Ready to take the next step in your leadership journey?
Do you have experience supporting children, young people and families? Are you passionate about early intervention and helping parents and carers build the confidence, resilience and skills they need to thrive?
We're looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Practitioner to join our Bridgend Family Support Services team, working across both our Bridgend Support Service for Parents and our Atebion Disability Family Support Service.
Our services provide strengths-based, relationship-focused support to families across Bridgend through evidence-based programmes, workshops, drop-in support and one-to-one coaching. We work alongside parents and carers to build confidence, strengthen family relationships and improve outcomes for children and young people.
What will the role involve?
As a Senior Practitioner, you will work closely with the Team Manager to support the effective leadership and day-to-day operation of both services, with a particular focus on the Bridgend Support Service for Parents.
- Provide line management, supervision, and support to the Parenting Support Team, leading on case management oversight and support with complex cases, safeguarding concerns and professional decision making
- Drive high-quality service delivery through quality assurance, performance monitoring and reflective practice
- Support the operational management of both services, including referrals, allocations, capacity and service outcomes
- Build effective partnerships with key agencies, represent the service at multi-agency meetings and forums, and contribute to service development and continuous improvement
- Oversee the planning and delivery of evidence-based programmes, workshops and group interventions
- Champion participation and co-production, ensuring the voices of families shape service delivery.
This is a 29.6-hour per week role, with flexibility to work the hours across either 4 or 5 days per week. As our services are designed around the needs of families, the successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly, including regular after-school and evening sessions to support the delivery of programmes, workshops and family support activities.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for someone who brings both strong practice experience and developing leadership skills.
- Significant experience of working with children, young people, parents, carers and families, with a strong understanding of early intervention and family support practice
- Experience of delivering and overseeing evidence-based group interventions, workshops and programmes that achieve positive outcomes for families
- Experience of supervising, coaching or managing staff, providing case oversight and supporting high-quality practice
- Strong safeguarding and child protection knowledge, with confidence in managing risk, supporting complex cases and guiding professional decision-making
- Excellent leadership, communication and partnership-working skills, with a commitment to strengths-based, relationship-focused and outcome-focused practice.
Why join us?
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role within a well-established service that makes a real difference to families across Bridgend. You'll help shape service delivery, support the development of staff and ensure families receive high-quality support when they need it most.
Additional Information
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sarah Rowe, Children's Services Manager on 07712 403 922.
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