Therapist

Salary £27,900 pro rata

Hours: Permanent Part Time 18.5 hours per week

Location: Gwynedd

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 370,000 children, young people and families.

Gwynedd RAP (Repatriation and Preventative Project) is a new service to the area, developed in partnership with Gwynedd council. The project aims to support our colleagues in Children Service s and Education in working with children, young people and their families/carers who are experiencing difficulties that have a negative impact on their lives by offering appropriate Therapeutic services that will contribute to an improvement in their emotional wellbeing.

Our approach is based on promotion, prevention and early intervention in the area of young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Gwynedd RAP helps return young to the local area who have been placed out of the county and support to children who remain in the local area who area at risk of placement breakdown. The project will provide therapeutic interventions to children and young people. These interventions will be delivered directly to children and their families by working in partnership with the children services team.

How you'll make a difference:

By supporting families to come together and begin to plan how to improve their situation
By having excellent communication skills
By being flexible to meet the needs of the families
By helping to see the wood for the trees

What you'll need:

To be an integral part of a small team of Family Group Coordinators, Practitioners and Therapists providing a high-quality support service to children and their families on the edge of care proceedings. By engaging with the families referred by children's services, responding to the assessed needs of the children and their families appropriately and swiftly to enable them to positively move forward. By keeping accurate records and monitoring information, adhering to the safeguarding policies and procedures, working flexibly, keeping up to date with all relevant legislation and research.

To manage your time effectively by lone working with minimal supervision and addressing family challenges, within all Health & Safety aspects of the role and the organisation. There is an expectancy for the role to support mediation and behavioural support.

Due to the logistics of the role you will need to be a car driver and access to a vehicle.

What you'll need:

You must be fluent in Welsh language .
Experience of working directly with children and families
You will have a core professional qualification in Teaching, Nursing, Social Work, or Psychology and a Formal qualification in a recognised therapeutic approach ie CBT or Solution Focus.
You must be able to demonstrate experience and of application of professional practice and achievement of positive outcomes in relevant field applicable to post, in accordance with national standards.
A competent usage of Microsoft packages i.e. Word, Excel as you will need to be competent in report writing.
Experience of successfully completing process and procedural expectations.
Monitor and evaluate own workload
Undertaking complex assessments of a service user needs
Proven experience of establishing effective working relationships with relevant partners, agencies or other bodies.
Knowledge around supporting individuals who have experienced trauma and have attachment difficulties
Experienced in supporting looked after children and their families
Mediation or Counselling qualification, or a willingness to undertake training.
Relevant experience in delivering family group conferences, mediation or counselling.
Maintaining excellent working relationships with partners and ensure they are replicated.
Experience in engaging challenging hard to reach families, by providing evidenced based behavioural support.
Experience of managing complex discussions around sensitive issues.
Natural problem-solving skills.
Ability to prioritise own work load and work to deadlines.
Experience in monitoring and evaluation.
Safe guarding knowledge.
Willingness to work flexibly as per service demand.

How we reward you:

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

Plus, there's a lot more besides

For more information please contact moni.ali@actionforchildren.org.uk

Therapydd

Lleoliad: Gwynedd

Cyflo: £27,900 pro rata

Criau: Rhan-amser parhaol 18.5 criau yr wythnos

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 370,000 o blant, pobl ifanc a'u teuluoedd.

Mae Prosiect Dychwelyd ac Atal Gwynedd yn wasanaeth newydd i'r ardal, a ddatblygwyd mewn partneriaeth â Chyngor Sir Gwynedd. Nod y prosiect yw cynorthwyo'n cydweithwyr yn yr Adran Gwasanaethau Plant ac Addysg yn eu gwaith gyda phlant, pobl ifanc a'u teuluoedd neu ofalwyr sy'n cael anawsterau sy'n effeithio'n negyddol ar eu bywydau trwy gynnig gwasanaethau therapiwtig addas fydd yn helpu i wella eu llesiant emosiynol.

Seilir ein hymagwedd ar hybu iechyd meddwl a llesiant emosiynol pobl ifanc, atal problemau o ran eu hiechyd meddwl neu lesiant emosiynol, ac ymyriad cynnar.

Mae'r prosiect yn helpu dod â phobl ifanc sydd wedi'u lleoli y tu allan i'r sir yn ôl, ac yn cynnig cymorth i blant sydd wedi aros o fewn y sir lle mae risg y bydd y lleoliad yn methu. Bydd y prosiect yn darparu ymyriadau therapiwtig ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc. Cyflwynir yr ymyriadau hyn yn uniongyrchol i blant a'u teuluoedd trwy weithio mewn partneriaeth â'r tîm gwasanaethau plant.

Sut byddwch yn gwneud gwahaniaeth:

Trwy gefnogi teuluoedd i ddod at ei gilydd a dechrau cynllunio er mwyn gwella eu sefyllfa.
Trwy fod â sgiliau cyfathrebu rhagorol
Trwy fod yn hyblyg i fodloni anghenion y teuluoedd
Trwy helpu i weld y darlun mawr

Bydwch yn:

Rhan gynhenid o dîm bach o Gydlynwyr Grŵp Teulu, Ymarferwyr a Therapyddion sy'n darparu gwasanaeth o safon uchel i blant a'u teuluoedd sydd ar ymyl trafodion gofal. Ymwneud â'r teuluoedd a atgyfeirir gan Wasanaethau Plant, gan ymateb i anghenion y plant a'u teuluoedd yn ôl eu hasesiadau mewn modd addas a chyflym i'w galluogi i symud ymlaen mewn modd cadarnhaol. Cadw cofnodion cywir a gwybodaeth fonitro, gan lynu wrth y polisïau a gweithdrefnau Diogelu a chan weithio mewn modd hyblyg, a chadw'n gyfredol â'r holl ddeddfwriaeth ac ymchwil perthnasol.

Rheoli'ch amser yn effeithiol wrth weithio ar eich pen eich hun gydag ychydig iawn o oruchwyliaeth a chan fynd i'r afael â heriau'r teuluoedd, gan barchu holl bolisïau'r sefydliad o ran Iechyd a Diogelwch. Disgwylir y bydd y sawl a benodir yn cefnogi gwaith cyfryngu a gweithgarwch cymorth ymddygiad.

Oherwydd natur y rôl, rhaid eich bod yn gallu gyrru a rhaid bod gennych gerbyd i'w ddefnyddio.

Bydd angen:

Rhaid i chi fod yn rhugl yn y Gymraeg
Profiad o weithio'n uniongyrchol gyda phlant a theuluoedd.
Cymhwyster proffesiynol creiddiol mewn Addysg, Nyrsio, Gwaith Cymdeithasol neu Seicoleg, a chymhwyster ffurfiol mewn ymagwedd therapiwtig gydnabyddedig, megis Therapi Ymddygiad Gwybyddol neu Ganolbwyntio ar Ddatrysiad.
Rhaid i chi allu dangos profiad o ddefnyddio arfer proffesiynol ac o gael canlyniadau cadarnhaol mewn maes sy'n berthnasol i'r swydd, yn unol â'r safonau cenedlaethol.
Sgiliau da o ran defnyddio meddalwedd Microsoft, hynny yw Word ac Excel, gan y bydd angen i chi allu ysgrifennu adroddiadau.
Profiad o fodloni disgwyliadau o ran prosesau a gweithdrefnau.
Y gallu i fonitro a gwerthuso'ch llwyth gwaith eich hun.
Y gallu i wneud asesiadau cymhleth o anghenion defnyddwyr y gwasanaeth.
Profiad amlwg o sefydlu perthynas weithio dda gyda phartneriaid perthnasol, asiantaethau eraill, a chyrff allanol.
Gwybodaeth am sut i gefnogi unigolion sydd wedi dioddef trawma ac sydd ag anawsterau ymlyniad.
Profiad o gefnogi plant sy'n derbyn gofal a'u teuluoedd.
Cymhwyster cyfryngu neu gwnsela, neu barodrwydd i gael eich hyfforddi.
Profiad perthnasol o ran cynnal cynadleddau grŵp teulu, cyfryngu neu gwnsela.
Cynnal perthynas weithio ragorol gyda phartneriaid a sicrhau dwyochredd.
Profiad o ymwneud â theuluoedd heriol anodd eu cyrraedd, trwy ddarparu cymorth ymddygiad a seilir ar dystiolaeth.
Profiad o reoli trafodaethau cymhleth o gwmpas materion sensitive.
Sgiliau datrys problemau naturiol.
Y gallu i flaenoriaethu'ch llwyth gwaith eich hun a gweithio o fewn yr amserlen a osodwyd.
Profiad o fonitro a gwerthuso.
Gwybodaeth am Ddiogelu.
Parodrwydd i weithio oriau hyblyg i ymateb i ofynion y gwasanaeth.

Sut y cewch eich gwobrwyo:

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

Ac mae llawer mwy hefyd.

Am ragor o wybodaeth cysylltwch â moni.ali@actionforchildren.org.uk

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