Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2025 Sessional Hours as and when required £15.52 per hour (plus allowances) Location: Torbay The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way. This role sits within our children and young people directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country. We are currently looking for an experienced and flexible sessional project worker to join our dynamic, ambitious team. A key part of this role will be your ability to contribute to the overall provision of services for children and young people presenting as at risk and/or with multiple disadvantages by working with individual young people and their families In order to be successful in this role, you must have: A professional qualification / degree in a relevant discipline eg, social work, youth work, health, therapeutic interventions, or equivalent relevant experience Experience of working with young people and families, including crisis interventions Knowledge and understanding of a range of evidence based interventions and creative ways of working with children and young people An ability to build effective relationships with young people, families and professionals Capacity to carry out high quality assessments The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer. Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more. The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV. The closing date for applications is 20 th November. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy from the 6th November onwards. Interviews will be held on only the following dates TBC IN1