Young Persons Practitioner na Action for Children

Role: Young Persons Practitioner 

Salary:  £25000 per annum 

Location: This is a Remote role, but you will be expected to travel Birmingham city to conduct young Carers assessments and to support the young people on a one-to-one basis.

Contract/Hours:  Permanent Full-time 37 hrs. per week 9-5pm Predominantly Monday- Friday but with an expectation to work occasional evenings and weekends.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help 

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. 

Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.  

Why Action for Children? 

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.  

A bit about the role 

Action for Children deliver Young Careers in Birmingham. Young carers have a caring responsibility for a parent, sibling or family member. As a Young Persons Practitioner you will offer group support face to face and digitally, youth group sessions, training, holidays activities and 1:1 support to children, young people and families. We work with children and young people from the ages of 5 to 18.

We support children, young people and families on a 1:1 basis or groupwork in schools, in their homes or in the community and offer them additional training so that they are able to manage daily tasks more effectively at home.

During the holidays we offer fun activities for children and young people. We also offer family events where parents and carers can meet each other and share their experiences.

We provide signposting advice to all families so that they feel empowered to seek local support in their communities.

How you'll help to create a brighter future. 

• Providing a high-quality service to children, young people, and their families, based on an assessment of need and is outcomes driven. 
• Delivering a complex and specialist interventions with children, young people, or families on a 1:1 basis, group, or community setting. 
• Providing lead case/care planning management, including undertaking assessing, reviewing, and managing risks  
• Attending and participating at relevant multi agency meetings.
• Taking responsibility for day-to-day resource planning to ensure high quality services are delivered. 
• Establishing and developing effective relationships and channels of communication with children, young people, families, colleagues, community organisations, partner agencies and other external agencies.
• Retaining accurate and contemporaneous records, using various IT systems to capture information and to produce written reports and present these, as necessary.
• Reviewing and evaluating service provision with others, ensuring continued improvements are made. 
• Ensuring a safe and positive work and service environment is achieved through compliance with all safeguarding, safer recruitment, health and safety policy and procedure.

In the role of Young Persons Practitioner, we're ideally looking for someone who has: 

• NVQ3 or equivalent in youth work, working with families, childcare or another relevant field. 
• Experience of delivering group work programmes. 
• Experience of working with children and young people aged 5-19. 
• A commitment to supporting young people's mental health. 
• You will receive full training to deliver our programmes. 
• Access to a car (desirable) for travel across the Birmingham area.

Good to know 

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't. 

Contact: Erika Brinkman or email us at [email protected] quoting reference 11849

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. 

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Don't meet every single requirement? 

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family. 

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