Children and Families Practitioner

Children and Families Practitioner

Salary: £25,000 pro rata

Location: Livingston, Scotland.

Hours: Permanent, Part Time – 15 hours. Friday – 12.30-5.30pm, Saturday – 9am-2pm, Sunday – 10am-3pm.

Drivers licence is essential to fulfil the needs of the young people and service, and to be happy to drive AFC manual car.

Benefits: Paid annual leave, pension scheme, career progression, fantastic training opportunities, employee wellbeing support, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands.

Type:
Casual – pick and choose when you work, around your study, family, retirement or home life!

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 671,000 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.

Our Edinburgh and Lothian Therapeutic clubs deliver an astimulating and safe weekly, term‑time Therapeutic Activity Programme for disabled children/young people. Needs‑led therapeutic activities will reflect children's age, abilities, and preferences. Children/young people will have fun, socialise, and enjoy positive experiences whilst their families have a break from caring responsibilities. A combination of building and community‑based activities will promote inclusion and broaden children's experiences.

As a Children & Families Practitioner you'll be supporting vulnerable children/young people and families. This includes inclusive services for disabled children and families, helping to improve outcomes and quality of life. We are experts in supporting children/young people with complex needs and challenging behaviour. Our disability services include residential care homes, bespoke residential placements, short breaks, community‑based outreach, and specialist fostering placements.

Some key responsibilities for the role are:

• Championing community support and services for Edinburgh and Lothian Therapeutic Clubs.
• Taking a lead role in the delivery of Step by Step and other identified support.
• Coordinating the Team Around the Family meetings and supporting families who are on Rights for Children.
• Using a multi‑agency approach and consulting with other professional bodies.

• Working within a multi‑agency social care, early years or health environment and applying safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of managing cases, in accordance with agreed procedures and completing assessments, planning and reviews to ensure positive outcomes.
• Ability to keep the child and/or young people as the focus and ensure their feelings and wishes are represented in meetings and record keeping.
• Communicate effectively and engagingly and to maintain independent professional relationships and boundaries.
• Experience of delivering group and one‑to‑one interventions.
• Drivers licence is essential to fulfil the needs of the young people and service, and to be happy to drive AFC manual car.

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

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 for all groups in society and for Action for Children. Male staff are under‑represented within our Children Service roles.

We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Jessica Jarvis – recruitmentserv, quoting reference 12737