Member Job Opportunity: Action for Children - Family Transitions Support Worker

Salary: £21930 (pro-rata)
Directorate: Children's Services Scotland
Location: Glasgow
Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 - 18 months)
Hours: Part-Time ( 22 hrs)
Closing Date: 19 July 2022

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​Role: Young Person Practitioner

Perks: Annual leave of 29 days (pro rata), plus public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, up to 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, check out more on our career's portal. 

About Us  
At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard and we campaign to bring lasting change to their lives.  

The Role
Action for Children Fostering Scotland Service is a specialist fostering service that offers attachment-based therapeutic care to children and young people who cannot be looked after at home.  We offer the highest standard of care, providing carers with excellent training, supervision and support to achieve the best outcomes for the young people we look after.  We have had an excellent Fostering Inspection and continue to ensure excellent quality of care to support young people.

We listen to young people every step of the way.

Our Service is growing, and we need a young people's practitioner to join us, You will be working directly with young people as part of our Fostering Scotland team based in Glasgow.   

You will make a difference by:

• Bringing your experience, values and enthusiasm to a team (social workers, fostering support worker and therapists) supporting fostering families to provide stable and loving homes for young people. 
  
• You will be involved in delivering the Fostering Scotland Team participation strategy.
  
• Working with others to inspire, support and keep young people safe, to create good memories and support young people's connections with their families; and you will enjoy making a difference.
  
•  Promoting the highest standards of care and wellbeing for our young people and will really get to know them and support them on their journey with us.
  
• By thinking therapeutically and creatively you will make a real and lasting difference.   

You will be part of a team that values all of our relationships and where relational practice is at the heart of all that we do! 

What are we looking for from you? 

• SVQ3 or above and willing to undertake further training.
  
• Previous experience of working with children who have experienced significant loss and trauma.
  
• Experience in life story work (desirable)
  
• The ability to use a variety of tools and approaches to support young people to express their feelings and views.
  
• Experience in group work with young people, including confidence building and sexual health.
  
• Driving licence and use of a car.

The way we work  
We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Learn more about our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work on our Action for Children website.  

For safe and happy childhoods  

Working here is so much more than a job. It's an investment of time to truly make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children, young people, and families across the UK. 

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. Given this and our ongoing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, we encourage applications from everyone.

We value and celebrate the diversity of those that work with us and as an inclusive workplace we want all our current and future staff to feel able to be themselves in the workplace. 

If you're interested in finding out more, click apply and visit our careers portal for more information. 

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for 27th & 29th June 2022

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Jessica Jarvis on email [email protected] who will be happy to give you any support you require. 

Full details and application documents here