Leaving Care Worker (Employment and Education Worker)
| Company: | East Midlands Councils/East Midlands Jobs |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Part-time |
| Working pattern: | On-site |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 8 Nov 2026 |
Summary
Derbyshire County Council
Closing date: 01 November 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen, where Derbyshire Leaving Care Service are looking for a full-time
Employment and Education Worker to join our committed
leaving care and employment and education team.
This post is based at our Young Person’s Hub in Ilkeston, with the role predominantly covering Erewash and South Derbyshire.
In this role, you will play a key part in developing and enhancing our employment and training offer for care-experienced young people. You will work collaboratively with young people, empowering them to create sustainable and positive futures as they navigate the transition to adulthood and independence. You will support children in care and care-experienced young people aged 16–25, embedding Social Pedagogy, Systemic, and Trauma-Informed approaches into your daily practice. A strong commitment to corporate parenting and relationship-based practice will be essential, as these are central to achieving positive outcomes and successful transitions.
The role will involve working closely with our Leaving Care Teams and partner agencies, including the DWP, SEND services, Virtual School, DACES, Apprenticeship teams, and other Education and Employment services. You will focus on building strong partnerships and embedding new processes to strengthen our existing offer, ensuring that care-experienced young people receive the support they need to thrive in education, training, and employment.
What will I be doing:
You will have a focus on education, employment and training designed to help young people of all abilities choose the appropriate route to make the most of their opportunities when they leave care
Work one-to-one with young people of all abilities to explore education, employment and training pathways tailored to their interests, strengths, and aspirations.
Provide practical support with applications, interview preparation, CV writing, enrolment processes, and transition planning.
Maintain our corporate responsibility, our positive outcomes and our culture of
never giving up on our care experienced young people.
Work with a Social Pedagogy, Systemic and trauma informed approach; supporting our young people holistically alongside our partners and locality social work teams with an aspirational approach for young people’s futures.
Maintain a child centred approach while promoting care experienced young people’s transitions into interdependence and employment and training.
Represent the service and our care experienced young people locally, regionally and nationally.
You will be working within the statutory guidelines and expectations for care experienced young people and children in care.
You will keep up to date with local and wider employment opportunities and remain aspiration focused for our care experienced young people.
What skills and experience do you need to have:
Experience of working with children in care and care experienced young people a particular focus on supporting them to access and sustain education, employment, and training (EET)
A real
passion and commitment to do more and better for our young people
Outstanding interpersonal
skills with the ability to build positive relationships with young people, workers, management and partners
A
strong advocate for care experienced young people and children in care
Ability to reflect on own practice and development enabling
flexible and thoughtful practice and positive change
What we offer you:
Manageable case loads
Two thriving offices/young person hubs
Visible, supportive and determined manager’s
Diverse range of cases providing an exciting, challenging and rewarding career
Excellent supervision and a supportive peer network
Access to an excellent range of training and development opportunities,
Fantastic opportunities to undertake further formal qualifications and career progression through our career pathways
What benefits do we offer you?
Local Government Pension Scheme
generous annual leave, sick pay and flexi-time scheme
travel expenses
discount on leisure centre memberships
free car parking at most sites
an in-house counselling service
occupational health service
access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
cycle to work scheme
DBS check undertaken and paid for by us
Guaranteed incremental annual pay increases
Provisional Interview Date: week commencing 9 November 2026
If you would like to have a conversation prior to applying, please get in touch with Tom Aram, Senior Practitioner, via
tom.aram@derbyshire.gov.uk.
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