Mediation Worker

Role overview:

- Interview young people face-to-face or remotely and undertake appropriate one-to-one family work with them
- You’ll provide a range of services, including one-to-one work with young people and family mediation and advice for young people and their parent/guardian
- You’ll contact family members as appropriate and facilitate initial information sessions with them and provide telephone-based support
- You’ll identify issues and concerns with individual young people and pass on all relevant information to internal colleagues and external stakeholders
- This role will be based within our Young Person service in Cardiff and will play a major role in preventing youth homelessness, helping families identify and resolve issues creating family conflict and ensuring the best possible and most appropriate outcomes for young people in housing need.
- You will be working alongside passionate and supportive colleagues in a rewarding environment, where you will be making a huge contribution to creating a Wales without homelessness, every single day.

What do you need to be considered for this role?
- Experience of working with vulnerable children, young people, and families at times of stress
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: Counselling, Youth Work, Housing, Advice, Social Work, Legal Field, Family Mediation, Family Support Work, Family Group Conferencing
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation affecting young people including the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014, the Children Act 1989 and awareness of new legislation affecting this client group

**Vacancy Reference**: LLA907747

**Location**: Vale of Glamorgan

**Contract**: Permanent

**Working hours**: 35 hours a week + On Call rota

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £22,353.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Vale of Glamorgan: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 12/07/2023
Reference ID: LLA907747