So you’d like to join MAC? We have a variety of roles currently available. Please see the job specifications below. If you’d like any further information regarding any of these roles, please email melanie@mediaacademycymru.wales.
Media Academy Cymru (MAC) is delighted to offer the following opportunities to be part of a multi-award winning young persons’ organisation. Established in 2010, MAC is an accredited real living wage and ‘fair play’ employer operating across Wales. We deliver a range of innovative projects to meet the changing needs of thousands of children, young people, their families and communities each year. Everything we do is supported within a trauma informed, rights led and strengths-based approach to encourage participation in our holistic services on a voluntary basis. Our vision is that all children and young people in Wales are safe and given opportunities to live meaningful lives.
Contractual benefits for employees include: start on 28 days annual leave (plus E&W bank holidays), mileage allowance, employee benefits scheme, enhanced employer pension contributions, and more!
Adolescent to Parent Violence/Abuse Case Manager
- Salary: £25,000 per annum
- Hours/Days: 37 hours per week
- Main Base: Cardiff or Merthyr depending on preference (with regular travel across South Wales delivery areas)
- Start Date: Immediate start date available
- Term: Permanent
- Benefits: (include) Enhanced workplace pension and annual leave allowance (starting at 28 days equivalent, plus bank holidays) plus mileage expenses
Role Outline: APVA comes in many different forms, ranging from violence to verbal aggression or emotional abuse. As a peripatetic APVA case manager, you will work as part of the APVA team, delivering 4-tier support and interventions, including:
- a support line
- virtual coffee mornings
- one day workshop
- 7-week psycho-educative and therapeutic programme
You will manage a caseload of vulnerable children, young people, and their families across our delivery areas (Swansea, Cardiff, and Merthyr). You will work closely with families, adopting a strength-based and restorative approach, to address underlying unmet needs that contribute to violent behaviours. The aim of MAC’s APVA programme 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.
As the ideal candidate, you will be youth work qualified (although training can be provided), demonstrate strong facilitation skills, have a solid understanding of safeguarding and risk management, and have experience working with a caseload of vulnerable children, young people, and their families. This post is funded by the Violence Prevention Unit.
To Apply
MAC is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming all applicants without discrimination. MAC is committed to safeguarding children and young people therefore all positions that involve working with such groups, including this role, are subject to safer recruitment protocols, including enhanced DBS and satisfactory references before confirmation of appointment.
If you are interested in applying for this post email melanie@mediaacademycymru.wales
The closing date for applications is Friday 3rd November 2023 at midday.
Positive Masculinity Initiative Worker
This exciting role will be challenging young males to think differently when it comesto the information that they are accessing around the ‘Manosphere.’
This role will offer a mix of 1-1 case management, group- work, school delivery and research to map views and attitudes on this complex, emerging subject area. This post will be jointly funded by MAC and the Violence Prevention Unit (Wales).
The Positive Masculinity Initiative is to broaden and raise awareness on issues of misogyny and the manosphere to safeguard young people and prevent the risk of radicalised, extreme masculinity ideology being espoused. We aim to achieve this by encouraging and supporting young people to adopt pro-social values and attitudes towards people, irrespective of gender. The initiative also aims at enabling the ability of both adults and young people to identify traits of toxic masculinity in the young people around them and collectively reclaim the spaces that has been encroached into by empowering young people to recognise their own susceptibility and speak up when they feel vulnerable.
For more information please email melanie@mediaacademycymru.wales
Youth Violence Programme (Cerridwen)
The Cerridwen (youth violence) programme at MAC supports young people who are identified as engaging in or at risk of aggressive or violent behaviours. It is designed to increase empathy and emotional literacy and help young people explore the usefulness of current behaviours and communication styles and gain new insights within a supportive environment. It also explores coping strategies to de-escalate behaviour, reduce levels of aggression and frequency of violence to prevent offending behaviour. MAC is looking for a talented team to join our multi-award-winning organisation to lead its youth violence programme across its South Wales delivery areas. The ideal candidate will share our organisational values, be passionate about youth work principles, and the importance of participation and encouraging the young person’s voice.
Youth Violence Programme (Cerridwen) Coordinator
HOURS: 37 hours per week
STARTING SALARY: £32,000 per annum (plus mileage expenses)
LOCATION: Cardiff, Swansea, or Merthyr (regular travel across delivery areas)
DURATION: 27 months (in the first instance, subject to ongoing funding)
START DATE: January 2024
As coordinator you will lead, support and develop a dynamic, peripatetic team of practitioners who will be engaging with young people aged 10-17 who have been referred into MAC’s Cerridwen programme. You will be responsible for caseload allocation, quality assurance, overseeing programme delivery, supporting evaluation processes and reporting. Interventions will be guided by youth work values and support young people to develop the tools to make more positive decisions in the future. As the ideal candidate you will have demonstrable experience of multi-agency, strategic partnership working, risk management and safeguarding. This role is key to ensuring that young people move away from aggressive or violent behaviours.
Youth Violence Case Worker (Cerridwen)
HOURS: 37 hours per week
STARTING SALARY: £28,000 per annum (plus mileage expenses)
LOCATION: Multiple roles available in Cardiff, Swansea or Merthyr (with regular travel required across delivery area)
DURATION: 27 months (in the first instance, subject to ongoing funding)
START DATE: January 2024
The ideal candidates will share our organisational values, be passionate about youth work principles, and the importance of participation and encouraging the young person’s voice. You will form part of a peripatetic team of practitioners who will work in partnership with the programme coordinator to engage with young people aged 10-17 who have been referred into MAC’s Cerridwen programme. You will be responsible for effective caseload management, working directly with young people to address unmet needs and engage them in interventions that support them to explore the usefulness of current behaviours and communication styles and gain new insights in a supportive environment. Interventions will be guided by youth work values and support young people to develop the tools to make more positive decisions in the future.
As the ideal candidate you will be experienced in a youth work setting and in building supportive and empowering relationships with young people. This role is key to ensuring that young people move away from aggressive or violent behaviours.
Administration and Project Support Officer
HOURS: 37 hours per week
STARTING SALARY: £24,000 per annum (plus mileage expenses)
LOCATION: Cardiff, Swansea or Merthyr (some travel across delivery areas)
DURATION: 27 months (in the first instance, subject to ongoing funding)
START DATE: January 2024
MAC is looking for an administration and project support officer to join our multi-award-winning organisation, to work closely with the youth violence (Cerridwen) coordinator, wider team of practitioners and senior leadership team to provide a comprehensive support function.
The Cerridwen (youth violence) programme at MAC supports young people who are identified as engaging in or at risk of aggressive or violent behaviours. It is designed to increase empathy and emotional literacy and explore coping strategies to de-escalate behaviour, reduce levels of aggression and frequency of violence to prevent offending behaviour.
The role will be responsible for providing all the necessary project specific and administrative support, enabling the coordinator, practitioners (based across delivery areas) and senior leadership team at MAC to effectively deliver the youth violence (Cerridwen) project and achieve its outcomes. The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills and be able to professionally communicate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
The deadline for all Cerridwen applications is 24th November 2023 at midday. For more information please email melanie@mediaacademycymru.wales
