Cyp Ipa - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Cardiff Womens Aid

Description

CYP IPA (Ar Trac)

Salary:
Between £21,700 - £23,700 dependant on experience


Working pattern:
Between the hours of 9am to 7pm All staff must work flexibly on occasions to meet the needs of women and children


Context of Job:

Ar Trac is an exciting new project for children and young people who have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse. The project will deliver a tailored and individual pathway for children and young people that builds on their strengths.

Within each region 3 project workers will support and deliver the project in collaboration with other areas and with the support of a project manager, delivery team and young people.

The support offered, will include 1-2-1 support with an IPA (aged 5-16), 1-2-1 mentoring (aged 5 to 11), Group work addressing adolescent to parent violence (aged 11 to 16), Group work that supports the child-parent bond (aged 7 to 11), Gender specific group work that builds self-esteem, communication skills, and supports emotional regulation (age 11 to 16).

The project will work with academic partners to evaluate the project and with children and young people to develop and facilitate training resources to professionals


Purpose of Job:

To provide specialist support to children and young people who are affected by Domestic Abuse and sexual violence and/or at risk of abusive relationships.

Working within the Organisational and Supporting People Frameworks you will work towards enabling children and young people so that they are able to make positive changes to their lives in order to increase safety, well-being and to reduce the threats of homelessness.

Main Duties:

• To liaise with external agencies to identify children who may benefit from the project
• To engage with children, young people and their families, carry out initial assessments of risks, needs, strength, and collate relevant information from the child, parents, and other agencies where relevant.
• To develop a detailed support package for the child/young person, identifying goals, aspirations and needs.
• Facilitate group programmes, 121 mentoring and or support with children and young people between the ages of 516 who have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse as required.
• Work with families, children and young people in an empowering, solution focused and engaging manner.
• Support families in identifying and addressing issues relating to their children and support positive parenting, healthy relationships and welfare of children and young people.
• Develop local focus groups where children and young people can contribute to the development of the project. Work alongside young people in developing resources, group sessions and toolkits
• Cofacilitate training for professionals with young people
• Recruitment and management of volunteers and peer mentors, undertaking the relevant checks and training to enable them to carry out their role.
• Prioritising and managing caseloads in line with packages of support and support plans
• Ensure accurate and timely records are maintained in relation to all aspects of the service and case work, including inputting information into our Information Management System.
• Support, signpost and refer women and children to the services they may wish to engage with for example social services, the police, parenting, health, legal, DWP,

Job Description:

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• To be fully aware of the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures and report to line manager any concerns in this area.
• To advocate on behalf of children and young people and ensure that children feel safe, supported and listened to within our service and in dealings with other agencies
• To participate in meetings encourage women and children to participate in and give feedback on service provision.
• Assist in qualitative and quantitative data collation.
• Promote the service in the local area
• Provide line management to the volunteers working with children and young people including induction, supervision and annual appraisal.
• Recruit, support and mentor peer mentors
• Assist in identifying volunteer training and development needs.

General Responsibilities:

• To demonstrate and promote the organisation's ethos, vision and values.
• To represent the organisation at external meetings, public events, conferences and similar ensuring that the Organisation's reputation is protected and enhanced
• To actively work in partnership with other agencies and organisations to achieve better outcomes for women and children affected by Domestic Abuse.
• Participate in team meetings, supervision and appropriate training
• To work within the Organisations Policies and Procedures and Code of Conduct
• To Support families and children to participate and be involved in decision making and developmental processes and service delivery.
• Any other reasonable