Location - West Bromwich, West Midlands

Contract: Fixed Term, Part-Time, 16 hours per week until 31st March 2020.

Salary - £15,839 per annum, pro rata

Action for Children

Every year, Action for Children impacts on the lives of 310,000 children, young people and their families across the UK, through our professional and committed workforce of c.4700.

We now have a fantastic opportunity to join Hillside Children's Centre as a Community Engagement Officer supporting the West Bromwich/Wednesbury area. The role will see you setting up information hubs in community venues, engaging service users and recruiting/supporting volunteers to run a range of sessions aimed at disadvantaged families, children and young adults. The hours of this role will include one late night until 8pm to accommodate an Ante Natal Changes programme (training will be provided if required).

The role will see you?

Engaging service users and promoting the services within the community via information hubs in places such as the local library, Job centre
Make referrals to groups
Support clients with a range of issues such as employability, baby clinics, access to information
Identify and recruiting volunteers and being responsible for supporting them with community sessions such as "Stay and Play"

The person?

Qualifications - Level 2 in Early Years or Social Care - desirable
Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) experience/qualification - desirable
Previous experience of working with/supporting Disadvantaged families/children
Knowledge of Health and Safety and Safeguarding
Early Years' experience - highly desirable
Confident and outgoing
Great social skills
Flexible
Happy to travel in the role - Driver is ideal however, there are good transport links in the area

Please refer to the full job description and person specification for further information.

The Rewards?

We offer a highly competitive salary, with a minimum of 7 weeks leave (i.e. 29 days' plus bank holidays), pro rata, an excellent company pension scheme, regular and supportive supervision, season ticket travel loan facility, interest free Development Loans and discounts at major high street retailers. Plus, a lot more.

For further details please contact Dione Riach on dione.riach@actionforchildren.org.uk or on 07384 836122 quoting reference 2984

We look forward to your application!

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