Family Support Worker

The Caerphilly Early Years and Childcare Service is recruiting an experienced worker to deliver our family support interventions in the home, in the community and virtually.

This includes bespoke family support interventions, working with the family, to tackle the root cause of issues raised. The offer also includes delivery of antenatal, postnatal and various parenting / family support programmes,

Support is available to families from antenatal and focuses on What Matters to the family. All interventions are for children aged 0-7 years aiming to help parents, help their child's development and support family resilience.

While the post will be based in either Parc Y Felin ICC, Gelligaer Community Centre or Cherry Tree House, the successful applicant will be expected to work in an agile way across the borough in homes and community venues, as well as some working from home. This post is part of a wider Early Years and Childcare Team and partnership working is essential.

The successful applicant will be expected to learn basic conversational Welsh and have experience in delivering packages of family support in the home or community on a 1-1 and group basis.

For the role, we ask that you have:

A relevant level 3 qualification
Updated knowledge of family support and child development, experience of working with children 0-7 and their parents, as well as experience of delivering accredited parenting programmes with fidelity.
Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business / work purposes to travel throughout the borough to attend meetings and visit families at their home., Disability Confident
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