Social Care/Development Jobs
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Purpose:To coordinate and deliver an exciting range of Short Breaks activity clubs for children and young people aged5 - 17 with additional needs and disabilities.
Hours of work:21 hours per week over 3 days - including one evening per week
Term time hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday/Sunday 09:00 – 17:00
School holidays hours: Wednesday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00
Location : Based from YMCA Sovereign Centre, Slipshatch Road,Reigate, RH2 8HA
Clubs run in Reigate, Epsom and West Sussex
Annual leave: Four weeks (pro-rata) plus bank holidays. Holidays increase after two years’ service to a maximum of five weeks pro-rata after six years’ service. The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March each year.
Benefits:
Free Gym Membership: The post holder will be entitled to free use of the YMCA East Surrey fitness centre in Redhill and half price YMCA childcare for dependents.
Free Parking : There is free parking available at The Sovereign Centre and at all our delivery site. YMCA East Surrey also operates a Bike to Work Scheme.
Pension Scheme: There is a YMCA East Surrey pension scheme - details available on request.
Closing date & interviews:
Closing Date: Wednesday 3rd April
Interviews are scheduled : Tuesday 9th April
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
£24,960 rising to £25,738 upon successful completion of probationary period and mandatory training
Grant to study Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare
Permanent
- 20/23 hours per week (including weekends and bank holidays)
- 40 hours per week (including weekends and bank holidays)
Locations: Ealing (W13), Islington (N7) or Balham (SW12)
If you are looking for a fulfilling and rewarding Career where no two days are the same, this could be the job for you!
You will have the opportunity to support children and young people, who from adversity are developing their resilience, to develop key life skills, build trusting relationships, create environments where they can flourish and experience success, while participating in fun activities with them.
The only thing you need is a passion for making a difference. We don't require previous care experience as we provide all the training and support you need to excel in your role, even professional care qualifications, through our St Christopher's Academy Entry Pathway.
What you need to bring to this role
- resilience to cope with challenging behaviour and circumstances.
- ability to build genuine and trusting relationships with young people.
- ability to work as part of a team.
- empathy but also ablility to understand the importance of professional boundaries.
- flexibility to undertake shift work including weekends, bank holidays and with notice, occasional sleep-ins.
What you should expect from us
- Salary of £24,960 rising to £25,738 upon successful completion of mandatory training
- 4 weeks full induction and training program (paid).
- Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.
- Tailored career development plan through our “St Christopher’s Academy”.
- A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
- 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
- Industry Leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy,
- Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
- BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
- Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
- Discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
- Discretionary Funded Training Programs.
- Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
If you wish to know more about this opportunity, please visit our website.
About Us
Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.
St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.
We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Family Worker - YourFamily
Are you a proactive individual who has experiencing working with families who are experiencing disadvantage and/or inequality? Do you have qualifications in child development or family support and want to work to remove barriers to improving children’s outcomes?
We're seeking someone experienced in delivering parenting support or education services, who is able to manage relationships with a variety of stakeholders and has sound understanding of safeguarding, local service provision and barriers to accessing early education and/or health provision.
Job Purpose
• Build supportive, collaborative, and trusting relationships with parents and families to enable them to be connected within their community and confident to ask for support when needed.
• Facilitate evidence-based parenting programmes and offer individual holistic support to families who require a bespoke service.
• Provide a family centred approach with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Actively engage with the community and work in partnership with statutory and voluntary services.
• To support to deliver upon the vision and mission of the organisation.
Safeguarding Requirement
City Family CIC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policy and procedure to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.
Main Duties
1. Uphold the service values and principles, ensuring that safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is of paramount importance.
2. To build trusting relationships with parents and families, recognising their strengths and capabilities to help them identify their needs.
3. To work closely with parents and their families throughout the community, to enable parents to make connections with peers and their communities, signposting them to appropriate services and providing child development, health, and wellbeing advice where appropriate.
4. To build up knowledge and understanding of local resources and community and statutory services at both ward level and Southend wide.
5. To comply and contribute actively to the required monitoring of outcomes for the service.
6. To work in partnership with the early years sector to support families achieving their outcomes.
7. To refer and signpost families to specialist and other services when appropriate and with consent, in accordance with required protocols and monitor family progress and engagement with referred services.
8. To facilitate and/or deliver evidence-based activities including evening and weekend sessions.
9. To establish and maintain a physical presence within the community.
10. Keep and maintain high quality records and produce reports when required.
11. To attend and deliver supervision and training sessions as requested.
12. To undertake any other duties as requested by the organization.
Experience
• Sound understanding of safeguarding procedures.
• Proven experience in working with families, especially those facing disadvantage or vulnerability.
• Excellent understanding of the social, emotional and development needs of children under 5 and working with expectant families to promote healthy pregnancies.
• Experience in developing and delivering community-based initiatives and services, that empower families and remove barriers to access.
• Experience of developing and managing effective partnerships
• Experience of recording, monitoring data and retrieving information
Knowledge
• NVQ level 3 qualification in ChildCare, Health or Social Care or equivalent relating to children’s services, family work or evidence of recent and continuing professional development in relation to child development and/or family support practice.
• Level 2 Safeguarding
• Evident awareness of Early Help, Team Around the Child process and Children Social Care processes.
• Domestic abuse awareness certificate.
• Trained, or willing to receive training on: Asset-based approaches, Trauma informed approaches, Adverse Childhood • •Experiences, Participation & Co-production and Parenting Programmes.
Skills and abilities
• Ability to work with parents and to encourage their positive engagement.
• Commitment to the learning and development of young children and families.
• Ability to work as a part of a team and on own initiative.
• Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Word, Office, internet and email.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Ability to communicate with people from diverse backgrounds, and strong communication skills to remove any barriers to access.
Additional
• Full driving license and access to a vehicle as travel across Southend is expected.
• Must be able to undertake evening work and weekend work a minimum of 5 times per month to deliver antenatal and parental education courses.
Youth Project Worker
At YMCA Sutton Coldfield, we transform the lives of young people with support, respite and safe spaces.
Job title: Youth Project Worker
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Salary: £5,949 p.a. (FTE £23,795 p.a.)
Hours: 10 hours a week
Contract: Fixed term to 31st March 2027 with the possibility of extension
Please contact us if you need help accessing this recruitment information
We’re looking to recruit an exceptional individual who can make a big difference to the lives of children and young people in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham.
The focus of the role will be to support young people aged 11-19 across Birmingham in various settings, including 1:1 mentoring within schools and during youth clubs and sports sessions at various locations around the city.
A significant focus of the role will be to deliver one-to-one, mentoring support to young carers in schools to raise aspirations, build self-esteem and resilience, and promote positive coping strategies in overcoming struggles they face. You will also be required to support the project leads in planning and delivering youth work activities in youth club and sports settings to engage and build meaningful relationships with young people from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
We are a friendly, inclusive organisation with policies, working arrangements and benefits that support staff wellbeing and learning.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday, 8th April 2024
We expect interviews to be held at our Sutton Coldfield office during the week commencing 15th April 2024.
Please apply asap. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early without notice if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
The YMCA Sutton Coldfield is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment This is reflected in our recruitment and vetting processes which includes asking candidates to provide information about any gaps in employment, pre-employment checks, including references, an identity check, right to work in the UK, disclosure (if applicable) and qualifications (if applicable).
A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure.
YMCA Sutton Coldfield is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all we do. We aim to grow an inclusive workforce where everyone feels welcome irrespective of age, class, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religion, sexual orientation or social-economic backgrounds.
The YMCA Sutton Coldfield is a registered charity in England (1008752).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
YOUTH MENTORING PRACTITIONER vacancies
2 based in OASIS HUB HADLEY,
1 based in OASIS CROYDON,
1 based in OASIS HUB WATERLOO
HOURS RANGE FROM 28 – 40 PER WEEK
24 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
SALARY: £28,536 based on 40 hours per week (Including London Weighting)
Want to enable young people to have positive lives?
Want to be part of a supportive, dynamic, fun & quality team?
Want to make the community a better place?
Oasis Community Partnerships are looking for four special, talented, and adaptable people to help us strengthen and sustain our youth mentoring programme.
Each Youth Mentoring Practitioner’s primary purpose is to develop and deliver quality and safe 1-2-1 and small group mentoring for young people.
We are looking for people who:
· Have recent and proven experience with inner city young people.
· Can co-develop and co-deliver inclusive and supportive programmes with young people.
· Are comfortable working on their own or in a team.
· Can enable us to improve our service and opportunities for young people.
Do you have the character, chemistry & competency we are looking for? Great – read on.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority, and underrepresented groups.
Email your CV including a Supporting Statement. Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further details.
Your Supporting Statement should be a minimum of one A4 page addressing the following question:
Please expand on your CV to tell us about how your character, qualities, experience, and qualifications/training will enable you to thrive in this job.
Deadline for submitting your CV and Supporting Statement is midday Friday 5th April 2024.
Interviews will take place 17th April 2024.
If you’ve not heard from Oasis by 12th April 2024 – on this occasion you were not shortlisted.
Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further details
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
- Flexible working where possible with family friendly policies
· A non-contributory pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.