Children Services Worker

Location: Birmingham B18 4QY

Salary: £16,600 per annum. Pro rata

Job type: Part time permanent 21hrs hours per week

Interviews will be held 10th March 2020.

How we work:

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of thousands of children.

Birmingham Children's Centre currently provides services for families from the local area, with some specialist services for disabled children and young people.

Our Centre supports children and families living in the Birmingham and during the last year we supported 490 families.

Our families are 80% from Black/Asian ethnicity and the other 20% other ethnic backgrounds including newly arrived families.

This role will be coordinating and directing the support to children, young people and families by agreeing and providing support for interventions, which may be specialised, enabling positive and agreed outcomes to be achieved, in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements. The hours of this role are 9-4pm Tue, Wed and Friday each week.

The Role:

Providing a high quality 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
Providing care and support to Children with a disability in short break sessions, Stay and Play and holiday playschemes.
Provide key working support planning casework, including undertaking assessing, reviewing and managing risks this will include home visiting
Attending and participating at relevant multi-agency meetings, providing a support role ensuring reflective and analytical practice review
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 accurate and contemporaneous records, using various IT systems

What you'll need:

Level 3 qualification or above in Early Years/childcare working with Children, Young People and Families or equivalent qualification
Experience of working with Children and young people (0-19 years) with disabilities and supporting their families.

Knowledge and experience of high quality practice across a multiagency portfolio
Demonstrable professional experience in the field of children's social care /social care setting or background
Up-to-date experience and application of safeguarding principles and the ability to promote the welfare of the child
Full driving licence and access to a car

How will we reward you?

Minimum 29 days' holiday (pro rata).
Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages.
Company pension scheme.
Discounts at major high street retailers.

Plus, there's a lot more besides.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity.

Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services.

If you meet all the criteria and would like to proceed with your application, you'll be redirected to an application form on our website. Please have your CV available to upload. As this job involves working around children, there are some specific questions we need to ask you as part of your application process. Thanks for taking the time to apply and we wish you the best of luck!

For more information on this opportunity please contact Dione on 07384 836 122 or email her at dione.riach@actionforchildren.org.uk

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