Job Description

Role: Community Short Breaks Worker

Salary: £25,949.00 per annum (pro rata) £13.45 an hour

Term Time – Thursday 4:14pm - 8:15pm...Friday 2:30pm - 9:30pm...Saturday & Sunday (10am – 5pm). School Holidays: throughout Monday – Friday 9:30am - 3:30pm. No Bank Holidays

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.

Why Action for Children?

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.  

Find out more about Action for Children here: Action for Children and on X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.

The difference is what you do. You can learn more about why we do it, by checking out our 'Driven by Love' video.

Action for Children Social Opportunities supports a diverse group of disabled children/young people, delivering fun activities & encouraging friendships, fun & choice in how to spend their time, encouragement to be part of their local communities & supporting parent/carers to have break.

Our community-based venues are in Bury at Elton Centre, Sunnybank Centre (during Term Time) and Bury Athletics Club (during School Holidays).

A bit about the role

In the role of Community Short Breaks Worker, you'll be delivering fun activities & encouraging friendships, fun & choice in how to spend their time, encouragement to be part of their local communities & supporting parent/carers to have break.

You will support children and young people to participate in activities and encourage and promote their practical life and social skills. As a Community Short Breaks Worker, you'll make a difference by:

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• Working with a diverse group of disabled children and young people and delivering exciting social activities such as baking, arts ‘n' crafts, sports, games and going out in the local community.

• Encouraging children and young people to make friends, enjoy their social time and be part of their local communities, as any other child and young person would.

• Monitoring and assessing individual progress and development through diary sheets and care plans.

• Ensuring that children and young people are nurtured in a safe environment.

• Personal care.

Let's talk about you.

• Experience of working with or spending time with disabled children/young people is an advantage but not a necessity.

• An enthusiasm and passion to make a difference.

• A belief that every child should have the same opportunities in life.

• Innovative ideas for activities and ways to improve.

• NVQ/QCF Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent) is desirable but not essential.

• Flexibility to work a variation of shift patterns.

There will be full training provided free to support you in your role.

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.

Contact: Sarah Manderfield or email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13160

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.

Please take a look at our Job Description which will give you a description of the Community Short Breaks Worker.

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement