Family Practitioner - Mid Wales

Here at the Royal Society for Blind Children we believe that every blind and partially sighted young person should have the chance to live life without limits. Our values of Trust, Energy, Ambition, and Motivation underpin everything we do, and by giving young people the essential skills to take control of their life, they can unleash their true potential. We are seeking a part-time Family Practitioner who will support families with blind and partially sighted children and young people to develop improved emotional wellbeing, resilience, and coping strategies. This post will cover Mid Wales providing predominantly online support with occasional home visits so the ability to visit families and being a car driver with access to your own vehicle will be an advantage. Consideration will be given to applicants across Wales. You'll be part of a remote England and Wales wide Family Practitioner team, who work closely together to draw on each other's skills and experience to ensure families receive the best service from RSBC. The team link together to run online groups that further support the work and join together for two-day team training at our London office at least twice a year, involving paid for overnight stays. The main purpose of this role is to:

• To establish and maintain a case load of families with blind and partially sighted children and young people aged 0 to 25 who identify themselves as needing support.
• To undertake family assessments to identify specific areas of need; to identify and deliver appropriate interventions that will promote children's development and emotional wellbeing in collaboration with family members and make and support onward referrals as required.
• To ensure that service delivery meets the high standard that RSBC sets, with pre agreed performance indicators.
  
  The ideal candidate will ideally have a qualification that demonstrates the ability to establish a trusting and open relationship with families and CYP. You'll be experienced in providing emotional wellbeing support with families directly and have knowledge of child development from experience or qualification. You'll know about family systems/systemic practice - from experience or qualification as well as knowledge and practical experience of using family centred interventions in collaboration with families. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong teamwork ethic to fit in with our friendly and knowledgeable team of Family Practitioners across England and Wales., Disability Confident
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In return we offer a competitive range of benefits including a generous annual leave allowance of 28 days (rising to 29 days after 3 years' service) + bank holidays, Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox, flexible working opportunities, 3% contribution towards pension, and season ticket loan. We are a welcoming, diverse and inclusive workforce and are a Disability Confident Employer. We also hold the Investors in People Silver Award.