We are recruiting Trainee Youth Workers to join our team to work in residential settings. We are looking for flexible, reliable, and interactive individuals.
The position involves providing security, guidance, interaction, and support to service users with complex needs within a residential setting, with the intention of creating an environment that caters to a person’s intellectual, spiritual, social, and emotional needs.
You will be working with individuals who have been placed into the care system for numerous reasons, with an array of disorders, behaviours, and needs. Therefore, we require individuals who have the confidence, patience, and skill set to successfully work with these people and make a positive impact on their lives.
In this role, you will be part of a team supporting young people throughout the day with basic tasks such as meal preparation, cleaning, education, and shopping.
Please note that you would be required to complete an enhanced DBS with Fulbridge Social Care and successfully complete one of our induction programmes prior to any placements being offered.
If you are interested in joining our team, please forward an updated CV or request an application pack from our recruitment team.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Build strong professional relationships with the service users and other members of staff.
2. Maintain a safe, clean, and enjoyable environment for service users to live in and for you to work.
3. Keep up to date with all communication/information systems.
4. Attend and take an active part in meetings as appropriate.
5. Support service users in managing their own behaviour using approved skills.
6. Promote equality, acknowledging individual differences.
7. Protect service users from any form of abuse from staff, visitors, or other service users.
8. Write accurate reports for reviews and keep written records for monitoring purposes.
9. Attend all training as required and be prepared to achieve qualifications appropriate to the role.
10. Attend work reliably and punctually and follow a set shift pattern.
11. Ensure you keep yourself up to date with all procedures and policy changes.
12. Take responsible care for the health and safety of yourself and others.
13. Undertake any other additional duties as required, which are relevant to the post.
Person Specification:
1. Ability to form professional relationships with service users.
2. Ability to read and understand written work and to write clear and accurate reports.
3. Ability to communicate clearly and easily with service users in a variety of ways.
4. Ability to go wherever service users want to go and participate in all activities.
5. Ability to work as directed and complete tasks reliably and to a high standard.
6. Ability to participate in training and development.
7. Ability to follow a work pattern and to attend work punctually and reliably.
8. Awareness of what effective teamwork is.
9. Awareness of the general health, safety, and welfare of service users.
10. Awareness of equal opportunities and discrimination and how it can be prevented.
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