Alexandria, Dumbartonshire

Circa £17,600 Pro Rata

22hrs Part Time (Nights)

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

The role

Preparation for life are a 10-bed residential housing project providing one to one support for young people aged 16-21 who are experiencing difficulties in their lives. We provide medium term accommodation for young people supporting them to develop the skills to manage and maintain a future housing tenancy. Looking to the future, we support young people to focus on their development through budgeting, cooking, bill paying, employability and health support.

We are looking for a young person's worker to join our existing team.

You will make a difference by:

-Providing a supportive role to Young Person's Practitioners (YPP) through practical care and support interventions to young people

-Responding to and dealing with any safeguarding / child protection issues immediately & effectively

-Building supportive relationships with our young people to help them achieve positive outcomes

-Engaging with partners agencies

You will need:

-SVQ 2 or the equivalent in Health & social care / services or the willingness to work towards this.

-Ability to work within the rota system including sleepover and waking night shift.

-Ability to engage with children and young people.

-A knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by children and young people.

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 Anne Marie Wilson at anne-

Interviews will be taking place on Thursday 29th October 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.