Want to help create brighter futures for families across the East of England?
We employ over 200 talented and passionate people across the East of England who are all committed to creating brighter futures for families that need support.
We offer a wide variety of exciting and challenging jobs, including roles within our community-based programmes and at our central offices in Ipswich and Norwich.
Across the region, there are children and families that need our support. We want to enable these families to be safe, healthy and to build resilience so that they feel in control of their own wellbeing. Our employees and volunteers commit their time and talents to make this happen.
In return, we offer a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement, professional development and training opportunities, a pension scheme and life assurance. We are committed to enabling work life balance. Supporting flexible working is one way we do this.
Our commitment to safeguarding children, young people and their families
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and families by protecting them from significant abuse, harm and radicalisation.
Children, young people and families accessing Ormiston Families services should be aware that if there is a child protection issue where they (or others) are likely to be at risk of significant harm, employees are under a legal duty to follow safeguarding procedures and cannot offer confidentiality.
You can download Ormiston Families’ safeguarding children, young people and families policy by clicking here.
Current vacancies
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Practitioner-YouCanBe Norwich
- Salary:
- £21,928 pro rata per annum
- Location:
- Norwich Hub
- Closing date for all applications:
- 5:00 pm, Tuesday 29th June 2021
Your new job has just found you!
Ormiston Families – YouCanBe Norwich
YouCanBe provides intensive and goal-oriented support to young women with highly complex needs to improve their ability to think critically and choose healthy relationships. As Practitioner you do this by taking a relational approach that centres around the needs of each young person.
Practitioner
Starting salary £21,928 pro rata per annum
21 hours per week
12-month contract, with possibility of extension
You will work with a high level of independence and self-direction, managing the subtleties of professional boundaries and confidently using a flexible approach where work with different young people can go in a range of directions and last for varying lengths of time.
Ultimately, your work will enable young people who have experienced traumatic childhoods to make meaningful change and reduce unintended pregnancies.
By joining the service, you will be at the forefront of the exciting expansion of YouCanBe into Norfolk, with the service having been successfully piloted in Suffolk over the last two years.
It is essential that you able to travel within the area and have considerable experience of working intensively with young people with highly complex needs and collaborating on complex safeguarding cases.
For further information download the Job Information Pack, or to apply click the ‘Apply Online’ button below.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Tuesday 29th June 2021
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding. We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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