Job Overview
To provide advice, assistance and support to young people aged 16 – 17 years old. To attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.
Equal Opportunities
All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way. All staff are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or any other perceived difference
Duties
To maintain a high quality of support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and cultural needs of young people.
To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which young people can feel secure and free from harm.
Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard
. Helping young people gain self control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
Ensuring that each young person's support plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs.
Provide training in Independent Living Skills to enable independent living (budgeting, finding employment, cooking, cleaning, basic general maintenance around the home etc.).
To act as a key worker or co-worker for a young person to ensure that their support plans are up to date and that their needs are being met. To provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate.
Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding.
Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties.
Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress.
Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential.
Providing support for young people in their education and extracurricular activities.
Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager.
Empowering young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future.
Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion.
Encouraging the young person to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities and expand their personal social network.
Maintaining confidentiality whilst also meeting the Sharing Information protocols in regard to safeguarding.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £12.44 per hour
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:
* working in the same role: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
* English (preferred)
Work Location: In person