Description Role: Young Persons Practitioner Salary: £26,700 per annum plus £700 on call allowance Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until 31 st March 2026 – Full Time - 37 hours a week We would expect a degree of flexibility around working hours to meet the demands of the service and service users, including occasional weekend or early evening work. 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. A bit about the role Guernsey Youth Housing offers a general support service to assist young people, between the ages of 13- 25. In the role of Young Persons Practitioner, you'll be providing an intensive support service for children, young people, and families by agreeing and providing interventions, which focus around giving care experienced young people skills to develop resilience and to begin to explore employability. We provide a welcoming and accessible service that respects and values young people as individuals we are professional, non-judgemental, and confidential encouraging young people to make informed healthy decisions. This role is very much focussed on working with care-leavers. How you'll help to create brighter futures By Providing a high-quality service to children, young people, and their families. Delivering interventions to children, young people, or families on a 1:1 basis or in a group setting By Maintaining effective working relationships and channels of communications with colleagues and with children, young people, and families Attending and actively participating in relevant multi-agency meetings By being responsible for organising achievement of work objectives daily Let's talk about you In the role of Young Persons Practitioner, we're ideally looking for someone who has: Ability to manage demanding workloads and change priorities quickly Experience of delivering emotional wellbeing interventions to children and young people. A good understanding of and experience of applying safeguarding procedures Experience of delivering training and group work with young people Experience of delivering outcome-based programmes or initiatives, completing assessments, planning and reviews to ensure positive outcomes. Resident of Guernsey with the right to work and live in Guernsey 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 recruitmentserviceactionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 10194 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 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 us? Find us on X LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better. Job Description See below for further information about working with us: Action for Children Employee Benefits AfC Commitment Statement Management Competency Framework