CYP RESPECT Development and Support Officer

Thrive Women’s Aid (Thrive WA) is an established and well respected organisation delivering support and services to women, children and young people and families impacted by domestic abuse. We consider ourselves to be a progressive and dynamic company that is at the forefront of our sector due to the high quality services delivered across our service.

Thrive WA is a friendly, supportive and rewarding place to work. We know that our employees are key to our organisations success and growth which is why we value our employees and offer support, training, development and progression to enable everyone to reach their full potential.

Your role will be to work within our Children and Young People’s Team to provide a comprehensive support service to respond effectively to young people’s use of violence and abuse in family and intimate relationships. To deliver The Respect Young Peoples Programme (RYPP), a programme for families where children or young people aged between 8 and 18 are abusive or violent towards the people close to them, particularly their parents or carers. You will provide sessions and activities to assist children and young people and their family to come to terms with what they have experienced and improve their mental, physical and emotional well-being. The service will help them process their anger and frustrations in a more constructive way and avoid becoming violent or aggressive adults, perpetrators of Domestic Abuse. You will have a good understanding of the risks and support needs of families experiencing domestic abuse, and an ability to make service intervention decisions.

You will be someone who can provide high level specialist support to children and young people, ensuring that service standards are excellent. You will model high quality practice in your work, ensuring that a child centred approach is embedded in the support that you give. You will facilitate and develop 1 to 1s and a RESPECT programme to be delivered through group sessions. Furthermore, you will encourage their caregivers to understand the impact that domestic abuse has had on their behaviour, emotional wellbeing and bonding.

You will maintain links with key partners to ensure a comprehensive package of support is available for those with complex needs and referral pathways into specialist’s services are observed. You will attend statutory meetings (such as core groups and child protection conference) where relevant and you will ensure that information is shared appropriately and in line with GDPR confidentiality procedures.

You will be key in recording accurate service outcome data for use in reports to funders andensure that comprehensive records of outcomes and activities of the service are uploaded to our data management systems.

To apply: Please download and complete an application form from www.thrivewomensaid.org.uk/careersnoting the deadline below.

Contact point for applications: Kate Purchase / 01639 894 864

Closing date: 01st May 2023

Interview date: Interviews will be on 3rd May 2023.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: £22,500.00-£23,877.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Port Talbot

Application deadline: 01/05/2023