Children's Development Worker
Reference: PR/029292
Type: Permanent
Location: Birmingham, England
Industry: Social Care
Phone: 020 7419 8900
We have a current opportunity for a Childrens Development Worker in Birmingham. This will be working with a Domestic Abuse Charity, who specialise in supporting women from Southern Asian backgrounds.
Job Title: Children's Development Worker - Domestic Abuse
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Industry: Domestic Abuse
Role Purpose:
Designing and delivering creative activities that make a difference to the lives of children and young people through age specific support, play and educational activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and deliver an age-appropriate weekly programme of both structured and free play activities with the aim to promoting more appropriate behaviour, enhanced interpersonal skills and improved emotional wellbeing.
- Identify support needs of every child and young person and work with support workers, voluntary and statutory providers to ensure needs are met.
- Engage and build a rapport with the children, including them in activities that allow them to enjoy and create new experiences.
- Review and maintain contract monitoring systems to ensure that the agreed outcomes are achieved.
- To produce monthly/quarterly reports and monitoring information on the progress of contract outcomes achieved.
- Create opportunities for children and young people to participate in shaping and improving the service.
- Carry out annual reviews of the service and evaluate activity sessions to ensure continuous improvement.
- Create and maintain effective working relationships with external agencies to support the needs of children and young people
Required Experience:
- Able to speak a Southern Asian language.
- Experience of working with women and children fleeing domestic violence.
- Experience of working with children and young people aged 0-18 years old.
If your interested, please click apply!