Childrens Services Team Leader

Role: Childrens Services Team Leader  

Salary: £15.04 an hour.

Location: Bury, Lancashire

Contract/Hours: CASUAL 

Term Time – Thursday (12:45pm – 8:15pm), Friday (1:45pm – 9:30pm) & Saturday & Sunday (10am – 6pm). School Holidays- Working 4 days throughout Monday – Friday, 9am - 4:30pm. You will not work Bank Holidays.

Term Time Location is The Elton Centre & Sunnybank Community Centre term time & Bury Athletics Club in the school holidays.

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 with excellent training, and development opportunities.
• Pension scheme
• Employee wellbeing support
• 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 688,000 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 Role: to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. 

A bit about the service:

Action for Children Social Opportunities supports a diverse group of disabled children/young people, delivering fun activities & encouraging friendships, fun & choice in how to spend their time, encouragement to be part of their local communities & supporting parent/carers to have break.

Our community-based venues are in Bury at Elton Centre, Sunnybank Centre (during Term Time) and Bury Athletics Club (during School Holidays).

A bit about the role

Our service supports a diverse group of disabled children/young people, delivering fun activities & encouraging friendships, fun & choice in how to spend their time, encouragement to be part of their local communities & supporting parent/carers to have break.

Our community-based venues are in Bury at Elton Centre, Sunnybank Centre (during Term Time) and Bury Athletics Club (during School Holidays).

In the role of Children Services Team Leader, you'll be leading and supporting a team in delivering fun activities & encouraging friendships, fun & choice in how to spend their time, giving encouragement to be part of their local communities & supporting parent/carers to have break.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• Working as a team and leading from the front.
• Working with a diverse group of disabled children and young people and delivering exciting social activities such as baking, arts 'n' crafts, sports, games and going out in the local community.
• Encouraging children and young people to make friends, enjoy their social time and be part of their local communities, as any other child and young person would.
• Monitoring and assessing individual progress and development through diary sheets and care plans.
• Ensuring that children and young people are nurtured in a safe environment.

Let's talk about you.

You will find full job description attached job description details the requirements of the role but the 'must-haves' are:

• An NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent).
• Experience in working with disabled children and young people and know to respond and meet family's needs.
• Experience/knowledge of planning and delivering activities for children and young people, preferable disabled children, and young people – but this is not essential.
• Innovative ideas for activities and ways to improve.
• A belief that every child should have the same opportunities in life.

Full training provided free to support you in your role.

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   

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't. 

Contact: Sarah Manderfield or email us at  quoting reference 12272

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. 

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants to apply.

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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Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Action for Children - Driven by Love

Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Services