Childrens Services Practitioner

Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom

12/20/2024

Job Description

Salary: £25,000 per annum pro rata which equates to £14,864

Location: Morayshire

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time - 22 hours per week including evening and weekend work to meet the needs of the service

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, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 687,000 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. It's 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 children's lives.

A Bit About The Role

Moray Group activities is a brand-new service providing short social opportunities for young people (working with young people aged 5-18 in different settings) who have additional support needs / neurodiversity. This will take the form of short sessions and run after school and at weekends

Offering a range of weekly group sessions, you’ll support the development of a wide range of activities within the group sessions – planning and delivering. Providing a high level of support to young people attending.

We are currently working through development of this new service but anticipate sessions will run post school times during the week and on a Saturday morning and as such a degree of flexibility is required.

Sessions will take place across Moray – and will be needs based therefore the ability to travel across Moray is required.

How You'll Help To Create Brighter Futures

As a Young Persons Practitioner you’ll:

• Work in a team to deliver exciting and high quality youth work for young people with additional needs
• Plan, develop and deliver a wide range of social activities which are suitable for different age groups
• Provide a high level of support to the young people attending the sessions
• Engage with the young people on the sessions to help build their social skills and independence
• Work across Morayshire as needed
  
  

Let's Talk About You

Are you resilient and have a positive approach to change and challenge? We are looking for someone with a ‘can do’ attitude to join our team. Ideally you will have:

• Experience of working with children and young people with additional needs
• The ability to engage effectively with children and young people
• Strong organisational skills
• Safeguarding knowledge and experience.
• 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.
  
  

Contact: Emma Goodwin on 01923 361725 or email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 10611.

Please note: Interviews are planned to be held on 15 th and 17 th January 2025.

Good to know 

Application Process

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

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool

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Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're 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.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement