Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (APVA) Parenting Worker Vacancy with Media Academy Cymru (MAC)

Salary: Circa £25K per annum

Term: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Main base: Merthyr

Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023 at midday.

APVA comes in many forms; physical, emotional, financial and verbal. Your role will be to lead the Parallel Lives team in Merthyr (as part of the wider APVA team), managing referrals and delivering support and interventions to a caseload of vulnerable children, young people and parents/carers. The aim of MAC’s 7-week psycho-educative and therapeutic support programme, ‘Parallel Lives’ , is to work with families to make a commitment to work together to tackle APVA and to recognise individual behaviours and the impact they have on others.

To Apply As an ideal candidate you will have a genuine interest in the third sector and youth work and share our vision in supporting young people to live safe and meaningful lives. Full training, including formal youth work qualifications (if relevant/needed), will be provided. The above posts are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS. MAC is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming all applicants without discrimination. For more information and an application pack, including the job description and specification, please email: melanie@mediaacademycymru.wales The closing date for applications is Monday 5 June 2023 at midday.

Source: Media Academy Cymru (MAC)