Family Support Officer

3 weeks ago

Gwynedd, United Kingdom Gwynedd Council Full time

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package.

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, 22/03/2024

**Purpose of the post**
- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Implement courses /classes/ activities and one-to-one parenting support with fathers, working integratedly with other services to run a bespoke and quality service for families in Arfon and Dwyfor.

**Responsibility for functions**
- Course Equipment and resources
- IT equipment - Laptop and mobile phone
- Small budget to arrange courses and parenting activities

**Main duties**
- Responsibile for arranging courses, classes, activities and one-to-one parenting support for fathers by co-working with services to run a bespoke and quality family service.
- Have knowledge of the range of programmes available to support fathers, implementing support interventions using the most effective and suitable intervention to suit the fathers' needs.
- Collaborate on the Early Years Transformation Project, supporting the interventions and specific projects relating to Fathers.
- Support the Transformation Project to update any systems or service in place for the benefit of fathers in Arfon and Dwyfor.
- Implement parenting programs by:

- working with fathers to meet their children's needs;
- working with fathers to recognise and identify their own needs;
- enabling fathers to develop strategies to deal with behaviour and any issues that affect a child's daily life;
- communicate effectively with fathers;
- provide access to information;
- identify methods to improve skills of the fathers.
- Implement effective and successful initial assessments for the family support plan.
- Support parenting provision in collaboration with other agencies and partners by:

- Identify suitable locations for running new courses and activities such as outdoor activities and play while carrying out appropriate risk assessments
- Working together to identify childcare settings for parenting courses.
- Identify appropriate staff and agree a full commitment to running courses or activities;
- Working together to identify suitable fathers;
- Co-ordinate the initial assessments;
- Identify any other barriers e.g. transport.
- In collaboration with appropriate colleagues, market the services available e.g. summarise the information about the work to fathers quarterly.
- Work together to establish and maintain systems to monitor delivery by measuring the positive impact of the programmes and ensuring effective performance management systems. Generate information and data reports in a timely and tidy manner and ensure that all requirements are met for all external agencies in relation to progress and monitoring of work programmes.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the Parenting Strategy to ensure that fathers are involved in the planning, development and delivery of their own services.
- Attend and actively contribute to a range of meetings, events and seminars addressing development-related issues in family support to cascade updates on current issues and mindsets: local, regional and national networking.
- Provide careful management of the budget and any other resources given to the team e.g. administering petty cash payments for the effective running of the programmes.
- Ensure that what matters to the family is at the centre of everything and that the response to this need is tailored in partnership with the family in a positive and constructive manner, and based upon assessment or a comprehensive family plan.
- Recognise that the parent/child is the expert on his/her life, and assist in noting what would help them, and build on their strengths and skills by using motivational skills and interviewing.
- Coordinate the provision of courses and groups by:

- Becoming accustomed to the range of available programmes to support a family and implement a range of interventions, using the most effective and appropriate intervention according to the needs of families.
- Coordinating referrals and waiting lists for courses/groups, and maintaining an open dialogue around this with referrers, parents and managers.
- Identifying suitable locations and conducting risk assessments.
- Identifying and organising childcare provision of a high standard jointly with parents.
- Coordinating initial and closing assessments in order to measure the distance travelled.
- Ensuring that safe and suitable transport is arranged for attendees.
- Using positive group leadership skills to ensure that courses and groups are run effectively and satisfy guidelines and rules regarding loyalty to pro

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