Parent and Child Placement Support Worker x4 Swansea, Wales
Job description
£27,852 - £31,099 per year. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Parent and Child Placement support worker in our new placement support team based in Family Support Services in Swansea - a great place to live and work. Temporary until 31 March 2025.
Post title: Parent and Child Placement Support Worker
Post number: SS.73033
Salary: £27,852 - £31,099 per year
Directorate/department: Social Services
Apply online now for post SS.73033
Closing date: 11.59pm, 8 September 2023
Further information
We are looking for an innovative and committed individual to be part of a new Community Parent and Child placement support team, helping to provide regular, planned, nurturing support and supervision to parents and their baby's, in the first few months following birth. The PAC placement support worker will help them to remain in their family home, and prevent the need for foster placements or residential settings. This may include working in family homes, the hospital maternity wards, and within the wider community. You will work on a planned 4 week rota and undertake shift work that can vary in length and will include some evenings and one weekend per month up to the 37 hours per week.
The post holder will help provide short term general support on a planned and emergency basis to parents and their baby's, you will be supporting social workers safety and well-being plans for families, and you will be required to provide regular updates and feedback to all professionals involved.
The post will require you to work creatively with parents with a range of complex needs such as - adverse childhood experiences, learning difficulties, mental health issues, substance misuse and any other identified needs.
This is an opportune time to join our organisation as we are remodelling our family support, edge of care and early help services to enable us to better meet the needs of families in Swansea. Ensuring families receive the right support at the right time, from the right place, and as early as possible, will ensure the best possible outcomes for children and families. This will enable statutory children's services to focus on those families with the most complex needs.
At Swansea, we understand the need to nurture and support staff. From the excellent induction process when you join us and throughout your time with us we will support your work and career. The recently implemented workforce wellbeing strategy supports our focus on staff care. You will also benefit from experienced and supportive managers and a risk sensible culture.
We have a very clear vision in Swansea which is well understood by the current workforce, that wherever safe, children should remain in the care of their birth families. Signs of Safety is our practice framework and we have used the reclaiming Social Work model to form supported care planning pods, led by a Practice Lead. This supports good supervision and collaboration between staff. Building positive respectful relationships with families, listening to children and ensuring they are involved in decisions that affect their lives is at the heart of what we do.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Mike Davies on 07584140846
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