Early Help Worker: £25,991 per annum PRO-RATA (actual £15,594) (G20 point)22.5 hours
Activities Worker £18,562 per annum PRO-RATA (actual £6,960 to £7,734) 13.5 to15 hours
2 positions – We will consider two people to cover each post OR one person undertaking both roles:
If one person is appointed to both positions, the overall number of hours will be capped at 36 hours (22.5 hours Early Help Worker/£15,594 actual and 13.5 hours Activities Worker/£6,960 actual; overall total £22,554 per annum).
If two persons are appointed, the Activities Worker position will be 15 hours per week (£7,734 actual) and the Early Help Worker £15,594 actual, both as headline above
Contract initially to start as soon as possible up until to 31st August 2022
First Steps Family Wellbeing Centre, based in Ainsdale and Birkdale in Southport, Merseyside, is looking for either one or two enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking individual (s) to work in the centre as soon as possible:
Early Help Worker
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the First Steps Family Wellbeing Team in Ainsdale and Birkdale, Southport. The role involves delivering high quality services and support to children and families facing a range of difficulties in need of Early Help or who are identified as needing continuing support after having been involved with statutory social work services.
This role involves the completion of Early Help assessments, direct work with children and coordinating Early Help meetings to ensure that there are clear plans in place to improve the outcomes for children and young people (0-19 years). Experience of completing assessments, using EHM (Early Help Module), multi-agency working, delivering high quality interventions and direct work with children is essential to this role.
The role will also involve the delivery of activities through the appropriate models and frameworks to engage, empower and enable families within our reach to take ownership of their own solutions and develop resilience.
This will likely be over three days but may change according to circumstances.
Activities Worker
The aim of this role is
- To support and deliver family & child activities (such as Rhyme Time, Stay and Play, Messy Play, Baby massage, baby weighing, physical activity sessions, Early Years Workshops, Early Support and others), which provide childcare, education, health and family support.
- To work as part of the Family Wellbeing Centre team to deliver high quality early years services for children and families
This will likely be over two days but may change according to circumstances.
Information for Both Posts
If one person is appointed to both positions, the overall number of hours will be capped at 36 hours (22.5 hours Early Help Worker/£15,594 actual and 13.5 hours Activities Worker/£6,960 actual; overall total £22,554 per annum).
If two persons are appointed, the Activities Worker position will be 15 hours per week (£7,734 actual) and the Early Help Worker £15,594 actual, both as headline above
Due to the nature of work the above post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and relevant care/safeguarding legislation and appointment will only be confirmed if a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure is obtained from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), plus two references, and right to work in the United Kingdom.
The centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
First Steps Enterprise Limited is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
Application Process
We strongly advise you to apply your skills and experience to the person specification, which is in both ‘job specification’ boxes below, one for each role, when completing your application form (see ‘apply below’ box). No agencies, please.
When applying please state which position you are applying for. If you are applying for both, you may do so on the same form but you MUST choose the Early Help/Activities Worker combined choice from the Dropdown box.
If you are not working, you may be able to access assistance via our Directions programme, the staff of whom are completely separate from the recruitment and selection team.
Application forms should either be completed online using the link below by 10am on Friday 10th September 2021
Interviews will take place mid-September 2021, likely in person (or possibly via Zoom video link).
