Job Opportunity with Action for Children: Transition Worker

Location: Bristol, Southwest England.
​Salary: £22,500 per annum pro rata
Contract Type:Fixed Term Part-Time
Closing Date: 15 March 2024
Interviews: Week Commening 26 March 2024

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Contract/Hours: Fixed Term/ Part Time working 18. 5 hours a week (Fixed Term till March 2025)

Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, excellent training and development opportunities, flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages, up to 7% employer contribution pension, and a discount portal with 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 is 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
Our three linked services, Fostering Southwest, Fostering Southwest Peninsula and Family Breaks Devon provide high quality foster families to vulnerable children and young people from our offices in Bristol and Exeter.

As a Transitions Worker you'll be providing one to one (and possibly group based) practical and emotional support to our young people to make the transition from foster care/continuing care into independent living. You'll coordinate and direct the support to young people by agreeing and providing interventions, enabling positive and agreed outcomes to be achieved, in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

How you'll help to create brighter futures
You'll offer support and advice to our young people to overcome barriers that can include housing, homelessness, confidence and self-esteem issues, poor social skills, lack of qualifications and employment opportunities. You will also support young people with emotional wellbeing and provide resilient and nurturing support, even in challenging and demanding situations.

Key responsibilities of your role will be to:

• Engage and build trust with young people to conduct assessment of their needs.
• Managing a case load of Young People across Southwest of England.
• Link up with agencies so our young people feel safe and secure in their own home.
• Support young people to overcome their barriers to training, education or employment and support in preparation for a placement/job offer, open bank account, planning travel routes etc.
• Collaborate with employers, colleges, volunteering opportunities and training providers.
• Attending meetings with other key individuals involved in the care of a service user and completing relevant paperwork and reports. 
• Be able to work within and support other areas of a young person's plan.
• Be able to reflect on Safeguarding concerns and engage in relevant discussions to address vulnerabilities.

Further details and application documents here