Children and Young People's Services Lead (South East Wales)

JOB TITLE: Children and Young People's Services Lead (South East Wales) 

RESPONSIBLE TO: Children and Young People's Services Manager 

HOURS OF WORK: 20-35 hours a week (flexible with some evenings and 2 Saturdays a month) 

LOCATION: Home based or Cardiff office based, with some travel across South East Wales (Cardiff, Vale   of Glam, RCT, Merthyr, and Gwent) 

DURATION: Permanent 

SALARY / GRADE: – Grade 4 £28,615 - £31,799 (FTE) 

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS 

•          Children and Young people's services Manager 

•          Children and Young people's Team and volunteers 

•           Director and wider staff and AUK managers  

·          Representative staff from regional adoption services and the Central team from National Adoption Service 

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

To deliver the existing Connected monthly activity groups for adopted children and young people in south east Wales and be part of the development of further services to meet the changing needs of young people.  

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

•      To work with the service manager and staff from the regional adoption service to continue to deliver the groups for children and young people. 

•      To deliver and promote all four elements of CONNECT, the Children and Young People’s service within South East Wales, in collaboration with the regional partners and to work with the Adoption UK team to provide national events for adopted children and young people and one to one support, from time to time. 

•      To work closely with other Adoption UK staff delivering support to parents in Wales to ensure the young adopted person’s whole family is aware of and accessing adoption support services where appropriate 

•      To organise and supervise the work of the Children and Young People's Support Worker, and representative staff provided by the regional adoption agencies, and volunteers, who help deliver the groups. 

•      To undertake the processing of referrals and initial engagement with young people and families. 

•      To work with the young people and their families to establish whether the service is appropriate for them and agree measurable outcomes in line with the guidance provided for the Regulated and Inspection Social Care 2016 Act for adoption services, as advised by the Registered Manager. 

•      To signpost or refer for other support identified through initial visits. 

•      To maintain agreed levels of contact with young people and their adoptive family whilst they remain registered with the service. 

•      To review at regular intervals whether the service is still an appropriate service for the children and young people. 

•      To plan an annual programme of group sessions and activities for delivery within the agreed budget with the support and direction of the service Manager. 

·        To take responsibility for the day to day planning and accurate recording of the service activity using the electronic data management system in place. 

•      To work closely with administrative and business support staff in the Wales office to ensure the booking of venues, activities etc. and gather output and outcome data from the service 

•      To support office based staff by gathering statistical and other relevant information to support fundraising activities for the service 

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

•      To attend internal and external training sessions and other meetings as appropriate, in order to learn and remain up to date with adoption issues, relevant policies, working practices and systems and network with other youth work providers in Wales. 

•      To engage in supervision and professional development