Do you want to work to make a positive difference to the lives of young people?
We are passionate about working together to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people to ‘have the best life possible’ by providing them with a supportive and homely environment that is centred on their individual needs. This will be achieved by putting the child / young person at the centre of all support planning and developing strategies that will enable the child/young person to develop skills in all aspects of their life to give them independence and feeling included in their communities based on what is important to them.
Sylva Garden’s is a Registered Children’s Home for 3 children up to the age of 18.
What you will do:
- Assist children and young people to have their voice heard and support them to develop skills towards their longer term future.
- Plan and implement imaginative activities with the person that will also help them to develop skills.
- Understand that some children communicate their thoughts and feelings using behaviours of concern and you will have a ‘can do’ approach to teach the child to communicate in a different way, team working is key.
- Work as part of a team in the Child’s home or local community, motivating and supporting the individual to take part in a wide range of special interests and activities that support their health and wellbeing such as trampolining, visiting the beach /park, walking, swimming, baking / cooking, playing games, singing and dancing, crafts to name a few.
- Provide support in a homely, kind and friendly environment which is unique to each child/young person where they feel happy and safe.
- Work as a team providing bespoke support unique to each child’s development needs.
You will be expected to:
- Ensure that you promote, and value ‘Active Support’, ‘Positive Behaviour Support’ and the ‘Reduction of Restrictive Practices’ approaches as a central method of enabling children and young people to engage more in their daily lives; building strong relationships with those surrounding them, developing independent living skills and becoming active members within their communities through delivering high quality care.
- Be able to deal with difficult encounters and critical situations and apply appropriate / innovative strategies in supporting children/young people to manage behaviours that challenge.
- Demonstrate commitment, openness, and willing to engage with the approach to the model of care in order to meet the needs of the children/young people.
- Create a homely, warm, kind, friendly, environment ensuring that all your actions are transparent and open for discussion in professional supervision in accordance with the Codes of Professional Practice for Social Care.
- Develop trusted professional relationships with children and young people to keep them safe, balancing empowerment and limit setting in a nurturing, supportive and consistent way.
- Develop own skills to successfully communicate with the child/young person following a strategy that they would understand.
Ydych chi eisiau gweithio i wneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol ym mywydau pobl ifanc?
Rydym ni’n frwd dros weithio gyda’n gilydd i wneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol ym mywydau plant a phobl ifanc a’u galluogi i ‘fyw’r bywyd gorau posib’ drwy ddarparu amgylchedd cefnogol a chartrefol iddynt sy’n canolbwyntio ar eu hanghenion unigol. Gwneir hynny drwy osod y plant / pobl ifanc yn ganolog i’r holl gynlluniau cefnogi a strategaethau a ddatblygir i’w galluogi i fagu sgiliau ymhob agwedd ar eu bywydau a rhoi iddynt annibyniaeth ac ymdeimlad o gael eu cynnwys yn eu cymunedau, gyda phopeth yn seiliedig ar yr hyn sy’n bwysig iddynt.
Mae Sylva Gardens yn Gartref Plant Cofrestredig ar gyfer tri o blant nes byddant yn ddeunaw oed.
Yr hyn y byddwch chi’n ei wneud:
- Cynorthwyo plant a phobl ifanc er mwyn sicrhau bod eu llais yn cael ei glywed a’u cefnogi i ddatblygu sgiliau tuag at eu dyfodol mwy hirdymor.
- Cynllunio a chynnal gweithgareddau llawn dychymyg gyda’r unigolyn, a fydd hefyd yn ei helpu i ddatblygu sgiliau.
- Deall bod rhai plant yn mynegi eu teimladau a’u meddyliau trwy ddefnyddio ymddygiad sy’n peri pryder, a bydd gennych ymagwedd sy’n credu yn eich gallu i ddysgu’r plentyn sut i gyfathrebu mewn ffordd wahanol, felly mae gwaith tîm yn allweddol.
- Gweithio yn rhan o dîm yng nghartref y plentyn neu’r gymuned leol, gan ysgogi a chefnogi’r unigolyn i gymryd rhan mewn ystod eang o ddiddordebau arbennig a gweithgareddau sy’n cefnogi ei iechyd a’i les, megis trampolinio, ymweld â’r traeth / parc, cerdded, nofio, pobi / coginio, chwarae gemau, canu a dawnsio, crefftau, ymysg pethau eraill.
- Darparu cymorth mewn amgylchedd cartrefol, caredig a chyfeillgar, sy’n unigryw i bob plentyn / person ifanc, lle mae’n teimlo’n hapus ac yn ddiogel.
- Gweithio fel tîm wrth ddarparu cymorth wedi’i deilwra yn ôl anghenion datblygu penodol pob plentyn.
Bydd disgwyl i chi:
- Sicrhau eich bod yn hyrwyddo a gwerthfawrogi’r ‘Gefnogaeth Weithredol’, ‘Cefnogi Ymddygiad Cadarnhaol’ a ‘Lleihau Arferion sy’n Cyfyngu’ fel dull canolog o alluogi plant a phobl ifanc i chwarae mwy o ran yn eu bywydau bob dydd, meithrin perthnasoedd cadarn gyda’r bobl o’u cwmpas nhw, datblygu sgiliau byw’n annibynnol a dod yn aelodau gweithredol o’u cymunedau drwy ddarparu gofal o ansawdd uchel.
- Medru delio â sefyllfaoedd anodd a thyngedfennol a defnyddio strategaethau priodol / dyfeisgar wrth gefnogi plant a phobl ifanc i reoli ymddygiad heriol.
- Dangos ymroddiad, natur agored a pharodrwydd i weithio â’r dull gofal sydd wedi’i sefydlu i fodloni anghenion y plant / pobl ifanc.
- Creu amgylchedd cartrefol, cynnes, caredig a chyfeillgar gan sicrhau bod eich holl weithredoedd yn dryloyw ac yn agored i’w trafod yn rhan o oruchwyliaeth broffesiynol yn unol â’r Codau Ymarfer Proffesiynol Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Gofal Cymdeithasol.
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