Service: Wythenshawe Children’s Centres
Salary: £24,971 – £27,504 FTE per annum
Location: Wythenshawe
Hours: 37 hours per week (full time)
Contract type: Permanent contract
Are you a self-motivated team player with a can-do attitude, who is solution focused and passionate about making a difference? If so, we want to hear from you.
At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Outreach Worker to join the team at Wythenshawe Children’s Centres. We want an individual who is passionate about supporting our aim to make a positive difference and improve outcomes for children, young people and families living in Wythenshawe.
We are looking for someone who is experienced in engaging and working with parents and children in individual and group work. This role will be an Early Years School Link & Engagement Lead, including engaging with schools and completing the REAL intervention and other targeted projects as required. Developing and building on relationships and partnership working with other agencies and organisations to increase reach and referrals to the service to support families with children under 5.
Your impact
As an Outreach Worker you will:
• Be passionate about supporting our aim to make a positive difference and improve outcomes for children, young people and families living in Wythenshawe
• To provide front line, high quality group and individual interventions both universal and targeted for children pre-birth to age 5 and their parents.
• Work in partnership with Start Well partners and other services to ensure that children pre-birth to 5 years and their parents, particularly those identified as priority and excluded, are signposted to the full range of services provided via Wythenshawe Children’s Centres and within the community to ensure their needs are met.
Your skills
We welcome applicants who:
• Educated to level three or above with a recognised professional qualification in social work, health, education or equivalent, or demonstrable experience in these fields of work, and evidence of a commitment to continuing learning and professional development.
• Experience of working with children and families in clients home and/or community venues, in groups and/or 1:1
• Excellent assessment skills, with the ability to set objectives and produce effective outcome-focused plans for families with complex needs, and to monitor, review and evaluate these.
• Experience of completing evidenced based interventions, especially related to early years/child development
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an in person interview.
To Apply:
· Download and submit a completed Application Form linked to the Family Action job advert
• Closing Date: Sunday 5th January 2025 at 11:59pm
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 10th January 2025.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: ragen.fallon2@family-action.org.uk
Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.
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*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
