Project Worker (North Ayrshire)

Children First; Cunninghamhead; Híbrido; GBP 26.000 - 32.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

40 days annual leave

Pension and wellbeing support

Flexible & hybrid working

Westfield Health access

Blue Light Card discount

Fair Work accreditation

Descripción de la vacante

Children First in North Ayrshire is seeking a dedicated Family Wellbeing team member to support children and families impacted by substance use. Based in Irvine, you will travel to connect with communities, providing early help and trauma‑informed support within a restorative framework.

You will work as part of a proactive partnership with the local ADP to safeguard children’s rights. The role emphasizes staying with families, building trust, and delivering compassionate, person‑centred care, in

Formación

• Experience of keeping children safe in their own families.
• Fiercely passionate about children’s rights.
• Willing to bring your whole self to the job: heart and mind.

Responsabilidades

• Be part of the Family Wellbeing team delivering support to families affected by substance use in North Ayrshire.
• Work from Irvine, Bourtreehill with outreach to communities across North Ayrshire.
• Travel within the partnership area to connect with families and services while maintaining restorative, trauma‑informed practice.

Conocimientos

Child safeguarding

Children's rights

Empathy

Team player

Descripción del empleo

A fantastic opportunity to come and join the Children First team in North AyrshireThis is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Family Wellbeing Service in North Ayrshire and an innovative partnership between Children First and The Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP), working alongside families, building strong relationships, taking an approach that is restorative, relational and trauma responsive striving to achieving positive outcomes for families. This post is funded by the ADP and will contribute to the delivery period 1st September 26- 31st August 27 (this post being from 1st Jan 27 – 31st Aug 27 fixed term). We are also determined that the full incorporation of the UNCRC means that children will have their rights respected in all areas of their lives and will have a real say in the way they are supported. If you share this determination, we would love to hear from you.

Our project seeks to:

• Ensure children, families and communities affected by substance use in North Ayrshire access early help to prevent crisis and to support the whole family to recover from the impact of substance use.
• Reduce the number of people who develop problem drug use.
• Promote a whole system’s approach personalised to the specific needs of families impacted by substance use, ensuring that individual’s most at risk, have access to specialist support that aids their recovery.

What kind of people are we looking for?

• have experience of keeping children safe in their own families
• are fiercely passionate about children’s rights
• thinks it’s a privilege to work with and on behalf of children and families and,
• are kind and will bring their whole selves to the job: heart and mind

What kind of Family Wellbeing team member will you be?

• resilient, skilled and knowledgeable who wants to transform children’s livesdetermined to support children to stay safely with their own familybig hearted and courageousable to build strong relationships and to manage the tricky conversationsis compassionate and understanding of traumaa cool head and clear minded at times of pressureinspiring colleagues and teams to be even betteran amazing ambassador for children and Children First

Base

You will be based in Irvine, Bourtreehill within our Children First North Ayrshire space and will travel to connect with other parts of the organisation and North Ayrshire HSCP. You will work on an outreach basis to connect with children and families in communities across North Ayrshire.

What we offer:

• A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength.
• 40 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays.
• Pension scheme and wellbeing support.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.
• Blue Light Card discount.
• A Fair Work accredited workplace