Childrens Services Worker

Role:
Children's Services Worker

Salary: £14.32 an hour (Inc. London waiting allowance)

Casual (Flexible to suit your work/life balance)

We can offer varied hours; you can pick and choose when you work, around your study, family, retirement, or home life

Shifts available:
Wed and Thu 3:30pm-7pm after-school club, term time Saturday club and during school holidays

Camden & Islington - London

• Paid annual leave.
• You can gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
• Pension scheme.
• Employee wellbeing support.
• Employee discount portal with all your favourite brands.
• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.

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.

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of thousands of children.

Action for Children Short break services in Islington and Camden support disabled young people in their own homes or in their local community.

We support children to make and meet friends, connect with their communities, and enjoy new opportunities and experiences.

We encourage children to be ambitious about what they want to do and work with them to make their wishes a reality. The approach is about being inclusive, flexible and, above all, fun.

As a Children's Services Worker, you will be responsible for providing support to children, young people, and families by agreeing and directly delivering interventions, with appropriate direction, which enable positive and agreed outcomes to be achieved, in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

We are seeking experienced and enthusiastic casual Children Services Workers to join our established and dedicated team at Islington Children's Centre. If this sounds of interest, please read on for more information!

• Providing direct family support in the early help service, through a blend of digital or face to face contact.
• Managing a case load, record effectively, deliver an intervention, refer and support families onto other services as required.
• Contributing to and attending family meetings.
• Support children and their families in different environments.
• Support children and their families to thrive by delivering different techniques and methods.
• Tracking children's learning and development and communicate with their parents and carers.

• NVQ Level 2 in Childcare or Equivalent.
• Experience of working as part of a team or as an individual.
• Experience with child development and planning for individual child's needs.
• Understand how to engage with young people and their parents/carers.
• Good understanding of safeguarding.
• Passion and motivation to support children and families to grow, effectively communicate and develop together.

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

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:
Sarah Manderfield by email with any questions – sarah.manderfi Quoting reference number 12462

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.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

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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