Community Short Breaks Practitioner

TN United Kingdom; Swansea; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An established children's charity is seeking a dedicated Community Short Breaks Practitioner to join their team in Swansea. This part-time role focuses on providing essential support to children with disabilities, ensuring they have enriching experiences and opportunities to thrive. You'll lead a small team, coordinate services, and foster positive relationships with families and professionals. With a commitment to child-centered care, this position offers a chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of vulnerable children. If you're passionate about helping others and have the required skills, this is your opportunity to contribute to brighter futures.

Benefits

29 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages

Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution

Staff discounts with Blue Light Card eligibility

Real Living Wage accredited employer

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with disabilities or challenging needs.
• Proven track record of managing staff and supporting families.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate and direct support for children and families.
• Lead a team to help children with disabilities reach their potential.
• Manage day-to-day resource and rota planning.

Skills

Team Leadership

Child-Centered Care

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Problem-Solving

Education

Diploma Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Community Short Breaks Practitioner, Swansea

col-narrow-left

Client:

Action for Children

Location:

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

col-narrow-right

Job Reference:

ab48dc4f1778

Job Views:

4

Posted:

29.04.2025

Expiry Date:

13.06.2025

col-wide

Job Description:

Job title: Community Short Breaks Practitioner

Contract/Hours: Fixed-time contract until August 2026, Part-time - 30 hours per week

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer

We are one of the largest children's charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK's vulnerable children for over 150 years.

Find out more about Action for Children here: Action for Children and on X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.

About the Service

Our 3 caravan short breaks service located at the Llanridhian works in conjunction with Swansea Short Breaks, where children with disabilities are able to enjoy two-overnight residential short breaks stays at the park.

We ensure the children feel involved in their community and enjoy their childhood experience, whilst building their confidence.

Prioritizing health and well-being, we provide opportunities for children to recharge and enjoy quality time together.

Our team are instrumental in creating positive experiences, whilst making a meaningful difference in the lives of the children we support.

About the role

As a Community Short Breaks Practitioner, you'll be responsible for managing a small team who provide an effective, efficient service covering shortbreaks, groups and other support agencies in Swansea.

We are ready to support and develop you to build on the experience you already have. We would love to hear from you if you want to help change lives by working at the forefront of child-centered care.

This role requires some flexibility but is generally week days only combining some office hours in our Llandarcy base with up to 2 evenings/sleep-ins at our service in the Gower, which are usually on a Monday and Tuesday.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

The aim of this role is to co-ordinate and direct the support of children, young people and families, by agreeing interventions, which enable positive and agreed outcomes to be achieved. You will help do this by:

• Leading a team to support children and young people with disabilities to reach their potential
• Building positive relationships with families, professional colleagues and within multi-agency networks
• Running a range of groups and activities to help children and young people grow
• Supporting those in our care to access a range of stimulating experiences
• Taking responsibility for day-to-day resource and rota planning and caseload management to ensure high quality services are delivered

Let's talk about you

Our job description for the Community Short Breaks Practitioner outlines the requirements of the role but the 'must-haves' are:

• Diploma Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant area
• Driving licence with own vehicle and business insurance
• Experience of working with children or young people who have disabilities or challenging needs
• Ability to lead staff teams to work flexibly in order to support families at critical times
• Proven track record of managing staff in the context of supporting and developing people
• Strong understanding of the issues and challenges facing families

Good to know

Interviews to be held 09 May 2025

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

For more information about the role, please review our full job description by clickinghere.

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Scott Jones at quoting reference 11149 and we'll be happy to give you any support you require.

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.