Role: Children's Rights Officer

Location: Hackney, London

Contract: Permanent, Full Time - 37 hours per week

Salary: £23,000 per annum

A career that's life changing!

Who are we?

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children across the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 370,000 children, young people and their families - but for every child who needs help to get help, there's plenty more to do and that is where you come in.

We are seeking a passionate and confident Children's Rights Officer to work in our busy service in Hackney providing advocacy and support to service users of all ages in the care system ensuring that their voices are heard.

You will be contracted to work Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm but this post does require an element of flexibility as it involves some out of hour visits.

How will you make a difference?

By assisting, guiding and teaching the Service Users their rights and how to develop their confidence and key life skills.
By recruiting, leading and supporting volunteers to act as Independent Visitors to people in care.
By recording and monitoring information on the central system.
By building and maintaining excellent rapports with Service Users and other care professionals to promote Equality & Diversity.
By managing individual case-loads and providing advocacy services to Service Users.
By providing 1:1 support to service users to achieve positive outcomes.

What you will need?

A Positive and Caring attitude is a MUST
NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent with at least 1 years' experience working directly with vulnerable service users.
Sound knowledge of Safeguarding and GDPR
Excellent interpersonal skills
Be able to work under pressure and manage workload
Recruitment experience would be an advantage but full training will be provided for the right candidate
Be a passionate individual who is committed to Children's rights.

What are the benefits?

As an appreciation towards our staff, we offer:

An excellent company pension scheme
Minimum of 29 days Annual Leave
Season ticket travel loans
Childcare vouchers
Professional development with access to 100's of courses available from the first day
Discounts at major high street retailers

(And that's just to list a few)

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. So don't delay, apply today!

If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact Ewelina Suchocka on 07776657442 or alternatively you can send your CV to Ewelina.suchocka@actionfrochildren.org.uk for immediate consideration.

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