Parenting Practitioner

**About The Service**
Cardiff Parenting 0-18 is part of Cardiff Council’s Early Help Services, available to all families living across Cardiff with a child or young person under 18. Cardiff Parenting 0-18 is grant funded by Welsh Government and complements the parenting services offered in Flying Start areas of Cardiff. Within Cardiff Parenting 0-18, both group programmes and individual programmes are available. Collectively, the Parenting Services are led by a Senior Educational Psychologist.

The Parenting Groups Manager (Cardiff Parenting 0-18) manages a team of practitioners who deliver group parenting programmes and manual led 1:1 programmes across Cardiff.

We have office bases across Cardiff.

**About the job**

**What We Are Looking For From You**
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Proven experience of working within a service team or project for early years children, young people and their families
- Experience of working in a crèche setting
- Proven experience in developing a programme of activities which engage children; meeting individual needs and the child’s developmental stage
- An understanding of, and experience in dealing with, safeguarding issues in relation to children, young people and their families

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of requirements, including Cardiff Council’s Behavioural Competencies.

**Additional information**

This post is part time and will work 18.5 hours per week. The salary shown however relates to 37 hours per week and will therefore be pro-rata’d accordingly.

Please note that this post is temporary until 31st March 2024, to cover the secondment of another member of staff.

Due to the current Covid-19 circumstances the interview process for this role may be held on a virtual basis using Microsoft Teams. If you have any concerns around your ability to participate in a virtual interview process or for an informal discussion after reading the job description and person specification, please contact Robina Woodfield, telephone: 07970642561.
- Application Guidance
- Behavioural Competency Framework

Additional Information:

- Employee Charter
- Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
- Privacy Notice

Job Reference: PEO02586