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Adoption UK is the leading charity providing support, community, and advocacy for adopters, adopted people and all those parenting or supporting children who cannot live with their birth parents. With a presence in all four nations of the UK, Adoption UK works with those with lived experience, professionals and politicians to bring about real change in people’s lives.
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A fantastic role supporting the delivery of ‘Connected’ and monthly meetings for children and young people, and the National Lottery Community Fund supported Adoption Alliance Project. We are looking for dedicated team member with experience of working in a young people’s setting such as youth work, education, health and social care work or within community services.

ROLE PROFILE

JJob Title:
Children and Young People Support Worker (Connected and Adoption Alliance, North Wales)

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• To support the delivery of ‘Connected’ and monthly meetings for children and young people, and the Adoption Alliance Project (which is supported by the National Lottery Community Fund)
• To work closely with the Connected Lead Worker and the Adoption Alliance Lead to support and enable young, adopted people in North Wales to participate fully; and to support the delivery of both projects and for children and young people to participate using either Welsh or English language as they choose.
• To support the Lead Worker to run Connected sessions, and help facilitate young people’s involvement in making change in the way adopted young people are treated in education settings through the Adoption Alliance project.
• To support the Children and Young People Service Manager in delivering other aspects of the CONNECT Service, such as supporting delivery of Adoption Awareness Training; creating content for the CONNECT website; and supporting the CONNECT Voices Youth Council.
• Partners will include the North Wales Adoption Service, National Adoption Service, the Education Departments of each of the 6 local authorities across North Wales, and ESTYN.

MAIN DUTIES

• To work with the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to deliver Connected sessions and Adoption Alliance services across North Wales, and in particular to assist with the groups and support young people to achieve their goals.
• To provide support to the development, delivery, and promotion of both services, including planning of an annual programme of group sessions and activities for delivery, and purchasing and preparing resources.
• To support the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead in undertaking the processing of referrals and initial engagement with young people.
• To support the the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to work with the young people and their families to establish whether the service is appropriate for them; and to agree measurable outcomes in line with the guidance provided for the Regulated and Inspection Social Care 2016 Act for adoption services.
• To support the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to maintain agreed levels of contact with young people and their adoptive family, as long as they remain registered with the services.
• To work closely with the Connected Lead Worker/Adoption Alliance Lead to book venues, take bookings for sessions/training, and gather output and outcome data from the project.
• To support the creation and review of individual support plans for children and young people, session plans and risk assessments, and to input these onto our data system
• To support young people who wish to have their voices heard, in national and regional forums.
• To demonstrate a willingness to learn and to participate in regular reflective practice sessions, to enhance skills and service delivery