Children and Young People Support Worker (Connected and Adoption Alliance, North Wales)

Children and Young People Support Worker (Connected and Adoption Alliance, North Wales)

Responsible to:

• Reflective Practice Supervisor:
• Connected Lead Worker
• Adoption Alliance Lead

Hours of work:

An average of 25 hours a week, worked flexibly to meet service needs

You will work a mixture of evening work (2-3 x 2 hour evening sessions per week), plus one full weekend per month, with the rest of your hours worked flexibly during the week. Generally, you will work between 20-25 hours most weeks, with one week per month requiring you to work 35 hours (this includes the full weekend hours).

Location:

This is a Wales-based post, so the successful candidate must reside in the North wales area.

The role will involve hybrid working - a mixture of home based and community working, with one day a week in our Prestatyn office (or other agreed location to enable face to face meet ups with colleagues)

Contract Type:

Permanent

Grade / Salary:

Grade 2.5, FTE salary of £23,310 per annum (actual salary for 25 hours per week is £16,650 per annum)

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Connected Lead Worker

• Adoption Alliance Lead

• Adopted children and young people and their families

• Education specialist

• Children and Young People's Services Manager

• Head of Service Wales

• Director for Wales

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• To support the delivery of Connected and monthly meetings for children and young people, and the Adoption Alliance Project (which is supported by the National Lottery Community Fund)

• To work closely with the Connected Lead Worker and the Adoption Alliance Lead to support and enable young, adopted people in North Wales to participate fully; and to support the delivery of both projects and for children and young people to participate using either Welsh or English language as they choose.

• To support the Lead Worker to run Connected sessions, and help facilitate young people s involvement in making change in the way adopted young people are treated in education settings through the Adoption Alliance project.

• To support the Children and Young People Service Manager in delivering other aspects of the CONNECT Service, such as supporting delivery of Adoption Awareness Training; creating content for the CONNECT website; and supporting the CONNECT Voices Youth Council.

• Partners will include the North Wales Adoption Service, National Adoption Service, the Education Departments of each of the 6 local authorities across North Wales, and ESTYN.

MAIN DUTIES

• To work with the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to deliver Connected sessions and Adoption Alliance services across North Wales, and in particular to assist with the groups and support young people to achieve their goals.

• To provide support to the development, delivery, and promotion of both services, including planning of an annual programme of group sessions and activities for delivery, and purchasing and preparing resources.

• To support the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead in undertaking the processing of referrals and initial engagement with young people.

• To support the the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to work with the young people and their families to establish whether the service is appropriate for them; and to agree measurable outcomes in line with the guidance provided for the Regulated and Inspection Social Care 2016 Act for adoption services.

• To support the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to maintain agreed levels of contact with young people and their adoptive family, as long as they remain registered with the services.

• To work closely with the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to book venues, take bookings for sessions/training, and gather output and outcome data from the project.

• To support the creation and review of individual support plans for children and young people, session plans and risk assessments, and to input these onto our data system

• To support young people who wish to have their voices heard, in national and regional forums.

• To demonstrate a willingness to learn and to participate in regular reflective practice sessions, to enhance skills and service delivery