01:09 PM BST

Young People's Service

Weekly Email w/c 25/07/2016

in Association with Your Space West Sussex

M8s Duke of Edinburgh's Awards 2016

DofE awards were presented to 20 young people in Horsham who belong to the M8s
group. For more information please read full news item: https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/education-children-and-families/your-space/m8s-duke-of-edinburghs-awards-2016/

Hollie Guard app

http://holliegazzard.org/hollie-guard/

This is a free app for smartphones that has been designed to protect both men and women from possible danger. Hollie Guard turns your smartphone into an advanced personal safety device at the touch of a button. If in danger simply shake your phone to generate an alert, your location, audio and video evidence of the incident will automatically be sent to your emergency contact via text and email. Shake it again and it sends out a high pitched alarm and the flash starts to strobe, in order to attract maximum attention. From the moment Hollie Guard is activated, your location is tracked and can be viewed in real time by your emergency contact. Evidence is not stored on the smartphone but on secure servers so that it can be used as future as evidence.

ChatHealth messaging service

Use the ChatHealth text messaging service for confidential health advice and support.

Essential Emotional Wellbeing training – New dates and courses added!

A quick reminder for all people working with children and young people – have you seen all the fantastic new training courses on offer?

West Sussex County Council is helping to fund a range of courses in partnership with Coastal West Sussex MIND, Grassroots, YMCA Downlink Group and others.

Some of the additional courses selling fast include ‘Introduction to Motivational Interviewing’ and ‘Autistic Spectrum Conditions’. A full list of courses can be found here along with additional dates.

Please note, courses last between two hours and two days, with a £10-£20 registration fee.

Local Offer Summer Newsletter

Dear all,

Please see here the link to the Summer Newsletter with a list of activities / sessions and summer activities that are going on within West Sussex:

http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/UKWSCC-156f9e7

Please do send it around to families you may support and/or colleagues.

Thank you,

Charlotte Smith

Under 18 Fast Feedback programme

Entrants under 18 can enter the Koestler Awards at any point in the year and get a response to their entries within 4 weeks of entry, with guaranteed feedback. Under 18s are also considered for additional Awards.

‘The programme is open to young people in secure children’s homes, young offender institutions and secure hospitals, as well as young people who are being supervised in the community by youth offending teams.’

For more information visit: https://www.koestlertrust.org.uk/koestler-awards/under-18-fast-feedback-programme

Apprentices - Balfour Beatty Highways Contract

These posts have become available aid at Leaving care young people and long term NEETS, ideally the Highway operatives apprentice will be candidates who are nearly 21 or above as the successful candidate for highways will undertake HGV licence. Administrator 18yrs plus.

There is flexibility with grades as they are Leaving care YP.

Closing is Closing date is Friday 5th August

Selection Tuesday 9th August

Interviews Friday 12th August

CV’s to be sent to Hilary.hughes@westsusssex.gov.uk

See 4 files on SharePoint:

Business Admin L2 standards.pdf,
Career_Path_Highwyas_Maintenance_Major_Highways_Apprentice.pdf,
Business Administration Apprenticeship 2016.docx
Highways Operatives Apprentices advert 2016.docx

Vacancy - Youth Support Workers

Salary: JNC point 7-10

1 x 12 hour post (southern team) and 2 x 18.5 hours temporary post for one year (one role in the southern team and one in the northern team)

These positions are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (formerly Criminal Records Bureau check)

Are you a dynamic, resilient and creative team player who can think on their feet?

Young People’s Service West Sussex has a permanent opportunity available for part time Youth Support Workers for 18.5 or 12 hours per week. The essential qualification for this post is NVQ level 2 in Youth Work.

We are looking for a professional, with experience of working intensively with young people in both a group work environment and on a one to one basis.

The core business of the Young People’s Service is to provide a range of targeted and specialist interventions to vulnerable young people 10 – 25 years (priority for 13-19 years) in order to help them gain the resilience and skills they need to progress into adult life and take a positive role in their communities.

You will have the responsibility to contribute to achieving service targets, including increasing the number of young people in Education Employment and Training, Reduction of Re-offending and increasing the Voice and Engagement of young people in the design, delivery and reviewing of services.

You must be able to use your initiative to forge positive relationships with diverse groups of young people, responding flexibly to the needs of young people and the local community.

The nature of this post will include working some evenings, weekends and residential programmes as required.

The Southern Team operates in coastal areas of Adur, Arun & Worthing. The Northern team operates in and around the areas of Crawley, Horsham & Mid Sussex.

Application form can be found on WSCC website

Ad closes 29th July

Interviews 11th August

Thanks

Cherry Harris