Young Peoples Support Worker – Weymouth
Joining the team as a Young Lives Worker, you will be conversant in the areas of safeguarding for young people.
Location:
Weymouth
Date Posted:
09/09/2024
Salary:
Typical annual earnings up to £29,813.88 per annum This typically includes 40 hours per week (Mon - Fri), 16 hours per weekend (every other weekend) plus 4 sleep in shifts per month Please note this will be prorated for part time hours
Essential Requirements
The appointed Young Lives worker will:
- Work within Ofsted framework following reporting requirements
- Health & Social Care qualification or equivalent to NVWQ level 3 or equivalent work level experience
- In-depth knowledge of asses based assessment, support planning, positive risk management and review
- In-depth knowledge of housing related support
- In-depth knowledge of homelessness legislation
- In-depth knowledge of benefits and maximising income
- Knowledge of safeguarding for children and adults
- Knowledge of diversity and inclusion
- An understanding of the needs and issues of homelessness, vulnerable young people
- Experience of working with young people
The Role
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The Support Worker increases the independence and skills of young people, promoting engagement with education and employment through flexible person centered outcome focused support.
The role holder helps young people to avoid eviction and repeat homelessness.
They also develop the capacity of young people to be able to move on to either less intensive housing related support services or more permanent, independent, accommodation at the earliest appropriate opportunity .
The role will involve working closely with other supporting accommodation service providers, community mental health teams, social and private landlords, the police, probation, Youth Offending Teams, the courts, the Department of Work and Pensions, the voluntary sector, local housing authorities, education and training agencies and children’s/adult social care, working within the Ofsted framework.
The post holder will work within the Psychological Informed Environments Framework and ensure all clients can make sustained changes to their lives
About You
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Joining the team as a Young Lives Worker, you will be conversant in the areas of safeguarding for young people, welfare benefit support, asset-based assessments and be willing to share your knowledge with colleagues. You will also have a thirst for learning and developing your skills, motivating your clients to do the same!
You will be confident, enthusiastic and innovative in your approach to working with young people. You will also be flexible and able to work on a rota basis, including sleep-in shifts.
Our Benefits
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If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:
* Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing
* Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
* Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options
* Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave
* Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes
* Real opportunities to develop in your profession
* Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme
* Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day
* Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network
* A company that is committed to its employees, valuing their knowledge, creativity and flexibility
* The chance to work with amazing people
Additional Info
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YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.
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