What to Include in Your CV
You could sit for hours trying to think about what you should include on your CV try using this article to help you out!
More information >>Posted 05/09/2024
£25,524 - £27,746 per annum (pro rata) dependent on experience
Vacancy type: Paid Vacancy
Function: Family Wellbeing & Outreach Services
Location: Home Based
Salary: £25,524 to £27,746 (pro rata) dependent on experience
Contract type: Fixed term
Contract length: 30 months (with the potential to become permanent)
Contract hours: Part time
Weekly hours: 22.5 hours
Closing Date: 19/09/2024
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a new project as we develop a small locality team designed to specifically support families in West Wales. The role is a fixed term post for up to 30 months whilst the project is evaluated; if the project proves successful the role may become permanent. Initially the team will consist of a Family Support Practitioner and a Child and Family support Worker, with access to the wider support services already provided by Ty Hafan.
We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about providing excellent service to children and families, and is able to work compassionately and under often difficult circumstances. If you have a passion for providing holistic family centred care to a caseload of very special and inspiring children, young people, and their families, this might be the role you are looking for.
About the role
The role is responsible for the delivery of emotional, social and practical support to families and children with life shortening condition living in the West Wales area. The role holder be working directly with babies, children and young people with life shortening conditions, and their families.
The role holder would be responsible for planning and facilitating a range of events across the West Wales area to support family members with the aim of encouraging peer group support and mitigate isolation.
Hours for the role are 22.5 hours per week, typical hours can be worked across the working week. Please note that this role requires some evening and weekend working, to ensure support is provided in line with a family’s needs. We are happy to discuss this and would provide as much notice as the circumstances would allow.
The role holder will be part of the wider Tŷ Hafan family wellbeing service and will be expected to work in close collaboration with family support, play & therapy and clinical colleagues based at the hospice and other areas across Wales. You will work closely with statutory colleagues in health, education and social care to ensure the holistic palliative care needs of the family are met.
About us
Tŷ Hafan's ambition is that when a child's life will be short, no family should have to live it on their own. Sadly, we know that thousands of families in Wales are struggling alone through fear, exhaustion and uncertainty that comes with caring for a child whose life will be short. We believe that no family should have to live this on their own and we are determined to walk alongside every family through life, death and beyond.
At Tŷ Hafan we are experts at caring for children with life-shortening conditions and our services support families in our hospice, in community settings, local hospitals and in families' homes. We understand that needs of each child and their family are unique and we know that caring for a child with life-shortening condition is often extremely demanding. Our aim is to make sure that no one is doing this alone. Our colleagues, volunteers and supporter are crucial in the delivery of our ambition - we know that everyone plays a huge part in making sure that no family faces their child's short life alone.
Our Vision: A Wales where every child with life-shortening conditions lives a fulfilling life, supported with the compassion and specialist care and their family need.
Our Purpose: No family should have to face the unimaginable loss of their child alone. With children and families at the heart of all we do, we provide free care and support in our hospice and in community, offering a lifeline through out the childs short life, at end of life, through bereavement and beyond.
Our Values: At Tŷ Hafan we make a difference by living our values which are Demonstrating Compassion, Providing Excellent Service, Working Together and Taking Ownership.
Our benefits package includes:
If you have the passion and drive and think you have what it takes to enrich the lives of the children and families using our services, then we would love to hear from you.
Please note this role is subject to the outcome of a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure check and two satisfactory references.
Tips for applicants - All applications and interviews are reviewed against the job description and person specification; it is important that you familiarise yourself with these documents before progressing your application.
Tŷ Hafan is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
Interviews 3rd/ 4th October.
Tŷ Hafan is one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers care to children and support for their families, throughout Wales.
We offer comfort, care and support to life-limited children, young people and their families in the hospice, in the community and in their home so they can make the most of the time they have left together.
We have several departments across the charity ensuring that we are able to maintain and give the care to our children and families.
230
Hayes Road, Sully, CF64 5XX
£10M
15 minutes
5 mins walk
Yes
230