Children and Families Practitioner - Action for Children

37Hrs – Full -Time – (13 Months Fixed Term Contract – with possible opportunity to extend after training)

Devon Children Centres (South, North, Exeter, Mid & East and Torbay) provide a service as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high-quality; outcome-informed, focused, evidence-based interventions for children under 8 years old and their parents or carers.
This post is for a Children and Families Practitioner and is also a CYP-IAPT training role. The postholder will attend Exeter University, participate with self-study days required by the education provider as specified, and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills. This training and service experience will equip you with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to operate effectively within the wider targeted early help Children's Centre service.

You will make a difference by:
- Providing a high-quality service to children, young people and their families, based on an assessment of need and is outcomes driven;
- Delivering a complex and specialist intervention with children, young people or families on a 1:1 basis, group or community setting;
- Retaining accurate and contemporaneous records, using various IT systems to capture information and to produce written reports and present these as necessary.

You will need:
- Relevant experience of working with children, parents and/or young people, two years or more;
- Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate level, or the equivalent, and to evaluate and put into place the effect of the training;
- Excellent computing skills, evidence of competence and confidence, including virtual meetings and training.

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. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards
We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods
At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

For more information and to apply, please click on the above link.