Parenting Practitioner in Bridgend

Are you ready for a new challenge? We're looking for two motivated, compassionate and skilled individuals to join our Bridgend team as Parenting Practitioners. These are exciting roles supporting parents, carers and families across Bridgend County Borough. You will work directly with families who may be experiencing day-to-day parenting challenges, helping them to build confidence, strengthen relationships and develop practical strategies that improve family wellbeing and outcomes.

We recognise that every family is unique and work collaboratively with parents and carers to identify what is working well, understand challenges and develop solutions that meet their individual needs. Through evidence-based programmes, themed workshops, group activities, drop-in sessions, family events and one-to-one coaching-based support, we empower families to build on their strengths and create positive and sustainable change.

What will the role involve?

• Working directly with parents, carers and families to identify strengths, needs and challenges that may be impacting family wellbeing and relationships.
• Delivering evidence-based parenting programmes and targeted interventions that build confidence, strengthen parenting skills and support positive family outcomes.
• Providing practical advice, guidance and coaching to support parents and carers with routines, boundaries, emotional regulation and managing behaviours that they may find challenging.
• Working collaboratively with schools, health professionals and other partner agencies to ensure coordinated and holistic support for families.
• Contributing to service development activities, ensuring the voices and experiences of parents, carers and children inform the delivery of support.
• Applying safeguarding and child protection procedures consistently and confidently.

These positions are based working between the office, based in Tondu and across Bridgend, whether that be community venues or family's homes. We recognise that families have different circumstances and commitments, so support is delivered in a variety of community venues and at times that work best for them. As a result, practitioners work flexibly Monday to Friday, including early evenings, to ensure support is accessible and responsive to family needs.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of delivering family support, parenting interventions, coaching or related programmes using a strengths-based approach.
• Knowledge and understanding of the challenges that can impact family functioning, parenting confidence and children's wellbeing and development.
• Experience of delivering one-to-one and/or group-based interventions.
• Experience of working collaboratively within a multi-agency environment.
• A sound understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.

We have two positions available within our Parenting Service. These roles provide an exciting opportunity to support the development and delivery of a diverse range of parenting and family support interventions across Bridgend County Borough. Please include clear and detailed examples within your application demonstrating how you meet the requirements outlined above and within the Job Description/Person Specification. Relevant experience may come from paid employment, volunteering, training or education.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive. The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland). 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.

Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata.

The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave 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 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.