Children's Services Worker

4 days ago

Plymouth, United Kingdom Action for Children Full time

**Salary**:Circa £14,078.00 per annum

**Location**:Plymouth, Devon

**Contract/Hours**:Permanent, Part-Time, 22.5 hours per week.

**Interviews will be held on the 20**th** of February 2024**

**Benefits**:29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, professional qualifications, excellent training and development opportunities, flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages, up to 7% employer contribution pension, discount portal with your favourite brands and Blue Light card eligibility.

**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.

**About the Role**:
Green Ark Children's & Manor Street Children's Centre/Emerging Family Hub is open to the whole community on a regular basis. We work in partnership with other agencies such as health visitors, midwives, nurseries, and local schools.

We are looking for a Children Services Worker, who is passionate and wants to join us in making a difference by listening to the child's voice first and doing what is right.

This is a permanent role based within the Family Hub network. You will work across two of our centres Green Ark & Manor Street Children's Centres/Emerging Family Hubs. The work will also involve facilitation of services within the wider community. The role will be integral to the Family Hub network and involve working in partnership with children, young people, families and other organisations to help people achieve the best possible outcomes. We see the role having elements of evening and/or weekend working.

**How you'll help to create brighter futures**
- Providing a supportive service to children, young people, and their families, based on an assessment of need.
- Delivering interventions with children, young people, or families on a 1:1 basis, group, or community setting
- Planning casework, including undertaking assessing, reviewing, and managing risks this will include home visiting.
- Attending and participating at relevant multi-agency meetings.
- Responsible for day-to-day resource planning to ensure high quality services are delivered.
- Establishing and developing effective relationships and channels of communication with children, young people, families, colleagues, community organisations, partner agencies and other external agencies
- Retaining records, using various IT systems, working in accordance with organisational policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

**Let's talk about you.**
- Level 2 qualification or above in Early Years/childcare working with Children, Young People and Families.
- Experience of working in a health, early years or social care setting.
- Experience of working with Children and young people (0-19 years) and supporting their families.
- Experience of working as part of a team or as an individual to deliver a frontline service. Experience of preparing, organising, reviewing and delivering individual and or group work
- Ability to keep children and young people as the focus of all work and ensure the child's feelings and wishes are represented in meetings and record keeping

**Good to know.**

Application Process

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

Talent Pool

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

**Diversity, equality and inclusion**

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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