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Parent/Carer Support Worker
Salary: Pro rata 0.2 and term time of £30,192 which is the full time equivalent.
Hours: 7 hours per week, on a Monday only
Contract: Fixed term for 1 year, Term Time
Reports to: Clinical Manager, Edinburgh
Closing Date: 12 noon Wednesday 20th November 2024
Interviews: 28th and 29th of November 2024
With Kids is a leading Play Therapy organisationan providing an early intervention approach to children’s mental health in Glasgow, Edinburgh and West Lothian. We provide individual therapeutic support to children who need it most, alongside practical and emotional support to their parents/carers.
We are seeking to appoint a Parent/Carer Support Worker, starting as soon as possible to work on a Monday in Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre.
The post-holder will work alongside a play therapist to provide holistic, strengths-based support to families. While the child engages in play therapy, the Parent/Carer Support Worker will focus on providing parents/carers with support tailored to their needs.
Working alongside partners in Wester Hailes, the post-holder will support a caseload of parents/carers who are identified as requiring specific 1:1 support, while also learning how to better understand and support their child’s emotional needs and behaviours.
This position is fixed term for 1 year (from start date).