Description Role: Young Persons Worker Salary: £23,151.50 per annum (pro-rata) Location: TRURO (AND SURROUNDING AREAS) – CORNWALL Contract/Hours: Permanent – Part Time - 22.5 hours a week – including 2 x evenings a week working up until 8.30pm. Benefits: 29 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave. Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities. Supportive supervision. Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages. Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover. Generous petrol allowance. Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts. We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer. This position is to start from 1 st April 2025 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 688,000 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. About the Service: We provide a number of services across Cornwall, Kernow Connect, and Cornwall SPACE. The Young Persons Worker role will be supporting Kernow Connect which provides support for young people aged 11-19 and up to 25 with SEND across the County, you will be delivering youth work provision including place-based groups, outreach and detached work, holiday activities, 1-1 support for young people. What you will be doing as a Young Persons Worker: Providing a high-quality service that is outcome driven to young people aged 11, and up to 25 where they may have a special educational need or disability. Delivering youth activities and interventions in centre-based youth groups, and on a 1:1 basis. Maintaining effective working relationships and channels of communications with colleagues their families where necessary professionals. Being alert to child protection and safeguarding issues. Retaining accurate and simultaneous records, using various IT systems to capture case details. Guiding and supporting apprentices and volunteers where necessary. Let's talk about you: Flexibility and availability to work some evenings. Must be able to drive and have own vehicle. S/NVQ Level 2 or equivalent. Youth work, social care or equivalent or willingness to work towards. Experience of working with young people, preferably in the 11 age range, in a health, early years, or social care setting and as part of a team or as an individual to deliver a frontline service. An awareness and an ability to identify and act upon safeguarding concerns with clients and to follow agreed reporting procedures. A working knowledge of working with an outcome-based approach to planning, delivering, and reviewing services. Ability to identify and assess individual needs and to manage and prioritize own work schedule within agreed timescales. Demonstrates commitment to personal development and undertaking relevant training. Ability to effectively utilise Microsoft Outlook and other IT packages. This is an exciting, challenging and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a huge personal impact. 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 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: Sarah Manderfield on 01923 361743 or email us at recruitmentserviceactionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 10809 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. Want to know more about Action for Children? Find us online Action for Children or LinkedIn or X or You Tube to get to know us better. Job Description See below for further information about working with us: Action for Children - Driven by Love Action for Children Employee Benefits AfC Commitment Statement Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Services