Role: Community Short Breaks Practitioner
Salary: £23,500 per annum (Pro rata)
Contract/Hours: Permanent/Part-time 20 hours a week this will include one evening Monday or Wednesday from 5pm to 9:00pm
Location: Cornwall – Remote
Benefits:
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays
- Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service plus the option to buy and sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.
- Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
- Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.
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:
Action for Children Cornwall SPACE is a Cornwall Council commissioned Service providing Short Breaks and Youth Groups for children/young people with both physical and learning difficulties aged between 5 and 25 years. As a Community Short Breaks Practitioner, you'll have the incredible opportunity to offer exciting and diverse activities and a much needed break to children and young people with physical and learning difficulties in Cornwall. We are looking for two people to join our dedicated, growing team. With generous flexibility in working days and hours during term time in this role, you'll be able to accommodate the needs of both children, young people and their families. During holidays especially Easter and Summer there is a requirement that the successful candidate will work 3 days per week, this will include some Saturdays and will include travel across the county.
These 2 roles will be divided in to two distinct areas:
The West: planning and leading our short break activities in the Easter and Summer Holidays as well as planning and delivering our youth group on a Monday night between 5:00 and 9:00 in term time.
The East: planning and leading our short break activities in the Easter and Summer Holidays as well running our youth group in Liskeard on a Wednesday evening 5:00 – 9:00 in term time.
This fantastic remote role offers our Community Short Breaks Practitioner an array of enriching experiences for our service users throughout the picturesque landscape of Cornwall, from serene beach outings, exhilarating boat trips and engaging arts and craft sessions, we specifically tailor activities to our service users and their complex needs.
How you'll help to create a brighter future
- Working in a team to deliver exciting and high-quality youth work for our service users.
- Working collaboratively with young people to understand their needs and creating a fun and exciting person centred program.
- Planning and delivering activities and encouraging active participation amongst service users
- Conducting assessments and referrals to service and updating relevant paperwork,
- Working within a small team and helping with short break activities in the Easter and summer holidays
Let's talk about you:
- Relevant NVQ level 3 or previous experience working with children and young people with disabilities (qualifications can be attained while in the role)
- Experience of working with young people and a youth work curriculum
- Sound knowledge and understanding of safeguarding practices.
- Creative, positive and proactive approach towards work.
- To be able to work and travel across the county (Mileage is paid)
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
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Contact: Shannon Neander on [email protected]
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're 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.
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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