Children Services Practitioner
Salary: £25,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Location: Enniskillen and Omagh
Contract/Hours: Temporary/Part time (working 30 hours a week) on a fixed term contract until 31st July 2026
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.
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 687,000 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
Action for Children Early Intervention Family Support Service are looking for a Childrens Service Practitioner to join our team.
Our services work across Fermanagh and Omagh, supporting children and young people aged 0 to 17 and their families. As part of our mixed staff team of social workers and family support practitioners, you will play a crucial role in providing early intervention support to families who do not meet the threshold for statutory social service involvement, intervening early to address challenges and promote positive outcomes.
As a Children's Service Practitioner, you will deliver home based parenting support to families facing a range of difficulties, including behavioural issues, anxiety, school avoidance, bullying, and parental separation. You will also provide one-to-one support to children, addressing similar themes and issues. Services are delivered on an outreach basis to communities and individuals in their family homes.
This role does include some evenings and weekends, providing support when most needed, the role involves working within the southern sector of the Western Trust in Northern Ireland covering the areas of Fermanagh and Omagh, which are largely rural. Due to this the role requires access to a car.
The ideal candidate will have a background in social care and experience in delivering direct, home-based therapeutic support to parents and young people. You should be prepared to address a variety of challenges, including those related to poverty and mental health, and possess the skills and empathy to provide effective tailored support to families in need.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
- You will work as part of a Team to provide, flexible, creative, outcomes focused supports and guidance to children, young people and their families.
- You will undertake individual needs-assessments, develop individually tailored, outcomes focused support plans and evaluate service impact for individuals.
- You will provide interventions including individual direct support and evidence-based group work programmes.
- You will support the Service Co-ordinator in promoting the service and its activities to a wide range of statutory, voluntary and community-based agencies and organisations.
Let's talk about you
Ideally you will have:
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social care, early years, youth work or relevant subject
- Experience of delivering support to children and families in their own home
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build a rapport with a wide range of people
- Access to a car with business insurance. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.
Contact: Shannon Neander on 01923 361518 or email us at [email protected] quoting reference 11396.
Please note: Interviews are planned to be held on Thursday the 3rd of July 2025.
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
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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.
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Job Description
See below for further information about working with us:
Action for Children Employee Benefits
AfC Commitment Statement
Action for Children Northern Ireland Booklet
