Vacancy at Wild Young Parents Project
WILD families worker - Mums focus (Maternity Cover)
Salary
£ £26,576 FTE ( £13.81 per hour)
Truro, St Austell and Falmouth
Vacancy listed
04/12/2023
Application deadline
05/01/2024
Details
WILD are the largest specialist young parents' charity in the UK, working with over 20,000 parents and children since 1992, providing a whole family service for young mums, dads and their children across Cornwall. We deliver services, collaborate with local leaders and practitioners and work towards influencing national policy to disrupt the pattern of intergenerational trauma and change the narrative of young parents and their children.
Babies of young parents often experience complex disadvantage with higher risk of developmental delay, early childhood trauma, abuse and harm, infant mortality and illness. This can repeat the patterns of their parents’ own childhood experiences.
Our vision: A fair start for young parent families.
Our mission: We will work together with young parent families - to grow love and resilience, to tell their stories, and to build a society that cares about their future.
Our Values: Equality, integrity, kindness, resourcefulness and respect.
We are looking for a :
WILD Families Worker - Mum's focus (Maternity Cover)
You will need to have the skills and experience to:
- Work within our area team to create positive and supportive environments where our young parent families will thrive
- Build positive relationships with parents and their children and have the confidence to share and model best practice
- Plan and deliver a range of parent focused activities
- Mentalise the feelings of others
- Work with families who may have experienced trauma and adversity
- Support and nurture the infant-parent relationship
Your approach:
You will be an experienced practitioner, who is committed to equity of opportunity, and to learning how to achieve the best possible start in life for babies and their young parent families.
You will work collaboratively within our team, putting families at the heart of your practice.
You will be passionate about creating a more positive future for our youngest, most
vulnerable children and their parents.
You will bring energy and positivity to the role.
Work in a team to engage young parent families, and plan and record the family journey through WILD.
You will lead the group delivery for Mums, running a minimum of three sessions per week.
Working within the team bringing the voice of the Mum
Advocate and work with other agencies and services
attend wider team training, meetings and learning opportunities
Your responsibilities
- Create a safe, welcoming environment for group activities
- Model positive and responsive relationships
- To assess and manage risk
- Use WILD systems to record, monitor and share work
- To follow safeguarding procedure and practice
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At WILD, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic candidates, and candidates with disabilities, as they are under-represented within WILD. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for WILD.
Benefits
Generous holiday allowance,
Additional leave for key life events and long service increments
Varied and progressive opportunities within a learning focused organisation
Teams based organisational structure
Sick pay
Paid mileage
Pension contribution
Family friendly working
Bespoke wellbeing packages
Notes
Maternity Leave cover, up to one year.
Please upload a CV and covering letter to apply
Interviews to take place in Redruth on Tuesday 16th January 2024
Closing date: 5th January 2024