Practice Lead - Children’s Services - Specialist Services

This is a great time to join our teams as we work to develop new and innovate ways to ensure children and young people are safe in our city.

Cardiff is the first city in Wales to participate in UNICEF UK’s national Child Friendly Cities and Communities initiative and has been declared as a UNICEF Child Friendly Citythat places the rights of children and young people at the head of our policies and strategies – a city with children and young people at its heart, where the rights of children and young people are respected by all, a great place to grow up. We recognise the importance of embedding a children’s rights approach across public services to deliver lasting solutions to complex problems.

A children’s rights approach can help to deliver better outcomes for children and their families as well as giving a supportive and coherent framework to practitioners in what can be a challenging area of work.

Removing the barriers that prevent some of our young people from making a successful transition into the world of work, delivering the best outcomes for children in our care and helping young people to live independently must be a priority for all.

Established in March 2022, the practice lead programme was set up to address gaps in practical experience that Newly Qualified Social Workers and Social Work Assistants may have.

The practice leads support practitioners across the service to provide high quality, consistent practice to support good outcomes to be achieved for children and families. They hold lead roles for practice specialisms and work collaboratively to deliver half-day monthly workshops to support knowledge, skill, and practice development. The practice leads also support Newly Qualified Social Workers to be able to undertake the social worker role with confidence and competence in line with practice standards and the CPEL first 3 years in practice framework.

Cardiff’s Practice Leads lead in the induction process and secondments, providing social work expertise and bringing the vision and strategic direction of practice improvement to frontline teams

Mae hwn yn gyfnod gwych i ymuno â\’n timau wrth i ni weithio i ddatblygu ffyrdd newydd ac arloesol o sicrhau bod plant a phobl ifanc yn ddiogel yn ein dinas.

Caerdydd yw\’r ddinas gyntaf yng Nghymru i gymryd rhan ym menter genedlaethol UNICEF UK Dinasoedd a Chymunedau sy\\\’n Dda i Blant ac mae wedi’i chydnabod yn Ddinas sy\\\’n Dda i Blant UNICEFsy\’n gosod hawliau plant a phobl ifanc ar flaen ein polisïau a\’n strategaethau – dinas gyda phlant a phobl ifanc wrth ei chalon, lle mae hawliau plant a phobl ifanc yn cael eu parchu gan bawb, lle gwych i dyfu i fyny. Rydyn ni’n cydnabod pwysigrwydd ymwreiddio dull sy’n seiliedig ar hawliau plant ar draws yr holl wasanaethau cyhoeddus i sicrhau atebion parhaol i broblemau cymhleth.

Gall dull sy’n seiliedig ar hawliau plant helpu i sicrhau gwell canlyniadau i blant a\’u teuluoedd yn ogystal â rhoi fframwaith cefnogol a chydlynol i ymarferwyr mewn maes gwaith a all fod yn heriol.

Mae’n rhaid i ddileu’r rhwystrau sy’n atal rhai o’n pobl ifanc rhag pontio’n llwyddiannus i fyd gwaith, cyflawni’r canlyniadau gorau i blant sydd yn ein gofal a helpu pobl ifanc i fyw’n annibynnol fod yn flaenoriaeth i bawb.

Wedi\\\’i sefydlu ym mis Mawrth 2022, sefydlwyd y rhaglen arweiniol practis i fynd i\’r afael â bylchau mewn profiad ymarferol a allai fod gan Weithwyr Cymdeithasol a Chynorthwywyr Gwaith Cymdeithasol sydd newydd gymhwyso.

Mae\’r arweinwyr practis yn cynorthwyo ymarferwyr yn y gwasanaeth i ddarparu ymarfer cyson o ansawdd uchel i hyrwyddo canlyniadau da i\\\’i cyflawni i blant a theuluoedd. Maent yn dal rolau arweinigol ar gyfer arbenigeddau ymarfer ac yn gweithio ar y cyd i ddarparu gweithdai misol hanner diwrnod i gefnogi datblygiad gwybodaeth, sgiliau ac ymarfer. Mae\\\’r arweinwyr practis hefyd yn cefnogi Gweithwyr Cymdeithasol Newydd Gymhwyso i allu ymgymryd â rôl y gweithiwr cymdeithasol gyda hyder a chymhwysedd yn unol â safonau ymarfer a fframwaith 3 blynedd gyntaf Addysg a Dysgu Proffesiynol Parhaus mewn ymarfer.

Mae Arweinwyr Ymarfer Caerdydd yn arwain yn y broses sefydlu a\’r secondiadau, gan gynnig arbenigedd gwaith cymdeithasol a dod â\’r weledigaeth a\\\’r cyfeiriad strategol o wella ymarfer i dimau rheng flaen.