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Children and Families Worker

The Church of the Good Shepherd, Collier Row Romford, England, United Kingdom
Hours Per Week
20 hours per week
Description of Job

Children & Families Worker

The Church of the Good Shepherd is a lively, charismatic, evangelical church with a heart for mission in Collier Row and beyond.

We have an exciting opportunity for a children and families worker to join our team.

  • Salary: £24,000-£29,000 (FTE) based on 37 hours per week. Starting salary will depend on qualifications and experience.
  • Hours: 20 hours per week. This role will require working flexible hours/days across the week and will include Sunday mornings, Fridays between 9am and 3pm (term time), Wednesday morning prayer and staff meetings. 
  • Holiday: 100 hours per annum (effectively 5 weeks) plus bank holidays in the holiday year. 

Key responsibilities:

  • Oversight of discipleship of the under 11s in the Church family.
  • Pioneering outreach through the under 11s at CoGS and primary schools in the Parish of CoGS.
  • Recruit, lead, encourage and grow a team of volunteers to support the Children and Families Ministry, including:
  1. Being conversant with the Diocesan safeguarding policies, ensuring they are adhered to at all times.
  2. Co-ordinating opportunities for training, understanding and implementing best practice in children and family ministry and model good practice to others.
  3. Ensuring all volunteers are recruited in line with the Diocesan Safer Recruitment policy.

The successful candidate should:

  • Have good knowledge and experience of working with children and an understanding of children’s culture.
  • Have a proven ability to build, lead and work with a team.
  • Have a proven ability to work on own initiative.
  • Be able to identify new opportunities / projects to connect with children and families within the church and the wider community.

This post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a practising Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. A satisfactory DBS check is required due to the nature of the job.

Closing date: 30th August 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early in the event that a successful candidate emerges during the process. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interviews: 4th - 6th September 2023

Start date pending a successful DBS: September / October 2023 

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The Church of the Good Shepherd, Collier Row

Romford, England, United Kingdom
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