Children & Young People's Group Facilitator
Title: Children and Young People’s Group Facilitator
Area: CYP Service Salford
Reporting to: Salford CYP Team Leader
All paid members of staff are accountable to the CEO, and ultimately the Trustees of TDAS
Place of work: Based across Salford
Hours of Work: 22.5 hours
Salary/scale: Starting £17,245 (£28,359 FTE)
Benefits:
A generous package including 34 days holiday per year inclusive of bank holidays (FTE), extra holidays, for long service, Employee pension scheme with employer contribution (after 3 months of employment), Cycle2work Scheme, Life assurance benefit, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme
Closing Date: Sunday 23 February 2025
Date of Interview: Friday 28 February 2025
This post is subject to DBS disclosure scheme
Background
Trafford Domestic Abuse Services (TDAS) is a Quality accredited, registered charity offering support to individuals and families who are affected by domestic abuse since 1990. We support families who live/work in the Trafford area and also provide IDVA and Children and Young People (CYP) support services in Salford. We provide both intervention and prevention services and work in partnership with other voluntary organisations to support families across Greater Manchester.
TDAS Values
Innovative: introduce new ideas, are creative and foreword thinking.
Collaborative: work in partnership with key stakeholders to enable people to achieve a defined & common purpose
Openness: create an open culture, provide transparent reporting, good fundraising and governance.
Person centred: provide coordinated, personalized and enabling services to everyone
Empowering: empower our service users to become stronger, more confident, being aware of their rights and privileges and live a more meaningful and fulfilling life.
Purpose of the role
To deliver our specialist Children and Young People’s project in the Community to a group of children who have or currently are living with domestic abuse and suffering the traumatic effects of such. The CYP group facilitator will provide a trauma informed support service to support children in the local community and deliver specialist domestic abuse workshops and programmes in school and community settings. Additionally they will liaise with schools across the city to our services and deliver training around domestic abuse to professionals.
Application Criteria and Process
To apply for this position it is essential that you have Minimum of two years’ experience of working with children and young people in a residential or community based setting and environment.
You must also have minimum of 12 months experience of working with children and young people in a crisis situation, demonstrating strong crisis management skills and ability to cope under pressure.
It is essential that you have an up to date knowledge of the effects of domestic abuse on men, women, children and young people and relevant legislation
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS.
Applicants with minimum qualifications and experience will only be considered. Please do not send CVs, as they will not be processed.
No agencies please.
For further information please contact admin@tdas.org.uk Tel: 0161 872 7368
Applicants are welcome to submit a video application instead of a written one, if preferred
A recruitment pack is available to download below