Salary: circa £27,000 per annum

Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire 

Contract/Hours: Permanent  / Full Time - 37 hours per week 

Closing date for applications is midnight on 10th August and interviews are provisionally scheduled for 20th August 

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 670,000 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’s Fostering Scotland Service is a dedicated and specialist fostering provider, committed to delivering attachment-based, therapeutic care to children and young people who are unable to live safely at home. We provide nurturing environments that support emotional healing, resilience and long-term stability for every young person we care for.

We pride ourselves on maintaining the highest standards of care. Our foster carers receive exceptional training, ongoing supervision and comprehensive support to help them meet the complex and individual needs of each young person. This commitment is reflected in our latest Fostering Inspection, where we received outstanding feedback for the quality, professionalism and impact of our work.

Listening to children and young people is central to everything we do. Their voices guide our decision-making and shape the support we provide. We work collaboratively and compassionately, creating space for their experiences, views and aspirations to be heard—every step of the way.

We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Young Person’s Practitioner to join our Fostering Scotland team in Glasgow. In this rewarding role, you’ll work alongside dedicated colleagues and carers to support young people through therapeutic relationships and creative approaches, helping them build brighter futures.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities of a Young Person’s Practitioner role are;

Contributing your knowledge, personal values and positive energy to a multi-disciplinary team—made up of social workers, fostering support workers and therapists—working to help fostering families offer stable, nurturing homes to young people. Playing an active role in delivering the participation strategy developed by the Fostering Scotland Team. Collaborating with others to protect and uplift young people, helping them create meaningful memories and maintain vital connections with their families—all while feeling fulfilled by the impact you make. Upholding the highest standards of care and emotional wellbeing for young people, forming strong bonds with them and offering committed, tailored support throughout their journey. Applying a therapeutic and imaginative approach to make a meaningful and lasting difference in young people's lives.

Let's talk about you

SVQ3 or above and willing to undertake further training. Previous experience of working with children who have experienced significant trauma. Experience in life story work (desirable) The ability to use a variety of tools and approaches to support young people to express their views Experience in group work with young people, including confidence building and sexual health. Driving licence and access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

Good to know 

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Contact:  recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 11681

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. 

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