Young Persons Practitioner

Salary: £23,900 per annum

Location: Cardiff and The Vale

Contract/Hours: 18.5 hours per week FTC until 31st March 2025.

Our service operates between 8.30am and 4:30pm and we run occasional out of hours group sessions for our young people who require after school appointments.

Benefits:

29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

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's 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.

About the service

Skills Plus+ is a psychosocial skill-building intervention for Care Experienced Young People (CEYP) aged between 14 and 24. We provide a therapeutic informed intervention through DBT and CBT methodology to improve the emotional and social well-being of our service users.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

Helping young people transition into happy and healthy adults
Mentoring hard to reach care experienced young people to develop life skills, friendships, improve wellbeing, confidence, self-esteem and feelings of belonging
Working in a holistic and person-centred way using DBT and CBT
Liaising with organisations and agencies such as Health, Education, Youth Service and Social Services
Responsible for managing your own complex caseload

Let's talk about you

Our job description for the Young Person's Practitioner outlines the requirements of the role but the 'must-haves' are:

Significant experience of working with children and young people through 1:1, mentoring and group work (delivered in person and via MS Teams)
An NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or demonstrable experience of working with children and young people
An awareness or knowledge of therapeutic interventions such as DBT and CBT
Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality.
Driving licence is essential with access to car

Good to know

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Application Process

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Contact: Scott Jones via email at quoting reference 10486

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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