About The Service
Cardiff Family Advice and Support is an innovative and progressive service within the directorate of Adults, Housing and Communities in Cardiff Council. Recently accredited with a Families First Quality Award, the service provides high quality information, advice and assistance for children, young people, families and professionals across the city.
The service utilised a family centred, strengths based and inclusive approach, to identify the most appropriate support that will meet the wellbeing needs of both individuals and the family as a whole. The teams within the service work collaboratively with a range of professionals and partners to ensure support is at the right level and at the right time.
About the job
The postholder will be responsible for identifying and assessing the well-being needs of the whole family, but specifically with a focus on the child(ren) or young person who are currently sat within the Neurodisability Pathway (NDP) process aged between 0 – 7 years old. They will directly deliver short-term interventions, provide disability related advice and ensure that the family are fully aware of the support services available to them. This will require working with relevant professionals to address identified needs, assisting the family to resolve their own issues wherever possible and providing more direct provision. The aim is to empower families to identify and use their strengths, to ensure that all necessary support is in place to prevent children and young people from requiring intensive assistance or escalation to statutory services.
We will offer you:
- A friendly and supportive working environment.
- Regular support and supervision to support you in your work.
- A wide and extensive training programme with opportunities to train in specific areas.
- Systems and technology which enable and promote hybrid working.
- An opportunity to deliver a service to infants, children, young people and their parents/carers that makes a difference to them and their wellbeing.
What We Are Looking For From You
We are looking for people with:
- Enthusiasm, motivation and positivity
- Resilience and the ability to respond positively under pressure
- A passion for making a difference to the lives of families across the city.
- Proven experience of building effective working relationships with a diversity of individuals and groups
- Proven experience of building effective working relationships with a diversity of individuals and groups
- A comprehensive understanding of the complex needs of children, young people and their families, particularly how additional needs and disabilities will impact on a child or young person's ability to meet key milestones and manage behaviours and emotions.
- A comprehensive working knowledge of the Microsoft Office package and of case management systems.
The right individual will also be able to recognise whether an individual is at risk and be able to consult and liaise with Social Workers and with other professionals or partner agencies as require
Additional information
For further information or an informal conversation about this post, please contact Hayley Alderman, Family Help Disability Team Leader on 07811008687.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
This post is part time and will work 30 hours per week. The salary shown however relates to 37 hours per week and will therefore be pro-rata’d accordingly.
This post is temporary until 31st March 2025.
Internal candidates who wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis must obtain approval prior to application using Form SEC1 (4.C.081). Requests may only be approved by the relevant Director/ Assistant Director/ Chief Officer or senior nominated officer graded no lower than OM2 or in the case of schools based staff the Headteacher / Governing Body.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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