Children and Families Practitioner (11830)
Children and Families Practitioner
Salary: £23,500 per annum (£19,054 per annum pro-rata)
Location: Bridgend
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time – 30 hours per week (Monday to Thursday)
Benefits:
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays
- Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service plus the option to buy and sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.
- Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
- Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
Bridgend Families First supports families with children and young people as part of the Families First Programme. Our aim is to ensure families are confident, nurturing, resilient and safe by helping them to develop the skills to enable this.
As a Children and Families Practitioner you will be working within our Parenting team in the Bridgend Families First service. You will be delivering a range of Parenting programmes, focusing on improving parenting skills and increasing parental understanding of their child's development and learning. You will support parents to achieve positive outcomes for the whole family and make sustainable changes.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
You'll be taking a ‘whole family approach' as a Children and Families Practitioner, building effective relationships with families and delivering programmes up to 10 weeks, that are tailored for each family member, whilst valuing their needs.
- Delivering short term parenting programmes face to face or via remote methods
- Signposting to external agencies and local authorities, those that require additional support following the completion of the programmes
- Travelling to the homes of parents to deliver 1:1 sessions
- Liaising with schools regarding families that are currently under the programmes to assist in managing the needs of children and young people
- Supporting the development of parent help support groups to address parenting issues identified through sessions.
- Ensuring data is collected in line with service requirements i.e. completion of pre and post assessments of parents and fully completed registers/details in line with required recording systems.
Let's talk about you
- Experience of working with parents and families and achieving positive outcomes for them.
- Experience of supporting families to manage their children's behaviour by using bespoke and evidence based parenting programmes delivered on an individual and/or group basis.
- Experience of multi-agency working especially regarding safeguarding procedures.
- Knowledge and understanding of parenting strategies and the psychological principles that parenting programmes are based on.
- Ability to manage multiple case files and deliver within agreed timescales, using appropriate judgement to and refer matters when necessary.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, in particular the ability to prepare written reports that may be viewed by third parties.
Good to know
Application Process
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Talent Pool
We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.
Contact: Scott Jones on 01923 361 778 or via email at scott.jones@actionforchildren.org.uk
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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Ymarferydd Plant a Theuluoedd
Cyflog: £23,500 y flwyddyn (£19,054 y flwyddyn pro-rata)
Lleoliad: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
Contract/Oriau: Parhaol, Rhan-amser — 30 awr yr wythnos (dydd Llun i ddydd Iau)
Buddion:
- Hawl gwyliau blynyddol hael o 29 diwrnod YNGHYD Â gwyliau banc
- Hyd at 5 diwrnod arall o wyliau am wasanaeth parhaus ynghyd â'r opsiwn i brynu a gwerthu absenoldeb.
- Enillwch gymwysterau proffesiynol gyda hyfforddiant rhagorol, a chyfleoedd datblygu.
- Pecynnau mamolaeth, mabwysiadu a thadolaeth hyblyg.
- Pensiwn gyda chyfradd cyfraniad cyflogwr o hyd at 7%. Hefyd, os byddwch yn talu i mewn i'r pensiwn byddwch yn derbyn aswiriant bywyd.
- Porth disgowntiau gyda'ch hoff frandiau.
- Cymhwysedd Cerdyn Golau Glas gyda 15,000 o ostyngiadau gan fanwerthwyr cenedlaethol.
Mae angen eich cymorth chi ar blant sy'n agored i niwed yn y DU
Lle bynnag yr ydych yn gweithio yn y teulu Gweithredu dros Blant, byddwch yn helpu i newid bywydau'r plant sydd fwyaf agored i niwed yn y DU.
Y llynedd, cafodd mwy na 670,000 o blant a theuluoedd ar draws y DU ein help. O waith uniongyrchol mewn cymunedau i ymgyrchu cenedlaethol, rydym yn canolbwyntio ar sicrhau bod gan bob plentyn blentyndod diogel a hapus, a'r sylfeini mae eu hangen arnynt i ffynnu.
Pam Gweithredu dros Blant?
Mae gweithio yma yn fwy na swydd. Mae pawb yn nheulu Gweithredu dros Blant yn angerddol am ddiogelu a chefnogi plant. Y teimlad o bwrpas sy'n ein gyrru ni bob dydd. Oherwydd gwyddom, pan fyddwn yn cydweithio, y gallwn wneud gwahaniaeth enfawr i ddod â gwelliannau sy'n para i fywydau plant sy'n agored i niwed.
Gair am y rôl
Mae Te yn Gyntaf Pen-y-bont ar Ogwryn cefnogi teuluoedd â ph a phobl ifanc fel rhan o'r Rhaglen Te yn Gyn taf. Ein nod yw sicrhau bod te yn hyderus, yn meithrin, yn wydn ac yn ddiogel drwy eu helpu i ddatblygu'r sgiliau i alluogi hyn.
Fel Ymarferydd Plant a Theuluo yn gweithio o fewn ein tîm Rhianta yng ngwasanaeth Te yn Gyntaf Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Byddwch yn cyflwyno ystod o ra Rhianta , gan ganolbwyntio ar wellasgiliau rhi a chynyddu de rhieni o d Byddwch yn cefnogi rhieni i gyflawni canlyniadau cadarnhaol i'r teulu cyfan a gwneud newidiadau cynaliadwy .
Sut y byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol mwy llewyrchus
Byddwch yn cymryd 'dull teulu cyfan', gan feithrin perthnasoedd effeithiol â theuluoedd a chyflwyno rhaglenni hyd at 10 wythnos, sydd wedi'u teilwra ar gyfer pob aelod o'r teulu, wrth werthfawrogi eu hanghenion.
- Cyflwyno rhaglenni rhianta tymor byr wyneb yn wyneb neu drwy ddulliau anghysbell
- Cyfeirio at asiantaethau allanol ac awdurdodau lleol, y rhai y mae angen cymorth ychwanegol arnynt yn dilyn cwblhau'r rhaglenni
- Teithio i gartrefi rhieni i gyflwyno sesiynau 1:1
- Cysylltu ag ysgolion ynghylch teuluoedd sydd o dan y rhaglenni ar hyn o bryd i gynorthwyo i reoli anghenion plant a phobl ifanc
- Cefnogi datblygiad grwpiau cymorth rhieni i fynd i'r afael â materion rhianta a nodwyd drwy sesiynau.
- Sicrhau bod data yn cael ei gasglu yn unol â gofynion gwasanaeth h.y. cwblhau asesiadau cyn ac ôl-asesiadau rhieni a chofrestrau/manylion wedi'u cwblhau'n llawn yn unol â'r systemau cofnodi gofynnol.
Gadewch i ni siarad amdanoch chi
- Profiad o weithio gyda rhieni a theuluoedd a chyflawni canlyniadau cadarnhaol ar eu cyfer.
- Profiad o gefnogi teuluoedd i reoli ymddygiad eu plant drwy ddefnyddio rhaglenni rhianta pwrpasol a seiliedig ar dystiolaeth a gyflwynir ar sail unigol a/neu grŵp.
- Profiad o weithio amlasiantaeth yn enwedig o ran gweithdrefnau diogelu.
- Gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o strategaethau rhianta a'r egwyddorion seicolegol y mae rhaglenni rhianta yn seiliedig arnynt.
- Y gallu i reoli ffeiliau achos lluosog a chyflwyno o fewn amserlenni y cytunwyd arnynt, gan ddefnyddio barn briodol at faterion a'u cyfeirio pan fo angen.
- Sgiliau cyfathrebu ysgrifenedig a llafar da, yn enwedig y gallu i baratoi adroddiadau ysgrifenedig y gall trydydd partïon eu gweld.
Da i wybod
Y Broses Ymgeisio
Sylwer na allwn gynnig nawdd ar gyfer y rôl hon.
Mae pum adran i'w llenwi: Manylion Personol, CV, Gosodiad a Gwybodaeth Gefnogol, Cydraddoldeb ac Amrywiaeth, Cyflwyniad a Datganiad.
Cronfa Ddoniau
Rydym yn adnabod doniau da pan fyddwn yn eu gweld. Ond weithiau byddwn yn canfod y person iawn ond nid ar gyfer y swydd iawn. Byddem wrth ein boddau'n cadw eich manylion yn barod ar gyfer y swydd iawn pan ddaw. Gadewch i ni wybod os nad ydych eisiau i ni wneud hynny.
Cysylltwch â: Scott Jones ar 01923 361 778 neu drwy e-bost yn scott.jones@actionforchildren.org.uk
Amrywiaeth, cydraddoldeb a chynhwysiant
Yn Gweithredu dros Blant, rydym yn ymroddedig i feithrin gweithle amrywiol, cynhwysol a dilys. Rydym yn annog ceisiadau'n frwd gan ymgeiswyr Du, Asiaidd ac o Ethnigrwydd Lleiafrifol, ac ymgeiswyr anabl, am nad ydynt wedi eu cynrychioli'n ddigonol yn Gweithredu dros Blant. Rydym eisiau cymryd camau pwrpasol a bwriadol i sicrhau cyfleoedd cyfartal i bob grŵp mewn cymdeithas ac i Gweithredu dros Blant.
Ddim yn bodloni pob un o'r gofynion?
Os ydych yn gyffrous ynghylch y rôl hon ond nid yw'ch profiad yn cyd-fynd yn union â'r disgrifiad swydd, byddem wrth ein bodd i chi gyflwyno cais beth bynnag. Efallai chi yw'r person perffaith ar gyfer y rôl hon, neu rôl arall o fewn teulu Gweithredu dros Blant.
Eisiau gwybod mwy am Gweithredu dros Blant?
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- Salary:£23,500 per annum
- Directorate:Children's Services Wales
- Contract Type:Permanent Part Time
- Closing Date:1 May 2024
- Number of Roles:1
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