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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a support worker in our Reflect Service based in the Family Support Services in Swansea - a great place to live and work.

The Reflect support Worker is an innovative role that supports complex and challenging parents who have had one or more children removed from their care, and are at risk of having further children removed. The service supports parents whose children have been permanently removed and are either/or placed for adoption, SGO, Living with another parent. The reflect service work focuses on trying to reduce the successive removal of children from their parents care, this is part of the born into care work in Swansea.

This is an opportune time to join our organisation as we are remodelling our family support, edge of care and early help services to enable us to better meet the needs of families in Swansea. Ensuring families receive the right support at the right time, from the right place, and as early as possible, will ensure the best possible outcomes for children and families. This will enable statutory children’s services to focus on those families with the most complex needs.

At Swansea, we understand the need to nurture and support staff. From the excellent induction process when you join us and throughout your time with us we will support your work and career. The recently implemented workforce wellbeing strategy supports our focus on staff care. You will also benefit from experienced and supportive managers and a risk sensible culture.

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 and we have used the reclaiming Social Work model to form supported care planning pods, led by a Practice Lead. This supports good supervision and collaboration between staff. Building positive respectful relationships with families, listening to children and ensuring they are involved in decisions that affect their lives is at the heart of what we do.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Mike Davies on 07584140846

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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