Parenting Practitioner

Salary: £21,400 pro rata

Contract: 6 months

Location: Bridgend

How we work:

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 390,000 children, young people and families.

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 an Action for Children Parenting 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 make a difference:

By delivering Parenting support in partnership with Welsh Government guidelines
By delivering approved evidence based Parenting programmes e.g. Take 3, NVR, The Parent Factor in ADHD, Family Links-The Nurturing Programme or Handling Children's Behaviour.
By promoting courses, taking referrals and allocating places.
By 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.
By ensuring case file records and plans are in place for parents attending programmes both on an individual and group basis.
By promptly identifying safeguarding concerns and to act in accordance with policy and procedures.
By establishing effective referral processes, both internally and externally.
By supporting the development of parent self - help support groups to address parenting issues identified through sessions.
By providing effective links with Partners, Schools, Health and Children's services.
By attending team meetings and contributing to overall service delivery.
Flexible approach to working and able to work hours on a Monday and Friday day time.
Able to occasionally cover some very early evening parenting work.

What you'll need:

NVQ Level 3 in Child Care/ development or equivalent
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.
Knowledge and /or experience of Parenting Programmes either Take 3, NVR, The Parent Factor in ADHD, Family Links-The Nurturing Programme or Handling Children's Behaviour.
Experience of multi-agency working especially regarding safeguarding procedures.
Experience and engagement of team meetings
Practical knowledge and understanding of the requirements of safeguarding and child protection.
Understanding of the skills needed to undertake assessment of need.
Knowledge and understanding of parenting strategies and the psychological principles that parenting programmes are based on.
Ability to manage own workload 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.
Understanding of the management of sensitive information and data (GDPR).
Good IT skills - Use of Word, Excel and Office 365 and other systems as appropriate to role.
Understanding of equality and diversity and how to integrate into service planning and delivery.
Understanding of confidentiality and the importance of maintaining professional boundaries.
Ability to travel to undertake home visits

How we will reward you:

Minimum 29 days holiday (pro rata)
Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages
Company pension
Season ticket travel loans
Discount at major high street retailers.

Plus, there is lots more besides

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity.

Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services.

Ymarferydd Rhianta

Cyflog: £21,400 pro rata

Contract: 6 mis

Lleoliad: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

Sut rydym yn gweithio:

Mae Gweithredu dros Blant yn gwneud yr hyn sy'n iawn, yr hyn sydd ei angen, a'r hyn sy'n effeithiol i blant yn y Deyrnas Unedig. Bob blwyddyn mae'r tîm yn newid bywydau 390,000 o blant, pobl ifanc a'u teuluoedd.

Mae Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr yn cynorthwyo teuluoedd gyda phlant a phobl ifanc yn rhan o'r rhaglen Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf. Ein nod yw sicrhau bod teuluoedd yn hyderus, meithriniol, gwydn a diogel trwy eu helpu i ddatblygu'r sgiliau angenrheidiol.

Bydd Ymarferydd Rhianta Gweithredu dros Blant yn gweithio'n rhan o'r tîm rhianta yng ngwasanaeth Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Byddwch yn cyflwyno ystod o raglenni Rhianta, gan ganolbwyntio ar wella sgiliau a chynyddu dealltwriaeth y rhieni o sut mae eu plant yn datblygu ac yn dysgu. Byddwch yn helpu rhieni i sicrhau canlyniadau cadarnhaol i'r teulu cyfan a gwneud newidiadau cynaliadwy.

Sut byddwch yn gwneud gwahaniaeth:

Trwy ddarparu cymorth rhianta mewn partneriaeth yn unol â chanllawiau Llywodraeth Cymru.
Trwy gyflwyno rhaglenni rhianta sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, megis Take 3, NVR, Ffactor y Rhieni yn Anhwylder Diffyg Canolbwyntio a Gorfywiogrwydd, Cysylltiadau Teuluol - y Rhaglen Feithriniol, neu Drin Ymddygiad Plant.
Trwy hybu cyrsiau, derbyn atgyfeiriadau a dyrannu lleoedd.
Trwy sicrhau bod data'n cael eu casglu'n unol â gofynion y gwasanaeth, hynny yw cwblhau asesiadau o rieni cyn ac ar ôl y rhaglen, cadw cofrestrau llawn o bresenoldeb a manylion eraill fel bo angen.
Trwy sicrhau bod cofnodion achos a chynlluniau mewn lle ar gyfer rhieni sy'n mynychu rhaglenni boed fel unigolion neu fel rhan o grŵp.
Trwy nodi pryderon Diogelu'n brydlon a gweithredu'n unol â'r polisïau a'r gweithdrefnau.
Trwy sefydlu prosesau atgyfeirio effeithiol, yn fewnol ac yn allanol.
Trwy gefnogi datblygu grwpiau hunangymorth i rieni er mwyn mynd i'r afael â'r materion a godir yn y sesiynau.
Trwy sefydlu cysylltiadau effeithiol â Phartneriaid, Ysgolion, y Gwasanaeth Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Plant.
Trwy fynychu cyfarfodydd tîm a chyfrannu i ddarpariaeth y gwasanaeth yn ei grynswth.
Trwy ymagwedd hyblyg tuag at oriau gwaith, gan gynnwys gweithio yn ystod y dydd ar ddydd Llun a dydd Gwener.
Trwy allu gwneud rhywfaint o waith rhianta yn gynnar gyda'r hwyr yn achlysurol.

Bydd angen:

CGC Lefel 3 Gofal Plant / Datblygiad Plant neu gymhwyster cyfwerth.
Profiad o weithio gyda rhieni a theuluoedd gan sicrhau canlyniadau cadarnhaol iddynt.
Profiad o helpu teuluoedd i reoli ymddygiad eu plant trwy ddefnyddio rhaglenni rhianta pwrpasol wedi'u seilio ar dystiolaeth ar sail unigol neu grŵp.
Gwybodaeth neu brofiad o raglenni rhianta megis Take 3, NVR, Ffactor y Rhieni yn Anhwylder Diffyg Canolbwyntio a Gorfywiogrwydd, Cysylltiadau Teuluol - y Rhaglen Feithriniol, neu Drin Ymddygiad Plant.
Profiad o waith amlasiantaethol yn arbennig o ran gweithdrefnau Diogelu.
Profiad o fynychu a chyfrannu i gyfarfodydd tîm.
Gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth ymarferol o anghenion Diogelu a Diogelu Plant.
Dealltwriaeth o'r sgiliau angenrheidiol i asesu anghenion.
Gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o strategaethau rhianta a'r egwyddorion seicolegol sy'n sail i raglenni rhianta.
Y gallu i reoli'ch llwyth gwaith eich hun a chyflawni tasgau o fewn yr amserlen a gytunir, gan ddefnyddio'ch doethineb i uwchgyfeirio problemau pan fo angen.
Sgiliau cyfathrebu da ar lafar ac mewn ysgrifen, ac yn benodol y gallu i lunio adroddiadau ysgrifenedig a allai fynd at drydydd parti.
Dealltwriaeth o reoli gwybodaeth sensitif (Rheoliad Diogelu Data Cyffredinol).
Sgiliau TG da - Word, Excel ac Office 365 yn ogystal â systemau eraill sy'n berthnasol i'r swydd.
Dealltwriaeth o gydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth a sut i ymgorffori'r rhain wrth gynllunio a darparu gwasanaethau.
Dealltwriaeth o gyfrinachedd a phwysigrwydd ffiniau proffesiynol.
Y gallu i deithio er mwyn ymweld â phobl yn eu cartrefi.

Sut y cewch eich gwobrwyo:

Lleiafswm o 29 diwrnod o wyliau (pro rata)
Trefniadau gweithio hyblyg, gan gynnwys pecyn mamolaeth, tadolaeth a mabwysiadu
Cynllun pensiwn y cwmni
Benthyciad ar gyfer tocyn tymor
Gostyngiadau mewn manwerthwyr y stryd fawr.

Ac mae llawer mwy hefyd.

Mae hyn yn gyfle gwych i wneud gwahaniaeth mawr i fywydau plant agored i niwed ac i adeiladu gyrfa foddhaus ac ystyrlon gydag elusen plant flaenllaw yn y Deyrnas Unedig.

Mae Gweithredu dros Blant wedi ymrwymo i arfer recriwtio diogelach a ddyluniwyd i ddiogelu lles y plant a phobl ifanc sy'n defnyddio ein gwasanaethau

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