Job title: Family Support Practitioner Salary: £25,000 per annum (£14,864 pro-rata) Location: Carmarthenshire Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time – 22 hours per week
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 X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.
About the Service Carmarthenshire Families Parenting provides a range of parenting programmes across Carmarthenshire that equip parents with practical tools, skill and information to support children aged 0-19 years. Our services include face-to-face groups, online sessions and one-to-one support in family homes.
About the role As a Family Support Practitioner, you’ll play a vital role in delivering parenting programmes and emotional well-being workshops to families. You’ll work closely with parent, carers and children to provide tailored support that fosters positive relationships and strengthens family dynamics.
How you’ll create brighter futures • Delivering evidence-based parenting programmes such as The Parenting Puzzle, Family Links Nurture Programme and Talking Teens • Provide one-to-one support to families within their homes and in community settings • Facilitate workshops such as Feeling the Fizz to help children and parents manage emotions and stress • Work alongside Play Therapists and Art Psychotherapists to support children with complex needs • Attending and participating at relevant multi agency meetings, providing a lead role ensuring reflective and analytical practice review
Let’s talk about you • Experience within family support, social work or community outreach • Knowledge of child development, parenting strategies and emotional well-being • Experience of developing effective relationships with children, young people, families, colleagues, community organisations, partner agencies and other external agencies • Ability to work flexibly across different locations and platforms (face-to-face and online) • Experience of collating and producing reports, capturing and progressing the relevant information for a desired outcome • UK driving license with access to transport, for the purposes of travelling across Carmarthenshire (desirable)
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