Young Persons Worker

Salary: £24,309.07 per annum, pro rata

Location: Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire

Contract/Hours: Permanent / Part Time - 20 hours per week (including evenings and weekends)

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, youll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. Its the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable childrens lives.

A bit about the role

"The service is out of this world and our son has really changed dramatically in a positive way by using the outreach service. The main positive is the staff and their understanding of his needs. They treat him like an individual and include him in everything. It is a vital service and our son loves it."

Renfrewshire Outreach Support works in partnership with Renfrewshire Council to provide support to children, young people who have additional needs and their families within the context of community outreach support.

We support young people to access resources in the community such as local parks, cinema, bowling, shopping etc. Support can be on an individual basis, small groups and larger groups. The aim of the group is to provide stimulating activities for our young people in a group setting.

Youll work as part of a well supported and trained team who work hard to achieve positive outcomes for our young people through group work and befriending.

The hours will include working 3-4 evenings per week and every second weekend during term time. During school holidays the expectation will be to work days and weekends but also with a degree of flexibility to suit the needs of the families.

How youll help to create brighter futures

Key responsibilities of the Young Persons Worker role include;

• Providing a safe environment for them to enjoy time with their friends.
• Giving families the break, they need to continue supporting their children.
• Assisting the children in all aspects of their care and supporting their health and wellbeing.
• Provide children with meaningful and fun activities within their local and wider community.

Lets talk about you

• Ideally, a qualification in a social care discipline but we are very open to relevant experience, rather than a qualification.
• Experience of working with disabled young people and working within community environments.
• The ability to use MS Office to record case notes.
• Excellent communication skills enabling you to engage with our young people and families through a variety of methods.
• An understanding of safeguarding procedures and the ability to act upon any concerns.
• A positive approach, providing a fun environment for all the children in our care.
• Driving licence and access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

Good to know

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Contact: Laura McCarthy at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 11227

Diversity, equality and inclusion At Action for Children, were dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

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Information :

• Company : Action for Children
• Position : Young Persons Worker
• Location : Scotland
• Country : GB