Child, Young People and Family Involvement Worker, CASCADE

Cardiff University School of Social Sciences is seeking to recruit a Child, Young Person and Family Involvement worker to support the ongoing Involvement work at the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE).

In this role you will provide advice, guidance and support to staff within and beyond CASCADE in relation to the involvement of children, young people, parents and carers in research. Your primary focus will be in relation to the work taking place to support the public involvement infrastructure in CASCADE, funded by Health and Care Research Wales. This includes leading on our established CASCADE Voices young people’s group and our Parents’ Research advisory group. You will also have the opportunity to work on individual projects to involve those with lived experience and explore opportunities for development across the centre.

Please note that you need to have a willingness to travel across Wales and to be flexible regarding working hours to meet the needs of research projects. You may occasionally be expected to work evenings and weekends to respond to participatory and engagement activities