Young Persons Practitioner
Salary: £25,000 per annum (£10,810 per annum pro-rata) – from 1st of April, this will rise to £26,006,84 (£11,246 per annum pro-rata)
Location: Swansea
Contract/Hours: 16 hours per week FTC until 31st March 2027.
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 Children and on LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.
About the service
Skills Plus+ is a psychosocial skill-building intervention for Care Experienced Young People (CEYP) aged between 14 and 24. We provide a therapeutic informed intervention through DBT and CBT methodology to improve the emotional and social well-being of our service users.
Although this role is based in Swansea, you will be working across Western Bay.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
* Helping young people transition into happy and healthy adults
* Mentoring hard to reach care experienced young people to develop life skills, friendships, improve wellbeing, confidence, self-esteem and feelings of belonging
* Working in a holistic and person-centred way using DBT and CBT skills
* Liaising with organisations and agencies such as Health, Education, Youth Service and Social Services
* Responsible for managing your own complex caseload
Let's talk about you
Our job description for the Young Person's Practitioner outlines the requirements of the role but the 'must-haves' are:
* Significant experience of working with children and young people through 1:1, mentoring and group work (delivered in person and via MS Teams)
* An understanding of the issues that can affect care experienced young people
* An NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or demonstrable experience of working with children and young people
* An awareness or knowledge of therapeutic interventions such as DBT and CBT
* Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality.
* You will need a full drivers licence and access to a vehicle as this post requires you to travel across Western Bay and provide transportation for young people
Good to know
Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Application Process
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Contact: Scott Jones via email at quoting reference 12637.
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.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
For more information about the role, you can review the full job description by clicking here.
See below for further information about working with us:
Action for Children Employee Benefits
AfC Commitment Statement
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Ymarferydd Pobl Ifanc
£25,000 y flwyddyn (£10,810 y flwyddyn pro-rata)
Lleoliad: Abertawe
Contract/Oriau: 16 awr yr wythnos CTB tan31Mawrth 2026.
Buddion:
* 29 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol ynghyd â gwyliau banc ac opsiynau i brynu neu werthu gwyliau
* Pecynnau mamolaeth, mabwysiadu a thadolaeth hyblyg
* Pensiwn gyda hyd at 7% o gyfraniad y cyflogwr, sy'n cynnwys yswiriant bywyd
* 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.
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Gair am y gwasanaeth
Mae Skills Plus yn ymyriad adeiladu sgiliau seicogymdeithasol ar gyfer Pobl Ifanc Sy'n Profi Gofal (CEYP) rhwng 14 a 24 oed. Rydym yn darparu ymyriadau therapiwtig trwy Therapi Ymddygiad Dialectig (DBT) a Therapi Ymddygiad Gwybyddol (CBT) i wella llesiant emosiynol a chymdeithasol defnyddwyr ein gwasanaethau.
Er bod y rôl hon wedi'i lleoli yn Abertawe, byddwch yn gweithio ar draws Bae'r Gorllewin.
Sut y byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol mwy llewyrchus
* Helpu pobl ifanc i drosglwyddo i oedolion hapus ac iach
* Mentora pobl ifanc sydd â phrofiad o ofal sy'n anodd eu cyrraedd i ddatblygu sgiliau bywyd, cyfeillgarwch, gwella lles, hyder, hunan-barch a theimladau o berthyn
* Gweithio mewn ffordd gyfannol sy'n canolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn gan ddefnyddio sgiliau DBT a CBT
* Cydgysylltu â sefydliadau ac asiantaethau megis Iechyd, Addysg, Gwasanaeth Ieuenctid a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
* Cyfrifol am reoli eich llwyth achosion cymhleth eich hun
Gadewch i ni siarad amdanoch chi
Mae ein disgrifiad o swydd ar gyfer y Gweithiwr Preswyl Cynorthwyol yn amlinellu gofynion y rôl ond dyma'r nodweddion gofynnol:
* Profiad sylweddol o weithio gyda phlant a phobl ifanc trwy 1:1, mentora a gwaith grŵp (a gyflwynir yn bersonol a thrwy MS Teams)
* Dealltwriaeth o'r materion a all effeithio ar bobl ifanc sydd â phrofiad o ofal
* Cymwyster Galwedigaethol Cenedlaethol Lefel 3 mewn Gofal Cymdeithasol neu brofiad amlwg o weithio gyda phlant a phobl ifanc
* Ymwybyddiaeth o neu wybodaeth am ymyriadau therapiwtig fel DBT a CBT
* Gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o ddiogelu a chyfrinachedd.
* Bydd angen trwydded yrru lawn arnoch a mynediad i gerbyd gan fod y swydd hon yn gofyn i chi deithio ar draws Bae'r Gorllewin a darparu cludiant i bobl ifanc
Da i wybod
Sylwer na allwn gynnig nawdd ar gyfer y rôl hon.
Y Broses Ymgeisio
Mae pump adran i'w cwblhau: Manylion Personol, CV, Datganiad a Gwybodaeth Gefnogol, Cydraddoldeb ac Amrywiaeth, Cyflwyniad a Datganiad.
Cysylltwch â: Scott Jones drwy e-bost yn gan ddyfynnu cyfeirnod 12637
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