Children's Activity Worker

This role has an hourly rate of £15.82 plus an additional annual leave enhancement of £2.37 per hour. This position is offered on a bank contract basis where you will work flexibly as part of the team, with one day a week guaranteed.

We are excited to be hiring an Activity Worker to join our fantastic Hope Service where you will work with young people with complex mental health, behavioural and social care needs.

In this role you will work across both our Epsom and Guildford sites:

• HOPE Guildford, 57-59 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9RS
• Woodside Lodge, Houghton Lane, Epsom, KT19 8PB

Rewards and benefits

• Annual leave allowance of 15%
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the team

HOPE is an innovative and exciting multi-disciplinary service provided by Health, Social Care and Education professionals to young people aged 11-18 with mental health, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties living in Surrey. We are a Centre of Clinical Excellence and recently awarded 'outstanding' by Ofsted.

About the role

As an Activity Worker with HOPE your role will form an integral part of the planning and delivering of therapeutic support and education to young people receiving a service, either through the Day Programme or Outreach. You will be actively involved in groups and individual programmes for young people and participate in the delivery of multi-agency programmes.

The focus of the role is to help young people develop problem solving, coping, learning and social interaction skills, promoting educational attainment, and working directly with young people and their families or carers to promote and safeguard their welfare within an integrated service. You will work closely with other members of the team and tailor activities and interventions to help meet young people's agreed therapeutic and educational goals.

The duties cover both elements of the Service, i.e. the Day Programme and Community Work. You will work fully in the multi-disciplinary team and with care co-ordinators in the development, implementation and evaluation of person-centred plans, including educational and therapeutic needs.

Shortlisting criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your CV and personal statement will clearly evidence the following:

• Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of needs of young people with mental health problems and in care settings
• Skills and abilities in the delivery of creative, playful and flexible work with young people
• Experience in working with young people and in using creative and flexible social skills/educational programmes
• You will need the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of this role

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on the 12th June 2024 with interviews to follow.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Our commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.