Job Vacancies
Childcare Assistant
Are you passionate about working with children? Do you have the skills and experience to create a safe environment where children can learn, develop and have fun?
We have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our Childcare Team in Luton.
Stepping Stones (Luton) is a charity working with vulnerable women with an onsite childcare facility to enable women to overcome childcare barriers to attending appointments.The role will work within Stepping Stones’ Childcare in Luton requiring the individual to provide inclusive play and learning opportunities for all children attending Childcare. You will need to maintain a safe, stimulating and enjoyable environment and be alert to potential safeguarding concerns.
You will need to have at least a Level 2 early years education and childcare qualification, with the desire to work towards a Level 3 qualification.
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of our diverse team, supporting the provision of services for vulnerable women.
The role is hugely rewarding, but busy and demanding so you’ll need to be able to manage your time well, be able to keep a calm head under pressure.
This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children or vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure will be sought through the Disclosure and Barring Service as part of Stepping Stones’ employment checks and personal interviews will be required as part of the employment process.
To apply please visit our website www.steppingstonesluton.co.uk to download an application form and job description. CVs will not be accepted.
For more information please call 01582 341343 and speak to Charlie Lockley, CEO or Samera Arshad, Childcare Manager
Salary: £12.21 per hour starting salary. Permanent contract
Closing date for applications: Friday 1st August at 5pm. Applications should be returned to: hello@steppingstonesluton.org.uk or by post to:
Stepping Stones (Luton), 9A George Street West, Luton LU1 2BJ
We may close the application date early if we receive enough applications
Women’s Support Practitioner
Are you passionate about supporting women to turn their lives around? Do you have the skills, experience and aptitude to make a difference to the lives of women and their families?
Stepping Stones is a unique women’s service charity in Luton, with a strong local reputation, for women with complex issues including domestic abuse, substance misuse, mental health and offending. Many of our ex-clients tell amazing stories of how Stepping Stones has helped them turn their life around. We are currently looking to strengthen our team by recruiting a full time (35 hours a week) Women’s Support Practitioner who has experience of working with vulnerable women and women with complex needs.
You may already be working in the women’s sector in a similar voluntary sector role, but equally you may come from related fields; perhaps criminal justice, welfare to work, housing or social care.
Whatever your background, you’ll need to hit the ground running! The role is hugely rewarding, but busy and demanding so you’ll need to be able to manage your time well, be able to keep a calm head and will already have a good knowledge of issues affecting women who have or are experiencing domestic abuse, safeguarding, social care procedures and relevant legislation.
What’s most important though is that you’re able to able to motivate and inspire your clients, working collaboratively alongside colleagues and partner agencies to deliver great services day in day out.
Salary: starting from £24,000 dependent upon experience
Reports to: Women’s Services Manager
Closing date for applications: Friday 1st August 5pm. Applications should be returned to: hello@steppingstonesluton.org.uk or by post to :
Women’s Service Team, Stepping Stones (Luton), 9A George Street West, Luton LU1 2BJ
For an informal conversation about the role, please call 01582 341343 and speak to Shazia Shah, Women’s Services Manager or Charlie Lockley, CEO.
To download the relevant job descriptions and application form please visit our website:
www.steppingstonesluton.org.uk
