Family Support Practitioner

Role: Family Support Practitioner

Salary: £27,000 - £30,000 pro rata (dependant on experience)

Location: Omagh

Contract/Hours: Part-time – 30 hours per week on a 1-year fixed term contract 

Interviews will be held Friday 11^th September

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 687,000 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. 

A bit about the role 

 Action for Children’s Early Intervention Family Support Service works across Omagh and Fermanagh supporting children and young people aged 0-17 and their families.  

We have a mixed staff team of social workers and family support practitioners. Staff provide services from our Omagh and Enniskillen bases. Services are delivered on an outreach basis to communities and individual family homes 

The Service is funded by the Western Health and Social Care Trust and is required to support children young people and their families at an early intervention level. 

We also work closely with a number of partner agencies including the Western Trust Gateway teams as well as schools, paediatrics and health visitors. 

Based in our office in Omagh you will work as part of a Team and on your own initiative to support children, young people and their families to deal with any difficulties and work together at an early stage to explore solutions and prevent long term problems. 

How you'll help to create brighter futures 

• You will work as part of a Team to provide, flexible, creative, outcomes focused supports and guidance to children, young people and their families.
• You will undertake individual needs-assessments, develop individually tailored, outcomes focused support plans and evaluate service impact for individuals.
• You will provide interventions including individual direct support and evidence based group work programmes.
• You will support the Service Co-ordinator in promoting the service and its activities to a wide range of statutory, voluntary and community based agencies and organisations.

Let's talk about you 

Ideally you will have: 

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social care, early years, youth work or relevant subject
• Experience of delivering support to children and families in their own home
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build a rapport with a wide range of people
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the families we support
• 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.

Contact: David Simpson at [email protected] quoting reference 13454

Good to know 
Application Process 
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

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

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Action for Children Northern Ireland Booklet