Parenting Support Worker

Function(s)

Administration, Operations & Service Delivery

Advocacy, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Health, Social Care & Welfare

• Job title: Parenting Support Worker
• Hours: 8 hours per week.
• Salary: £25,878 pro-rated to £5,595 – this is what you will receive for a year.
• Contract type: This is a Fixed Term contract for 12 months initially, extendable funding dependent.
• Place of work: community venues in Hall Green, CASBA’s accessible offices in Selly.

CASBA is an advocacy charity in the south Birmingham area. We make sure the voices of people with disabilities are heard and their rights are accepted. We empower people with disabilities to speak up for themselves or advocate on their behalf when needed.

Our values are:

• Respect – CASBA shows care and concern to all people. We will not tell you what to do. You can say what you think and make your own choices.
• We work together – CASBA makes changes happen by listening to and working with our citizens. When we work with others, all our voices are stronger.
• Accessible – we understand that everyone is different. We work with people in ways and in places that are safe and easy for them.

The role will work to achieve our aims of empowering citizens to get their voices heard, express their views, make their choices, secure their rights and be valued as citizens. You will support parents with learning disabilities through empowering parenting training and support to improve their lives and the lives of their children.

You will work on Pregnancy to Parenthood. This is CASBA’s flagship project. It is a very special project, one of a kind in the country, which aims to keep families with learning disabilities together. Much of your role will be working with a colleague advocate who is trained to deliver Mellow Parenting (training will be given) to prepare and deliver training to parents with learning disabilities, throughout pregnancy and then as new parents.

You will empower them to develop good parenting skills and to ensure their children receive the appropriate support they need. You will also work with volunteer mentors who support parents weekly to practise the skills you teach them. Previous experience as a community connector/ worker is an advantage. This is highly rewarding and empowering work.

As this role is focussing on the highly diverse community of Hall Green and participants must be parents with learning disabilities and resident in the constituency, excellent networks in the community, community languages, contacts and knowledge of Hall Green are essential to this role.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all ethnicities and backgrounds, including people with disabilities. An occupational requirement exists for the post-holder to be female in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.