Family Support Worker

Atebion is a successful Disability Family Support Service, with a good reputation for supporting children, young people and their families with disabilities and additional needs. The Service has been delivered in Bridgend by Barnardo's since 2014. We offer support to children with a disability and their families, whether they are diagnosed or going through a diagnosis process. The support provided by Atebion is tailored to the needs of each family by a support plan developed in partnership with the family. The service provides short term, preventative support to build families resilience and coping strategies. Our team work directly with all members of the family to empower them to gain a greater understanding of the disability, explore coping strategies to manage difficult feelings and emotional behaviour whilst developing the confidence to access activities within their local community. We support children and young people aged from 0-25 within their home, school and local community. What will the job involve? As a Sessional Family Support Worker you would assist the delivery of Atebion to provide advice, guidance and support through direct work with children, young people and their families in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service. You will do this by:

• Working with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.
• Working in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
• Working with, supporting and mentoring our team of volunteers.
• Contributing to service development.
• Apply safeguarding and child protection procedures.
There is an additional element to the sessional role that is available to include supporting our team of volunteers who aid the delivery of the Atebion service. This is a sessional job opportunity, so the hours will be allocated on an as and when basis dependent on the demand of the Atebion service. The hours will vary across day time and after school/early evening so ideally we are looking for applicants who are able to be flexible.


• An understanding and empathy for the issues facing vulnerable children, young people and their families.
• Experience of working with children, young people and their families.
• Ability to listen to and communicate effectively with children, young people, parent/carers and professionals and adapt this where necessary.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• An understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures., Please include as much relevant detail in your application to demonstrate how you fulfil the requirements of our Family Support Worker job role, as outlined above and in the Job Description/Personal Specification. Experience can be from previous employment, education, training, volunteering etc.
  
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• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
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• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer, Volunteer days
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