Job title: Young Persons Worker
Salary: £24,309.07 per annum (pro-rata for part-time, term-time)
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2026, Part-time – 16 hours per week, Term-time working 39 weeks per year
Benefits:
- Paid leave (during term holidays)
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
- Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
- Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
- We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer
We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.
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About the Service
The Vale Child Mentoring Project is a targeted, early intervention service offering low-level mental health and wellbeing support to children in Years 4 to 6 across primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The overarching goals of the project are to increase confidence and self-esteem, promote a shared understanding of emotional and physical wellbeing, and equip children with resilience-building tools and techniques. We also aim to foster social connections and raise awareness of how and when to access further support.
As part of the wider offer, the project also delivers “Bouncing Back,” a two-week early intervention programme for children and young people. This programme focuses on group discussion, practical tools, and coping strategies to help manage day-to-day emotional wellbeing. Additionally, we use “The Decider Skills,” a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-based approach that teaches children and young people how to recognise and manage their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
About the Role
We’re looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic Young Persons Worker to join our team and support children’s emotional wellbeing. You’ll deliver one-to-one sessions in schools, helping children build confidence, develop coping skills, and understand how to seek support. You’ll also lead weekly group sessions in the community, offering a safe, informal space for children to connect, build friendships, and grow in resilience. Both formats aim to reduce emotional distress and equip children with tools to manage their wellbeing.
How you’ll create brighter futures
- Supporting the delivery of both the 10-week group programmes and 8-week individual support programmes.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with children, young people, families, colleagues, schools, community organisations, and partner agencies.
- Empower young people with the skills and confidence to manage their own emotional wellbeing, through delivery of Bouncing Back and The Decider Skills.
- Work collaboratively with schools, parents and other agencies to ensure consistent and coordinated support for pupils.
Let’s talk about you
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in youth work, working with families, childcare or other relevant field.
- Experience of working directly with children and young people.
- Confidence in delivering programmes and activities to groups and classes of children and young people.
- Willingness and ability to drive to different locations within your working day.
- A commitment to supporting young people's emotional wellbeing.
Good to know
We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
For more information about our Young Persons Worker role, please review our full job description by clicking here.
If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Scott Jones at [email protected] quoting reference 11580 and we'll be happy to give you any support you require.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
Useful Documents:
- Action for Children employee benefits
- AfC Commitment Statement
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Teitl swydd: Gweithiwr Pobl Ifanc
Cyflog: £24,309.07 y flwyddyn (pro-rata ar gyfer rhan amser, amser tymor)
Lleoliad: Bro Morgannwg
Contract/Oriau: Contract Cyfnod Penodol tan 31 Mawrth 2026, Rhan amser – 16 awr yr wythnos, gweithio Amser tymor 39 wythnos y flwyddyn
Buddion:
- Gwyliau a thâl (yn ystod gwyliau tymor)
- Pecynnau mamolaeth, mabwysiadu a thadolaeth hyblyg.
- Pensiwn opsiynol, gyda hyd at 7% o gyfraniad y cyflogwr yn cynnwys yswiriant bwyd
- Porth disgownt staff a chymhwysedd Cerdyn Golau Glas gyda disgowntiau gan 15,000 o werthwyr cenedlaethol
- Rydym yn gyflogwr achrededig Cyflog Byw Go Iawn
Rydym yn un o'r elusennau plant mwyaf yn y DU ac rydym wedi bod yn gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau plant bregus y DU ers dros 150 o flynyddoedd.
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Ynglŷn â'r Gwasanaeth
Mae Prosiect Mentora Plant y Fro yn wasanaeth ymyrraeth gynnar wedi’i dargedu sy’n cynnig cymorth iechyd a llesiant meddwl lefel isel i blant ym Mlynyddoedd 4 i 6 ar draws ysgolion cynradd ym Mro Morgannwg.
Nodau trosfwaol y prosiect yw cynyddu hyder a hunan-barch, hyrwyddo dealltwriaeth ar y cyd o lesiant emosiynol a chorfforol, ac arfogi plant ag offer a thechnegau sy’n adeiladu cydnerthedd. Rydym yn anelu hefyd at feithrin cysylltiadau cymdeithasol, a chodi ymwybyddiaeth o sut a phryd i gyrchu rhagor o gymorth.
Fel rhan o’r cynnig ehangach, mae’r prosiect hefyd yn cyflawni “Bownsio yn Ôl,” rhaglen ymyrraeth gynnar dwy wythnos i blant a phobl ifanc. Mae’r rhaglen hon yn canolbwyntio ar drafodaeth grŵp, offer ymarferol, a strategaethau ymdopi i helpu rheoli llesiant emosiynol o ddydd i ddydd. Yn ogystal, rydym yn defnyddio “Sgiliau’r Penderfynwr,” ymagwedd wedi’i seilio ar Therapi Gwybyddol Ymddygiadol sy’n dysgu plant a phobl ifanc i adnabod a rheoli eu meddyliau, teimladau ac ymddygiadau eu hunain.
Gair am y Rôl
Rydym yn chwilio am Weithiwr Pobl Ifanc tosturiol a brwdfrydig i ymuno â’n tîm a chynorthwyo llesiant emosiynol plant. Byddwch yn darparu sesiynau un i un mewn ysgolion, gan helpu plant i fagu hyder, datblygu sgiliau ymdopi, a deall sut i geisio cymorth. Byddwch hefyd yn arwain sesiynau grŵp wythnosol yn y gymuned, gan gynnig man diogel, anffurfiol i blant gysylltu, adeiladau cyfeillgarwch, a thyfu mewn cydnerthedd. Mae’r ddau fformat yn anelu at leihau trallod emosiynol ac yn arfogi plant ag offer i reoli eu llesiant.
Sut byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol mwy disglair
- Cynorthwyo cyflawni’r rhaglenni grŵp 10 wythnos a rhaglenni 8 wythnos cymorth unigol.
- Adeiladu a chynnal perthnasoedd effeithiol â phlant, pobl ifanc, teuluoedd, cydweithwyr, ysgolion, sefydliadau cymunedol, ac asiantaethau partner.
- Grymuso pobl ifanc â’r sgiliau a hyder i reoli eu llesiant emosiynol eu hunain, trwy gyflawni Bownsio yn Ôl a Sgiliau’r Penderfynwr.
- Cydweithio ag ysgolion, rhieni ac asiantaethau eraill i sicrhau cymorth cyson a chydlynedig i ddisgyblion.
Gadewch i ni siarad amdanoch chi
- NVQ Lefel 2 neu gymhwyster cyfatebol mewn gwaith ieuenctid, gweithio gyda theuluoedd, gofal plant neu faes perthnasol arall.
- Profiad o weithio yn uniongyrchol gyda phlant a phobl ifanc.
- Hyder wrth gyflwyno rhaglenni a gweithgareddau i grwpiau a dosbarthiadau o blant a phobl ifanc.
- Parodrwydd a gallu i yrru i leoliadau gwahanol o fewn eich diwrnod gwaith.
- Ymrwymiad i gynorthwyo iechyd meddwl pobl ifanc.
Da i wybod
Sylwer na allwn gynnig nawdd ar gyfer y rôl hon.
I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ein rôl Gweithiwr Gwasanaethau Plant, darllenwch ein disgrifiad swydd llawn drwy glicio yma.
Os oes angen cymorth arnoch chi â'ch cais am unrhyw reswm, cysylltwch â Scott Jones [email protected] gan ddyfynnu’r cyfeirnod 11580 a byddwn yn falch o roi unrhyw gymorth sydd ei angen arnoch chi.
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