Childrens Services Worker

Action for Children; Greater London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave

Professional training & development

Pension scheme

Employee wellbeing support

Discount portal

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Action for Children Short Break services in Islington and Camden support disabled young people in their homes or in the local community. We help children make friends, connect with communities, and enjoy new opportunities and experiences.

As a Children's Services Worker, you will provide support to children, young people, and families by delivering interventions under guidance, helping to achieve positive outcomes in line with policies and regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a team or independently.
• Experience with child development and planning for individual needs.
• Ability to engage with young people and their parents/carers.
• Strong safeguarding understanding.
• Passion and motivation to support children and families to grow.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct family support in the early help service, via digital or face-to-face contact.
• Manage a caseload, record accurately, deliver interventions, refer to other services as needed.
• Attend and contribute to family meetings.
• Support children and families in different environments.
• Help children and families thrive by applying various techniques and methods.
• Track children's learning and communicate with parents and carers.

Skills

Teamwork

Child development

Youth engagement

Safeguarding

Motivation to help

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Childcare

Job description

Role:Children's Services Worker

Salary:£15.18 an hour (Inc. London waiting allowance)

Contract/Hours:Permanent – Part Time 6.5 hours a week

We currently have shifts available for candidates to work Term time Saturday club and during the school holidays.

Location:Camden & Islington - London

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell 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.

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.

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.

A bit about the role

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!

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• 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.

Let's talk about you.

• 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.

Will you join us?

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

Our Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

At Action for Children, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we are taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.

We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.

We also encourage applications from men, who are under-represented in our Children’s Services roles. We recognise that people hold multiple identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.

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See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Action for Children - Driven by Love

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