Social Worker

Role: Social Worker    

Salary: £32,000 per annum (pro-rata) 

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term/Part Time (22.5 hours per week) 

Duration: 1 year contract (September 2024-Sept 2025) 

Location: Working across Omagh and Fermanagh 

Interviews to be held week commencing Monday 29th July 2024.  

Benefits:    

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays    

• Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service plus the option to buy and sell leave.    

• Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.    

• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.    

• A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.   

• Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.    

• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.   

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.   

About the Role:  

We are an Early intervention service working with children ages 0-18 years and their families in home and community settings. Our focus is on closely collaborating with children/young people and their parents/carers to address issues such as parental separation, emotional well-being, anxiety and behavioural challenges. Our aim is to support families in working together early on, exploring solutions within an approximately 12 week timeframe using the Solihull approach.  

As a Social Worker you'll be working within a small team, across Omagh and Fermanagh, providing early intervention support to families who don't meet the criteria for social services. 

As a Social Worker you'll be:  

• Working in partnership with families to complete initial assessments to identify what their needs are. 

• Agreeing plans to support families and reviewing these regularly to ensure support is focused and meeting the outcomes agreed. 

• Providing direct therapeutic supports to parents/carers and young people. 

• Linking with other professionals  and advocating for families to ensure they are availing of the services they need. 

• Signposting families to other community support services. 

• Attending monthly supervision  

• Providing a high quality, customer focused service to children, young people and families. 

What You'll Bring:  

Our job description for the Social Worker outlines the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:  

• A degree in Social Work and have completed AYE. 

• Experience of direct work with children and young people aged up to 18. 

• Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions. 

• Experience of delivering parenting support to parents/carers 

• Excellent communication skills. 

• The ability to work unsupervised, using your own initiative to problem solve. 

• Good knowledge of local area and the support services available in the area. 

• Access to a car with business insurance. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act. 

• Registration, or the willingness to register with, NISCC. 

Good to know   

Application Process: 

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

Talent Pool:  

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.   

Contact: Shannon Neander at [email protected]    

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.  

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.  

 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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