Community Short Breaks Practitioner

Salary:25000 per annum

Location:Blantyre South Lanarkshire

Contract/Hours: Permanent / Part Time We have a variety of part time hours available fromand 30 hour contracts

Closing date for applications is midnight of 9th October

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 15000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

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

Last year we helped more than 670000 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. Its 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 childrens lives.

A bit about the role

Silvertons Community Hub is an exciting development building on the success of our residential service in Hamilton.

The aim of the Hub is to support families with a child with a disability to ensure the child feels involved in his community enjoys the childhood experience and builds her confidence whilst developing the familys resilience to deal with the day-to-day challenges of their care giving duties.

The role involves individualized support to a wide range of young people from the age of 5-23. The support is personalised to the specific needs likes character and personality of each individual child. This is directed through an extensive and well researched care plan which is strongly led by the childs voice.

More specifically your role will involve going out and about in the community with young people introducing them to mainstream activities and supporting the child to enjoy new experiences and to follow their own interests. This could include trips to parks swimming bowling the cinema and cinema. It may involve shopping trips outings on buses and trains visits to cafes clubs and museums.

On other occasions you would support young people from our Community Hub base. You would be involved in running a range of interesting activities to a small group of young people. This could be arts and crafts based or involve a more life skills approach. There will be a requirement to support our children to understand boundaries relationships and to still have fun. Some of the children behaviourwill present at times as challenging and we will be looking for a support worker who is understanding compassionate patient and tolerant whilst also being a strong consistent adult role model.

Direct support hours with young people will be on a rota basis over 7 days. There is a huge demand for our service therefore more hours available.

How youll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities of a Community Short Breaks Practitioner role are;

• Helping young people with a learning disability have a presence in the community.

• Supporting young people with their needs during and providingemotional support personal care and maintaining a clean safe and nurturing environment.

• Helping our young people learn and have fun in safe settings.

• Providing a safe environment where they can enjoy time with their friends.

• Working towards giving them a positive future.

• Helping them in all aspects of their daily lives and supporting their health and happiness.

Lets talk about you

Are you resilient and have a positive approach to change and challenge We are looking for someone with a can do attitude to join our team.

• Demonstrable experience of working in a care setting and developing positive relationships through trust
• Application of a range of techniques to co-ordinate and communicate with service users and their families
• Demonstrate a solution focused approach to address problems individually and in a team setting
• Demonstrate emotional resilience to respond to the challenging nature of the role
• Possess a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or recognised equivalent) or if you do not possess this you must be prepared to complete this within 2 years of commencing employment with us full support will be provided.

Good to know

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for thisrole.

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. Wed love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if youd rather we didnt.

Contact:Laura McCarthy atquoting reference 12004

Diversity equality and inclusion
At Action for Children were dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace.

Weactivelyencourageapplications 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.

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