Young Persons Worker

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands

Category: Administrative / Clerical / Assistant Part-time

Industry: Architecture Planning

Position: Entry level

Job type: Part-time

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Salary - £19,300 per annum

Contract/Hours: Permanent - Part Time -12.75 hours a week. Term Time only. Hours are 4pm to 7pm. There will team meetings and file time that will encompass the 45 minutes. (0.75 hours)

Perks: Annual leave of 29 days (pro-rata) PLUS public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, check out more on our careers portal.

Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Closing date: Midnight on 12th July - We may stop taking applications earlier than advertised, due to the volume of applications we receive. So, don’t delay submitting your application for consideration!

We’re thrilled that you’re considering a career with Action for Children so here’s what you need to know.

About Us

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to their lives.

About The Role

Chestnut Lodge is a 5 bed short breaks children’s home, providing short breaks to children and their families aged 8 to 18 years of age. The service supports children and young people who have various disabilities, where they can come and stay and have fun while their families have a break.

This home runs mid-week after school clubs and has residential services that runs in the main at weekends and during school holidays. Young people get the opportunity to relax, have trips out and learn new skills while they are with us.

In the role of Young Persons Worker, it will be your responsibility to provide a high -quality service to children, young people and their families, based on an assessment of need and is outcomes driven.

As a Young Persons Worker youwill make a difference by:
  • Delivering interventions to children, young people or families on a 1:1 basis or in a group setting, with appropriate direction.
  • Maintaining effective working relationships and channels of communications with colleagues and with children, young people and families and where necessary encourage and promote involvement to achieve positive outcomes
  • Being alert to child protection and safeguarding issues and inform appropriate line managers of concerns in line with safeguarding policies and procedures
  • Retaining accurate and contemporaneous records, using various IT systems to capture case details, outputs and outcomes as necessary and to produce written reports and present these as necessary.
  • Ensuring familiarity and compliance with relevant Action for Children policies and procedures
You Will Need
  • Experience of working in a health, early years or social care setting.
  • SVQ level 2 Health & Social care qualification or equivalent
  • Experience of working as part of a team or as an individual to deliver a frontline service.
  • Ability to engage and work with children, young people and their families, demonstrating a range of communication skills.
  • Experience of preparing, organising, reviewing and delivering individual and or group work.
  • To demonstrate commitment to personal development and undertaking relevant training.
  • Ability to effectively utilise Microsoft Outlook and other IT packages.
Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we’d love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with and we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusive workplace we want everyone to be themselves.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

We can’t wait to hear from you - stay safe and happy.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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