Our work is child-centred and there is a longstanding, clear model of practice, based on building effective relationships.
Every child should grow up in a safe, stable and loving home where they feel supported to take on the challenges life can present.
We are determined to help children and young people who are at risk of entering care and we have developed the No Wrong Door model to address the chronic problems the care system faces. This approach is already proving to be successful in keeping families safely together, and giving stability for children where it did not exist before.
Our current opportunities
We have just closed a recent recruitment campaign, but as the largest council in the country don’t worry we will be recruiting again soon!
Meanwhile we are always keen to speak to professionals interested in joining North Yorkshire Council. To stay informed, please register for a Vacancy Alert or join our Talent Pool
Through No Wrong Door we always work with families, strengthening networks and reconnecting young people with their families. We know young people will often drift back to their families after leaving care and we believe it is best for the young person to strengthen their relationship with their family and make the environment safe. The No Wrong Door approach avoids the high costs of placement breakdown, of having to use out-of-authority care and preventing young people’s descent into the very expensive criminal justice system.
The Department for Education have invested over £84 million over five years to support up to 20 local authorities to improve work with families and safely reduce the number of children entering care. North Yorkshire is immensely proud to be one of three authorities nationally to attract significant funding from the Department for Education’s Strengthening Families Protecting Children Programme. We will extend No Wrong Door to five local authorities. These are:
- Rochdale
- Norfolk
- Warrington
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Middlesbrough Council - the trailblazer
The objective of the Strengthening Families Protecting Children Programme is to improve social work practice and decision making so that the best choices are made for every child, and overall results are improved. As well as better outcomes for children and families - which will be indicated by, among other things, contacts with police, health and schools - it is also hoped that the programme will lead to a reduction of demand at the critical end of the spectrum leading to a reduced spend on children’s social care.
Each local authority has a dedicated No Wrong Door team, consisting of:
- a registered residential manager
- two deputy managers - a residential lead and an edge of care lead
- six portfolio leads who shift lead and also have responsibility for a key portfolio area
- 8.5 residential and edge of care workers
- a life coach - a clinical psychologist
- a communication support worker - a speech and language therapist
- a police liaison officer and a police intelligence analyst
- a performance and intelligence officer
- and a range of support roles
Are you ready to join us as we bring the No Wrong Door approach to other local authorities?
Our current job opportunities