Accord Marketing Ltd Jobs

Family Support Coordinator, 35 hours per week, £26,517 per annum. Doncaster Fixed term to end March 2025 (with potential for 2-year extension)

We’re looking for a Family Support Worker to help transform the lives of parents and young children in Doncaster.

You’ll lead a small team providing families with children aged between 0 and 5 with short term, targeted support with a focus on reducing in equalities in child development/school readiness, improving parenting skills and improving health and wellbeing.

The service will provide an engaging programme of support through peer volunteers providing face-to-face befriending in the home and in the community, community-based group activities, support by phone and video as well as signposting activities.

Based in local Family Hubs, you’ll connect parents with local services designed to help their child thrive. This will include targeted support from Family Lives and the full range of early years services available from Doncaster Family Hubs and local community organisations.

Travel within Doncaster will be required but some home-based working is possible.  The hours can be flexibly worked across the week.

You will have excellent communication skills, understanding of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, as well as a commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.

We encourage applications from all demographics and are keen to hear from those who have experience in reaching and engaging families from minority ethnic communities.

If you are looking for a career and not just a job, and want to be part of a leading, award winning, reputable charity where people are at the core of everything we do, then we would love to hear from you.

Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, and the link to apply using our online system.

Please ensure that you cover all criteria on the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting purposes.

Closing date: Sunday, 21st April 2024 

Interview date:  Week commencing 29th April 2024

Outreach Worker, 14 hours per week, £22,020 per annum- pro-rata, Cardiff & Vale. Fixed term to end July 2025

 Working with families (parent and children)

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed Outreach Worker to become part of our new peer led service in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan for parents and carers of children (aged 0-18), experiencing poor emotional wellbeing or with mental health concerns.

The service aims to help parents and carers feel more supported, less excluded and more empowered to support the mental wellbeing of their child achieved through learning new coping strategies, which can help families have fewer crises, and be able to access other services when needed.

Working closely with our Senior Family Support Coordinator and a small team of volunteers, you will provide support in promoting the service with local schools, family hubs and children’s centres. Engagement of parents and caregivers will be a key part of this role, linked to developing relationships with key local agencies that support parents, children and young people to identify who may benefit from the project.

Travel within Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan will be expected but some home-based working is possible.  The hours can be flexibly worked across the week.

You will have excellent communication skills, understanding of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, as well as a commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.

We encourage applications from all demographics and are keen to hear from those who have experience in reaching and engaging families from ethnic minority communities.

If you are looking for a career and not just a job, and want to be part of a leading, award winning, reputable charity where people are at the core of everything we do, then we would love to hear from you.

The salary for 14 hours per week is £8,808.38 per annum.

Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, and the link to apply using our online system.

Please ensure that you cover all criteria on the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting purposes.

Closing date: Sunday, 21st April 2024

Interview date: Week commencing 22nd April 2024