Family Support Worker

Action for Children; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join Action for Children as a Family Support Worker in Bridgend, where you will support families in need, conduct assessments, and create tailored support plans. This part-time position offers a salary of £25,000 per annum, ensuring positive outcomes for vulnerable families in a flexible working environment.

Benefits

29 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages

Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution

Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience working with parents and families.
• Ability to travel throughout the area independently.
• Experience in multi-agency safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Conducting initial assessments of family's needs.
• Creating tailored support plans with set goals.
• Conducting home visits and monitoring progress.

Skills

Communication

Understanding of child development

Support families

Multi-agency working

Education

Relevant qualification within child development

Job description

Job title:Family Support Worker

Salary:£25,000 per annum (£15,202 pro-rata)

Location:Bridgend

Contract/Hours:Permanent, Part-time – 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Thursday with flexibility on working hours between 08:30 and 17:00)

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7%matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.

Find out more about Action for Children here:Action for Childrenand on X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.

About the Service

Bridgend Families First Parenting supports families withchildren 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.

The focus is on improving parenting skills and increasing parental understanding of their child's development and learning, achieving positive outcomes for the whole family and help them to make sustainable changes.

About the role

As a Family Support Worker, you will be working within our Bridgend Families First Parenting team.

You’ll take the ‘whole family approach’, building effective relationships with families and delivering programmes up to 10 weeks, that are tailored for each family member, whilst valuing their needs.

How you’ll create brighter futures

• Supporting parents to achieve positive outcomes for the whole family and make sustainable changes.
• Conducting initial assessments of family’s needs to determine the appropriate level of support and intervention required
• Creating tailored support plans, setting goals and identifying strategies to address their specific needs
• Signpost available resources and services where additional support may be required following the program
• Conducting home visits to provide support and monitor progress
• Working within a multi-agency network to
• Ensuring data is collected in line with service requirements
• Promptly identifying safeguarding concerns and to act in accordance with policy and procedures.

Let’s talk about you

• Relevant qualification within child development
• Experience of working with parents and families and achieving positive outcomes
• Experience of supporting families to understand their children's behaviour
• Experience of multi-agency working especially regarding safeguarding procedures
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to travel throughout the area independently

Good to know

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

For more information about the role, please review our full job description by clickinghere.

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Scott Jones [e-mail] reference 11444 and we'll be happy to give you any support you require.

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.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Useful Documents:

• Action for Children employee benefits
• AfC Commitment Statement

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Teitl swydd:Gweithiwr Cymorth i Deuluoedd

Cyflog:£25,000 y flwyddyn (£15,202 pro-rata)

Lleoliad:Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

Contract/Oriau:Parhaol, Rhan-amser – 22.5 awr yr wythnos (Dydd Llun i Ddydd Iau gyda hyblygrwydd ar oriau gweithio rhwng 08:30 i 17:00)

Buddion:

• 29 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol ynghyd â gwyliau banc ac opsiynau i brynu neu werthu absenoldeb
• Pecynnau mamolaeth, mabwysiadu a thadolaeth hyblyg.
• Pensiwn opsiynol, gyda hyd at 7% o gyfraniad y cyflogwr yn cynnwys yswiriant bwyd
• Porth disgownt staff a chymhwysedd Cerdyn Golau Glas gyda disgowntiau gan 15,000 o werthwyr cenedlaethol
• Rydym yn gyflogwr achrededig Cyflog Byw Go Iawn

Rydym yn un o'r elusennau plant mwyaf yn y DU ac rydym wedi bod yn gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau plant bregus y DU ers dros 150 o flynyddoedd.

Dysgwch fwy am Weithredu dros Blant yma:Gweithredu dros Blantac ar X, LinkedIn, Facebook neu YouTube i ddod i'n hadnabod yn well.

Ynglŷn â'r Gwasanaeth

Mae RhiantaTeuluoedd yn Gyntaf Pen-y-bont ar Ogwryn cefnogi teuluoedd â phlant a phobl ifanc fel rhan o'r RhaglenTeuluoedd yn Gyntaf. 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.

Y canolbwyntio yw ar gwella sgiliau rhianta a chynyddu dealltwriaeth rhiant o ddatblygiad a dysgu eu plentyn, gan gyflawni canlyniadau cadarnhaol i’r holl deulu a’u helpu i wneud newidiadaucynaliadwy.

Ynglŷn â'r rôl

Fel Gweithiwr Cymorthi Deuluoedd, byddwchyn gweithio o fewnein tîm Rhianta Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr.

Byddwch yn cymryd y 'dull teulu cyfan', gan feithrin perthnasoedd effeithiol â theuluoedd ac yn cyflwyno rhaglenni hyd at 10 wythnos, sydd wedi'u teilwra ar gyfer pob aelod o'r teulu, wrth werthfawrogi eu hanghenion.

Sut byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol mwy disglair

• Yn cefnogi rhieni i gyflawni canlyniadau cadarnhaol i'r holl deulu cyfan a gwneud newidiadau cynaliadwy.
• Yn cynnal asesiadau cychwynnol o anghenion y teulu i benderfynu ar y lefel briodol o gymorth ac ymyrraeth sydd ei hangen
• Yn creu cynlluniau cymorth wedi'u teilwra, gosod nodau a nodi strategaethau i fynd i'r afael â'u hanghenion penodol
• Yn cyfeirio at adnoddau a gwasanaethau sydd ar gael lle gallai fod angen cymorth ychwanegol ar ôl y rhaglen
• Yn cynnal ymweliadau cartref i ddarparu cymorth a monitro cynnydd
• Yn gweithio o fewn rhwydwaith amlasiantaeth i
• Sicrhau bod data yn cael ei gasglu yn unol â gofynion y gwasanaeth
• Nodi pryderon diogelu yn brydlon ac i weithredu yn unol â pholisi a gweithdrefnau.

Gadewch i ni siarad amdanoch chi

• Cymhwyster perthnasol o fewn datblygiad plant
• Profiad o weithio gyda rhieni a theuluoedd a chyflawni canlyniadau cadarnhaol
• Profiad o gefnogi teuluoedd i ddeall ymddygiad eu plant
• Profiad o weithio amlasiantaeth yn enwedig o ran gweithdrefnau diogelu
• Sgiliau cyfathrebu ardderchog, yn ysgrifenedig ac yn llafar
• Y gallu i deithio ledled yr ardal yn annibynnol

Da i wybod

Sylwer na allwn gynnig nawdd ar gyfer y rôl hon.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am y rôl, adolygwch ein disgrifiad swydd llawn drwy glicioyma.

Os oes angen cymorth arnoch chi gyda'ch cais am unrhyw reswm, cysylltwch â Scott Jones [e-mail] ddyfynnu’r cyfeirnod 11444 a byddwn yn falch o roi unrhyw gymorth sydd ei angen arnoch chi.

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 am gymryd camau pwrpasol a bwriadol i sicrhau cyfleoedd cyfartal i bob grŵp mewn cymdeithas ac i Gweithredu dros Blant.

Mae staff gwrywaidd yn cael eu tangynrychioli o fewn ein rolau Gwasanaeth Plant. Hoffem annog mwy o ymgeiswyr gwrywaidd ar gyfer ein rolau Gwasanaeth Plant.

Dogfennau Defnyddiol:

• Buddion Gweithwyr Gweithredu dros Blant
• Datganiad Ymrwymiad GdB