Young Persons Practitioner

2 weeks ago


St Austell, United Kingdom Action for Children Full time

**Role: Young Person's Practitioner.**

**Location**:Cornwall, (Countywide)

**Circa Salary**_:_**_ _£22,500 per annum (pro-rata)

**Contract/Hours**: Permanent, Part Time, 20 hours a week. Hours are negotiable between Monday and Thursday. Commitment to work 5:30pm to 8:30pm on Monday delivering a youth group is essential.

There are additional hours available particularly during busier periods such as school holidays. (Please let me know if this is the right wording) yes that's fine - during the Easter and Summer school holidays there is a commitment to deliver 3 x 5 hour short breaks a week (5 weeks in the summer) as this is our core contracted delivery. We do not offer short breaks in May or October half term.

**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.

**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. We also have the Investor in People Silver Award

**About the Role**:
Action for Children Cornwall SPACE is a Cornwall Council funded service providing Holiday Activities for disabled children and young people aged between 5 - 18 years. We offer disabled children and young people exciting new activities to try, providing families with an all-important short break service.

We also offer three youth groups for young disabled people between 14 - 25 years. We are currently looking for a Young Persons Practitioner to travel and work across the county of Cornwall, based from home.

**You will make a difference by**:

- Working in a team to deliver the programme to groups of children and families.
- Working collaboratively with parents/carers and children.
- Providing children and families with information and skills to help them support their needs through a variety of challenges.
- Empowering families to make positive changes.
- Planning and executing activities and encouraging active participation amongst service users.
- Conducting assessments and updating relevant paperwork.

**You will need**:

- Relevant NVQ level 3 or previous experience working with children and families.
- Exposure of working within the 5-25-year-olds with learning disabilities would be an advantage.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of safeguarding practices.
- Creative, positive and proactive approach towards work.
- To be able to work and travel across the county.

**Diversity, equality, and inclusion**

**Don't meet every single requirement?**

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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