ID: 1909 Young Carers Practitioner

Service: Cumberland Young Carers and Parent Carer Support Service

Salary: £25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum: (£20,176 - £22,223 per annum, pro rata)

Location: Family Hubs in Cumberland

Hours: 29.6 hours per week (part time)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contract: Permanent.

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

We are seeking a Young Carers Practitioner who will offer support to young carers, working with families to make a huge impact and supporting young people to ensure they have the same life opportunities as their peers.
Family Action has delivered Young Carers services since 2011 and is an established provider within the sector. We operate a whole family approach to working, with the child, young people or young adults being at the centre of support. We support young people from the age of 5 up to 25.

Main Responsibilities:
• Completing Young Carers Needs Assessments which will inform a package of support which is tailored to the young person and their family’s specific needs.
• Support delivered through one-to-one sessions, home visits, school, college or university visits, telephone support and small peer support sessions with other local young carers and young adult carers.
• Deliver age-appropriate focused events and support groups to provide peer support and learning with partner agencies.
• Operate a whole family approach at all times, as well as supporting and sign posting to other family members.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Enthusiasm, a creative approach to work, and an ability to engage positively with a wide range of people and ages.
• A sound knowledge of child/young adult development, safeguarding, and the assessment process is essential as sharing our commitment to co-production.
• Qualified to a level 3 or above with a recognised professional qualification in social work, health, education or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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
• flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
• 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.

To Apply:
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Monday 9th November at 23:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place week beginning 23rd November.

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: kirsty.treen@family-action.org.uk

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 welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

*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.