Childrens Services Worker

2 weeks ago


Mold, United Kingdom Action for Children Full time

**Children's Services Worker**

**Salary: £23,151.50 per annum**

**Location: Mold Office, working across Flintshire**

**Contract/Hours: Fixed Term until 31 March 2025 - 22.5 hours per week**

**Benefits**:

- A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays
- Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service plus the option to buy and sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.
- Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
- Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.

**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 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. 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**

Flintshire Families Disability Service successfully provides support for children, young people, and their families based on their needs and choices. We provide opportunities and build links to enable social interaction and develop life skills while supporting their physical and emotional needs.

***As a Childrens Services Worker, you'll support the development of children and young people by creating fun and stimulating environments to enhance skills and promote emotional resilience and positive behaviour in group activities and one-to-one sessions at home, school and in the community. You'll also be delivering a consistent approach to family members using holistic interventions and listening to the needs of the family.

**How you'll help to create brighter futures**
- Delivering appropriate interventions to children, young people or families on a 1:1 basis or in a group settings, with appropriate direction and participation, based on individual needs and choices.
- Undertaking home, school, and community visits and meetings as advised.
- Maintaining effective working relationships and channels of communications with colleagues and families to encourage, participate and promote involvement to achieve positive outcomes.
- Being alert and ready to take action to protect and safeguard children and to inform appropriate line managers of concerns consistent with safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Attending and actively participate in relevant multi-agency meetings.
- Retaining accurate and detailed records in a timely manner, using various IT systems to capture case details, outputs and outcomes as necessary.
- Ensuring familiarity and compliance with relevant Action for Children policies and procedure.

**Let's talk about you**
- Excellent communication skills, diary management and report writing.
- Knowledge and/or experience of supporting young people with disabilities and additional needs (no personal care or medication assistance is required for this role).
- An understanding of managing caseloads including assessments and reviews.
- The ability to represent the service in community organisations, partner agencies and other external agencies.
- Level 3 (or the willingness to work towards) in Health and Social Care, Childcare and Education or a relevant qualification in Youth Work, Education or Children's Service.
- Empathy and dedication to work collaboratively with children, young people, and their families.
- Access to a car with business insurance is desirable as the role requires the ability to travel across Flintshire according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.
- The ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

**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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