Job summary
The Children, Young People and Family Health Services Directorate, has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join us as a Parent Carer Mentor within the Llygad Team (Psychologically informed team supporting children under 5 with an emerging learning disability/ complex global developmental delay)
The successful applicant will have a compassionate and reflective nature, enjoy working as part of a small team of professionals and to value making a difference to children and families lives.
The successful applicant will be attuned to sharing their knowledge from their own lived experience to inspire hope and belief that meaningful lives are possible. They will do this through training sessions, home visiting, group working and in relevant meetings. They will also support Llygad and the wider service systems to understand ways in which service delivery could be developed to better meet the children and families needs.
It is important to be able to advocate for the children and families and excellent and effective written and spoken communication skills are essential.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic and reflective parent carer mentor.
It's important that you are an excellent communicator with lived experience of parenting a child with (an emerging) Learning Disability/ complex global developmental delay. And be able to adapt this communication style with children/ parents/ professionals
Applicants will be highly organised and efficient with excellent time and diary management skills and the ability to prioritise requests and to deal with conflicting demands. They will enjoy working collaboratively with others and to be able to manage clinically sensitive information that may be distressing.
If this sounds like you and you want to join us in developing and delivering high quality services to this population of children and their families then please submit your application and we look forward to hearing from you.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Completion of Accredited Peer Support Worker Training and Vocational/NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification and equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience.
- Understanding of the issues and concerns of individuals with emerging Learning disabilities and/or neuro developmental concerns.
- Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support/ developmental systems model/ understanding of the ways in which behaviour presents in relation to contextual factors
Desirable
- knowledge of local and national policies in respect of safeguarding children and the protection of vulnerable adults
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of being a parent or carer to a child with a Moderate to Severe Learning Disability
- Lived experience of the use of restrictive practices Lived experience of Positive Behaviour Support approaches
- Experience of working in a team or group environment
- Demonstrate importance of maintaining client confidentiality, professional boundaries and actively promote commitment to Positive Behaviour Support principles and positive role modelling
Desirable
- Lived experience of having accessed Llygad/CALDS or equivalent specialist LD services.
- Experience of working in the public sector Experience of training / teaching / mentoring others
- Trained as an E-PAtS facilitator/ willingness to train as one
skills and attributes
Essential
- Good communication skills
- A commitment to promoting the rights of children/young people with Learning Disabilities
- Understanding and practical knowledge of person-centered practice.
- Evidence of undertaking presentation to groups
- Ability to demonstrate resilience when training staff teams and talking about personal experience potentially with individuals with differing perspectives
other
Essential
- Able to travel to community visits
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Completion of Accredited Peer Support Worker Training and Vocational/NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification and equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience.
- Understanding of the issues and concerns of individuals with emerging Learning disabilities and/or neuro developmental concerns.
- Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support/ developmental systems model/ understanding of the ways in which behaviour presents in relation to contextual factors
Desirable
- knowledge of local and national policies in respect of safeguarding children and the protection of vulnerable adults
Experience
Essential
- Lived experience of being a parent or carer to a child with a Moderate to Severe Learning Disability
- Lived experience of the use of restrictive practices Lived experience of Positive Behaviour Support approaches
- Experience of working in a team or group environment
- Demonstrate importance of maintaining client confidentiality, professional boundaries and actively promote commitment to Positive Behaviour Support principles and positive role modelling
Desirable
- Lived experience of having accessed Llygad/CALDS or equivalent specialist LD services.
- Experience of working in the public sector Experience of training / teaching / mentoring others
- Trained as an E-PAtS facilitator/ willingness to train as one
skills and attributes
Essential
- Good communication skills
- A commitment to promoting the rights of children/young people with Learning Disabilities
- Understanding and practical knowledge of person-centered practice.
- Evidence of undertaking presentation to groups
- Ability to demonstrate resilience when training staff teams and talking about personal experience potentially with individuals with differing perspectives
other
Essential
- Able to travel to community visits
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
