Family Worker Nature & Heritage Project

Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week

It's an exciting time in Children and Young People Services as we continue to make solid progress towards our aims of achieving quality, supporting families and effectively managing risk. We take pride in our local communities and want to support families to re-engage with their local resources and community-based assets.

We are currently looking for a motivated and experienced Family Worker for our Nature & Heritage project to join our service. The post will be based in Team Around the Family but will work closely with practitioners across Children's Services, including our Youth Justice and Early Intervention Service. We have been successful in securing monies to support the running of nature and heritage-based groups, connecting children and their carers to the beautiful surroundings of Neath Port Talbot. This is a unique opportunity, as the successful candidate will work across the service, developing, expanding and supporting the running of existing groups such as Y Gwyllt and Forest Schools.

Providing specialist advice and acting as an advocate for joined up working across statutory, non-statutory and private providers, you will play a key role in making assessments, developing interventions and identify the best way of achieving sustainable outcomes.

The post involves building effective relationships with children, young people and their families to change areas of their life. Ideally, we are looking for a candidate who has experience in working with children, young people and adults to build their confidence through outdoor based activities. The successful candidate will be resourceful and self-motivated; any experience with volunteering, grant applications and links with existing groups and local resources will also be a strength.

The post requires a NVQ level 4 or equivalent in a relevant discipline.

Your workstyle will be a mobile hybrid worker in this role which gives you the flexibility to work from home and from a variety of Council workplaces.

For an informal discussion, please contact Nune Aleksanyan, Principal Officer on e-mail: a.aleksanyan@npt.gov.uk

Closing date required: Friday 24 th January, 2025.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure (Child barred list).

Neath Port Talbot Council is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our employees are equally committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and young people/vulnerable adults and will take action to safeguard their wellbeing.

The recruitment process for this post will be underpinned by rigorous safer recruitment assessment to ensure that children and young people are protected.

Welsh Language skills are not required.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans.

In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Applicants must meet the essential criteria for the post to qualify for this. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel then we would welcome an application from you. Just make it known on your application form that you are currently at risk of redundancy or you have been made redundant.

At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot.

We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees.

We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.