We’re Recruiting: Part Time NLCBF Practice Lead

With Darren, our current Practice Lead dropping down to 2 days/week, we’re recruiting for a part-time Practice Lead. We are looking for an experienced individual who is passionate about improving support and services for care experienced young people.

Role of the Practice Lead:

The purpose of the Practice Lead role is to ensure that the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum remains up to date with the latest legislative, policy and guidance developments in leaving care, and stays at the forefront of best practice.

The post holder will utilise this knowledge to share information, develop products and tools for members, and to deliver training, consultancy work and events to members, in order to achieve our aim of improving outcomes for young people leaving care.

The post holder will:

• Remain at the forefront of best practice and key trends in the leaving care sector.
• Work with the other Practice Lead and the NLCBF Manager to develop the policy and practice focus to support NLCBF members, leading on a number of topic areas.
• Support the running of engaging events for NLCBF member local authorities for sharing best practice, national updates and for networking.
• Work closely with the Co-production and Engagement Lead to ensure the voices of care experienced young people are shared throughout the work of NLCBF
• Actively research and develop a network of experts in the leaving care sector, fostering and maintaining these relationships so they can contribute towards achieving outcomes for the Forum.
• Actively engage with local authority members and non-members to understand their key successes and challenges, and develop strong relationships.
• Support the management of the day to day business of the NLCBF and work closely with the NLCBF Manager to ensure this provides value for money for members and makes the best use of resources.
• Provide expertise to NLCBF members, relevant Catch22 services and wider Catch22 staff and partners on practice issues and solutions for supporting young people leaving care.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Darren Bishton, NLCBF Practice Lead on Darren.bishton@catch-22.org.uk or Hannah McCowen, NLCBF Manager on hannah.mccowen@catch-22.org.uk.

Job Description & Person Specification

Location: Homebased, with regular national travel

Hours: 22 hours/week

Salary:  £40,508 Pro Rata, based on a 37 hours working week.

Closing Date: 9am, 14^th October

Interviews: Online, 25^th October

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As part of Catch22’s commitment to the Care Leaver Covenant, care experienced applicants who meet the essential criteria will receive a guaranteed interview and the offer of a mentor’s support.  This information will not be shared with the hiring manager.