Salary: £25,000 per annum
Location: Glasgow
Contract/Hours: 18 month Fixed Term Contract- Full Time - 37 hours per week
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 670,000 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
As part of a city-wide strategy, the service will promote the wellbeing of children and young people aged 12+ years to support them to thrive with their families within their local communities by offering the right support at the right time.
The main focus of our work is supporting parents/carers to manage the behaviour of children through a variety of accredited parenting programmes. Work is also carried out to help improve the confidence and self-esteem of children and their parents/carers at home, school or in the community.
Our shared vision is to support children and young people to live with their parents and siblings, or where this is in the best interest of children, with their extended family, enabling them to grow up in their community with their friends, and attend their local school.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
Some key responsibilities of a Family Intervention Practitioner role are;
- Effectively assessing the needs of families and responding to them.
- Working collaboratively with families to achieve positive outcomes.
- Listening to children, young people and families.
- Working in an integrated way as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team.
Let's talk about you
- SVQ level 3 in Social Care or equivalent
- Experience of managing cases, in accordance with agreed procedures and completing assessments, planning and reviews to ensure positive outcomes.
- Working knowledge of an outcome based approach to planning, delivering and reviewing services.
- Ability to communicate effectively and engagingly and to maintain independent professional relationships, boundaries.
- Working within a multi-agency social care, early years or health environment and applying safeguarding procedures.
- Driving licence and access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.
- Driving Licence and access to a car is essential, to be able to fulfil the needs of the service and young people,
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: Jessica Jarvis at [email protected] quoting reference 11401
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.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
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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Job Description
See below for further information about working with us:
Action for Children Employee Benefits
AfC Commitment Statement
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