Parent Wellbeing Practitioner

Location: TheWellbeing Hub (Leatherhead)
Contract type: Permanent (Fixed term funded post)
End date: April 2031
Hours: 35.2
Closing Date: 31 May 2024 / Interview Date: 5thJune 2024
We have an exciting opportunity here at Barnardo's for an experiencedandenthusiatsic Parent Wellbeing Practitioner to join the ParentWellbeing Service.
This role is part time , 32.5 hours per week and will be based at theLeatherhead Wellbeing Hub, Dorset House, Leatherhead, KT22 7PL.
Successful candidates will work within the Surrey Wellbeing Partnershipto deliver a six week intervention to parents/carers whose young people areexperiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
Some but not all of the key responsibilities are:
Holding a case load of up to 15 families, delivering support flexibly and tailored to the needs of the family unit including telephone, virtual and face-to-face support and home visits.
Facilitate a 6 week intervention of support for parents/carers using a stengths based approach.
Signposting to partner agencies, based on needs identified.
Supporting families to access other local services.
Recording of all case work.
Attending wellbeing events, such as fayres, coffee mornings and multi agency meetings.
Ideal Candidates must have's
Experience of working with families with complex needs and the ability to build and maintainrapport through effective communicationand listening skills, using a whole family approach.
Ability to be clear and realistic about what support the service and you can offer to families.
Ability to maintaina visible presence and sustain relationships with services across Surrey.
Competent IT skills torecord and maintainaccuratedata.
An understanding of the factors that may contribute to poor mental health/emotional wellbeing in young people.
Knowledge of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The ParentWellbeing Service uses the Ithrive approach to theirsupport, enabling families to thrive. The aim of the service is to work withparents/carers offering support through different strategies and tools to reachtheir goals.
** Please note the hours for this role will be required over a 5-dayweek, with main working hours being from 8-2.30pm. The role can adopt flexibleworking arrangements to meet service and personal need.
When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledgeand experience you have in relation to the Additional Information sheet, PersonSpecification & Job Description.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware thatthis post is subject to funding currently until 30 April 2031andtherefore should this funding not be extended further, you may besubject to a redundancy consultationor a TUPE arrangement. This contractis due to expire on 30 April 2031.
The starting salary for this role is £23,400.00 (Full Time Equivalent),other salaries are shown so that applicants are aware of the progressionsalaries.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, thisadvert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that youapply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vitalwork, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's? values . We also know that we can only realise ourambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent,hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay andreward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled outin April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our? People & Culture ?Strategy. It will assist us insupporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey atBarnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues inboth their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach tostarting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the payband this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleaguesannually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our valuesand behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found uponapplication.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works bestfor our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new wayof working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility andempowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things todifferent people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean workingat one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our CollaborationHubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children no matter who they are, what theyhave done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis andvalues following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to themas part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflectedin our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our workto ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer.EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that thediversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that wecontinue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. Weparticularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian andMinoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabledcandidates.

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