A career that's life-changing

Community Development Worker

Salary: £16,700

Location - Based from Ashington Children's Centre, Northumberland, NE63 9EF - Working across all services within the Locality.

Permanent Full Time working 37 hours a week

Interviews will be held w/c 27th January 2019

How does Action for Children work?

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. That's where you come in.

What is the role?

To initiate, involve and maintain participation and involvement of local parents/carers in all aspects of the Service. The role is Monday to Friday but there may be very occasional weekend or late night work required.

How will you make a difference?

You'll significantly improve lives:

By promoting Children's Centre activities in the community
To be involved with the Parents Forum/groups across the Locality
By promoting new membership of the Parent's Forum and the parent/carer membership on the Advisory Board
To recruit, and work with volunteers
By developing service delivery across the Children's Centres
To plan and deliver groups/activities with other team members
Arrange childcare crèche facilities
Provide information to management to support collection of data for business/delivery plan, quarterly, termly and annual reports
To undertake risk assessments to ensure a safe and secure environment for delivery of services
By establishing and maintaining links with external agencies that will promote education and employment opportunities for parent/carers and their children
To work with families, individuals or in groups to build self-esteem, confidence and ability to develop strategies to help their child's speech and language skills
To develop and maintain links with community groups across the locality
By undertaking risk assessments to ensure a safe and secure environment for delivery of services

The person

What you will need?

NVQ level 3 Early Years and Childcare or equivalent
Experience of working with families and young children
Experience of working with/in the community and supporting a child's development

What are the rewards?

Minimum 29 days' holiday

Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages

Season ticket travel loans

Company pension scheme

Discounts at major high street retailers

Plus, there's a lot more besides.

What are you waiting for? 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.

Apply now!

Please call Collette on 07741 736739 or email: collette.fraser@actionforchildren.org.uk to discuss.

Thanks for taking the time to apply and we wish you the best of luck!

This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Guidant is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.