Parenting Keyworker Professional
Aug 11th, 2022 at 11:21 Jobs Swansea-- £
Language | English | Closes/Deadline |
10 Sep 2022
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Hours | Full Time | Contact type | Permanent |
Salary | £25,927 - £29,174 per annum.
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Recruiter | CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA
| Recruiter Type | Direct Employer |
Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent full-time post as a Parenting Keyworker based in the Child & Family Support Teams in Swansea - a great place to live and work.
The Parenting Team, work with many families however their primary focus is with chronic neglect cases where there has been a history of neglect, keyworkers will identify parents' motivation to change in the hope of breaking the cycle. Neglect can have a detrimental impact on the development and well-being of the children.
Parenting offers intensive interventions to families to try to minimise the impact and break the cycle of neglect, reinforce positive parenting whilst repairing relationships and building resilience as a family unit.
Parenting workers are creative, adaptable and use a range of outcome focussed and measurable interventions to engage parents, this can be completed uses various tools and models as well as play sessions to create positive memories.
The service is designed to provide a quick response to minimise the risk of family breakdown, this can be provided with our Duty system operated Monday – Friday, at times this can include weekends where urgent support is required, this would be in a planned way where possible.
We have a very clear vision in Swansea which is well understood by the current workforce, that wherever safe, children should remain in the care of their birth families. Signs of Safety is our practice framework. This supports good supervision and collaboration between staff, building positive respectful relationships with families, listening to children and ensuring the work incorporates what matters to them, this at the heart of what we do.
If you have experience of working with children and families, good organisational and communication skills and are committed to supporting families in order for them to be the best they can be, we would be pleased to hear from you.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Suzanne Davies, Senior Parenting Keyworker 07796275406.
Safeguarding
Within Swansea Council there is a “Safeguarding is Everybody’s Business” principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors.
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