Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Circa £22,076 inclusive of Distant Island Allowance (pro rata)
25hrs Part-Time, Fixed term 12 Month contract

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

Eilean Siar Assessment & Therapy Unit (ATU) is a health funded service which takes referrals from NHS Therapists, Education, CAHMS, and Social Work. We use a play-based approach to provide children who have additional needs, with a safe and therapeutic environment in which they can develop their communication, motor, learning, and life skills.

The ATU Team, work across schools, nurseries, community areas, family homes, and the project base, choosing the venue dependant on the child and family's needs. We provide support not only to the child themselves but to nursery and school staff, parents, carers, and extended family. ATU also run the Saturday Group, S'math Sinn, supporting teenagers and young adults to access activities in the community.

We are looking for a Family Support Practitioner to work 25 hours per week. We envision this to be 4 days per week with 1 Saturday per month (3 hours approx.) to meet the needs of the service.

You will make a difference by:

- Effectively assessing the needs of families and responding to them.

- Working collaboratively with families to achieve positive outcomes.

- Listening to children, young people and families.

- Engaging in an integrated way as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

You will need:

- HNC in a related field.

- Experience of working with children with additional needs and their families, and the issues and barriers they may face.

- Knowledge and awareness of methods of assessment and intervention.

- Understanding of safeguarding.

- Ability to communicate effectively verbally, in record keeping and report writing.

- Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.

- Experience of developing multidisciplinary support plans.

- Driving licence is desirable.

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For more information, please contact Lynsey.Munro@actionforchildren.org.uk if you have any further questions about this role.

Interviews for this position will be scheduled for w/c 10th Aug 2020.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

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