A career that's life-changing
Young Person's Practitioner
Hamilton
Circa £21,000, Pro Rata 21hrs per week
Contract: Fixed Term until Dec 2021
Interviews will be held w/c 30th September 2019
How Action for Children works
Are you a naturally empathetic, focused and passionate about changing the lives of children and their families throughout Scotland for the better? Do you have experience of engaging with young people in your local community? We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Children's Services Practitioner to join our team in the South Lanarkshire area. This is an exciting and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a huge personal impact
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 301,000 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.
The role
The intensive intervention service provides support for young people aged 15.5-21 who are involved in offending behaviours and other high-risk behaviours. Our aim to reduce offending and other risks by providing a holistic approach to working with the young person and their families. Our work focuses on both early and crisis intervention which can include direct court support and support to access housing. We work with Partner organisations to move young people into positive destinations.
You will be instrumental in maximising and coordinating opportunities within the local community to maximise employment prospects, providing a rewarding and meaningful experience and adding value to service provision.
This part time role is to work Wed, Thu and Fri each week, 7hrs per day. Occasional evening and weekend work may required where the need arises. The position can be based in any of the services in the South Lanarkshire locality.
The difference
You'll significantly improve young people's lives:
- By coordinating your workload to provide a high quality service to children, their families and our partners.
- By using various IT systems and databases to keep records of outputs and outcomes.
- By communicating effectively with Action for Children colleagues, volunteers, partner agencies and other relevant agencies.
- By managing and guiding less experienced staff and volunteers.
- By promoting our equality and diversity strategy, linking with local frameworks to promote best practice and develop appropriate action plans.
The person
You'll need:
- Minimum SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care and an HNC in Health and Social care
- Hold a driving license and have access to a vehicle
- Have experience of facilitating group work and also one to one work
- Have previous experience of forming strong relationships with support services
- Previous experience of engaging with young people, preferably gained within a similar project.
- The ability to work in a constantly changing environment where work priorities and targets may change
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and motivate others.
- To work with other departments to ensure that we deliver Action for Children's values.
- To follow health, environmental and safety policies
- To achieve the highest standards of safeguarding, whether through direct care, support activities or reporting concerns about any child or young person.
- To be committed to Action for Children's defining statement, "keeping the child at the centre," and promoting our participation standards in your work.
The rewards
- Minimum 29 days' holiday (pro rata)
- 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.
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 which should only take around 5 minutes to complete. Please have your CV handy 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!
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