Hours
16 hours per week.
The hours are predetermined by our current group offerings and so most of the hours are pre-set to:
- Mondays 9.30am -12.30 covering group with travel
- Tuesdays 9.30am – 2.30pm (this will include time at the office for meetings)
- Wednesdays 9.30am -12.30 covering group with travel
- Fridays 9.30am -12.30 covering group with travel.
The extra hours of admin will be flexible. There is an expectation that all employees cover our monthly Family sessions (First Saturday of each month) on a rota basis. Hours to be agreed and confirmed with the successful applicant.
The role
• Co-deliver weekly peer support sessions alongside a Wellbeing Practitioner and / or Volunteer.
• Provide empathetic, compassionate support for parents and their babies/toddlers in the room.
• Capture information upon registration as well as discreet collection of standardised and non-standardised scores from parents from registration, and throughout their journey
• Capture and record data from all sessions for funding evaluation reports within a timely manner that doesn’t exceed a week.
• Set the room up in a welcoming manner and support anyone who may feel unsure about coming in
• Seek support from the wellbeing practitioners and Safeguarding leads and act on the duty of care according to Smile Group policies.
• Signpost families to other support and or the Wellbeing Practitioners
• Attend team meetings to share information, provide full updates and learn from each other.
• Attend appropriate training to support development within the role, including MHFA (mental Health First Aid), Paediatric First Aid, Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse
• Attend monthly group clinical supervision, as well as individual supervision in order to support your own wellbeing.
• Support the initiatives of the charity including fundraising events, public appearances, educational talks etc in order to increase awareness of Smile Group amongst the community and beyond, maybe even nationally.
• Promote Smile Group at any opportunity when dealing with third party stakeholders.
• Support the onboarding process of any new staff / volunteer.
• Any other ad hoc duties as reasonably requested by your manager to support the activity of the charity.
Email: connect@smilegroup.org.uk for more information