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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us .
Casual Outreach Worker
We're proud to announce that AfC's Children's Services in Richmond have been awarded an Outstanding rating by Ofsted. This places Richmond alongside Kingston, which also holds an Outstanding rating, as a top-performing service. Our separately inspected Fostering Service has achieved a strong ‘Good’ rating, recognising our skilled and dedicated fostering workforce.
Come work with a skilled, stable workforce and be part of an organization that's truly making a difference.
This post will be based between the Housing,Outreach and Support Team (HOST) and Edge of Care Team (EOC) as a Casual Outreach Worker. Both team managers meet regularly to discuss referrals and triage to the appropriate team so the successful applicant must be flexible to work with a wide range of families and individuals.
This work will include evening and weekends but staff will always have access to an on-call manager in emergencies.
Please note this role is a Zero hour contract with an hourly rate from £17.38 p/h to £18.16 p/h
Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Greenleas, Mill Place, KT1 Work Setting On Site Appointment type Casual Business area Children's Social Care Full time/Part time Zero (casual) hours Salary from £32,535 (SCP12) Salary to £33,987 (SCP15) Hours 0 hours Estimated Interview date/s 30/04/2026 & 01/05/2026 TBC Closing Date 26/04/2026 Ref No 2306 Documents
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About the role
Targeted support - provides intensive assistance aimed at promoting inclusion across family, social, educational, and housing aspects.
We can provide timely, holistic outreach support to children and families as well as to care leavers. This might mean meeting with a young person or family members individually or together and delivering packages of support either in the home or at community settings including educational settings. We conduct unannounced visits for families in need.
We also support with respite practical support and support such as school pick up and drop off and evening routines.
Edge of Care - our primary and most explicit aim is to keep children and families together where it is safe to do so.
We achieve this by offering specialised outreach support designed to give respite to families who need it and repair relationships within the home. We aim to prevent children and young people from entering local authority care unnecessarily, creating an in house service that is trauma informed and effective for longer term outcomes for the family.
Responsibilities:
2. To liaise with the HOST / EOC manager, the young person's Social Worker/Personal Advisor and other professionals to agree a tailored outreach support package for each matched referral
3. Agree with actions and outcomes in an initial meeting and follow these objectives throughout the period of time working with the family or individual
4. Provide agreed outreach support services and record contact for each outreach session
5. Completing risk and needs assessments and raise all safeguarding concerns.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kelly Austin via email:
About you
We are looking for applicants with experience in providing support to vulnerable families and young people, especially those who display challenging behaviours. The role necessitates flexibility for evening and weekend work as it is not a standard 9-to-5 position, although some daytime hours will be required. This flexibility is essential for providing cover when the core full-time team is at capacity and for occasional participation in collaborative working initiatives.
6. Commitment to the protection and safeguarding of young people at risk of abuse or harm to identify and record any safeguarding issues in accordance with the Achieving for Children’s Safeguarding procedures.
7. Experience of lone working as the lead professional. We will provide specific training but experience of working alone and examples will be an essential part of this work.
8. Experience of working with young people who display challenging behaviour
9. Knowledge and understanding of the life skills needed to live independently and experience in delivering these to young people
10. Ability to work as part of an effective, flexible and supportive team and willing to work evenings and weekends
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as competitive pay and all the perks to enable hybrid working.
11. Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
12. Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS Pension)
13. Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children. For our social work offer .
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.