Edge of Care Adolescent Practitioner

This full-time, permanent position has a starting salary of £34,660 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring Edge of Care Adolescent Practitioners to join our fantastic Edge of Care service.

This position operates on a shift basis, with some planned evening and weekend work.

This is a county-wide service, where you can work from any of our Surrey offices. As a team, we come together every month at our Woodhatch office in Reigate.

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
Help families stay strong, connected and together. Join Surrey's Edge of Care service.

At Surrey County Council, our Edge of Care service supports young people aged 11-18 and their families at times when home life feels at breaking point. Without the right support, many of these young people may be at risk of entering care-and that's where our team steps in to make a real difference.

We provide intensive, structured and highly personalised support, working alongside the wider professional network to help families:

Build resilience and confidence in their ability to cope
Develop problem solving skills
Achieve and maintain positive behaviour change
Strengthen relationships and reduce contextual safeguarding risks
What makes our approach unique is not just what we do, but how we do it. We work holistically with the whole family, offering targeted interventions that create lasting, meaningful change-not just another professional asking them to retell their story.

We work with children and young people, and their families in a restorative and trauma informed way, using a compassionate, relationship-based approach to strengthen families and prevent care experiences.

As an Edge of Care Adolescent Practitioner, you'll play a crucial role within Surrey's Adolescent Services, working at the heart of where support can make the biggest difference.

Your key responsibilities as an Adolescent Practitioner will include:

Supporting whole families through a strengths-based and trauma informed approach, utilising motivational interviewing skills and effective relational approaches
Coordinating key support services and professionals with families to form an engaged, active and effective 'Team Around the Family', with clearly defined roles and expectations as per the family plan
Ensuring casework is adequately recorded as per team policy and procedures, including timely and accurate case notes, assessments and reports
Being the lead Practitioner for a caseload of families, maintaining positive contact and effectively managing the balance of providing hands-on support and coordinating relevant partners, as per a shared family plan, to keep them safe from harm

If you're passionate about helping families achieve safety, stability and stronger futures, this is a place where your work will genuinely change lives.

Your Application

We are looking for skilled and passionate individuals, who are dedicated to working positively with young people and families in sometimes challenging and complex situations, and with the confidence and emotional intelligence to engage others.

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…