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Support Worker

Employer
Look Ahead Care and Support
Location
Hounslow, London
Salary
£11000/annum
Closing date
16 Nov 2019

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Sector
Charity & Voluntary Work
Hours
Part Time
Flexibility
Set hours
Contract Type
Permanent
Recruiting a Part Time Support Worker to join our Young People Service in Hounslow!

£11,000 per annum, 20 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

This role requires working on a rota basis encompassing a mix of shifts between 7:45am and 10pm including weekend working.

Hounslow Young People is Supported Accommodation Service for young people and young parents aged 16-25. The Service encompasses a mix of units across six sites supporting 57 vulnerable young people and 19 teen parents.

The service provides a high level of support to young people with a variety of complex support needs and backgrounds including care leavers, looked after children, unaccompanied asylum seeking children's and children in need.

The aim of the service is to empower Young People to move towards independent living, supporting their successful transition from childhood; laying the foundations for healthy, ambitious, and safe adult lives with minimal ongoing support. Support is delivered in partnership with a number of stakeholders and partners in the community such as mental health services; substance misuses agencies, housing teams, police and social services.

Job Overview:

We are recruiting for a part time Support Worker to join our dynamic service and team. In the role of Support Worker; individuals will create and work in line with person centred risk assessments and support plans with young persons to provide comprehensive support package. Partnership working is the heart of supporting our young people and Support Workers are required to build and maintain those relationships to coordinator the young person's support.

The Support Worker will be able to be creatively engage young people in order to minimise risks and increase their independence. They will develop and use knowledge of the welfare system to support young people. They will be able to provide excellent information, advice and guidance to improve the independent living skills of young people. They will be able to carry out all necessary health and safety actions including light cleaning tasks and work with in policies and procedures. Furthermore they will actively seek out ways to work with partners to improve the experience of young people in the projects.

Successful candidates will:

- Have a belief in young people, their potential to grow, succeed and thrive independently given the right support
- Be motivated to achieve excellence and have passion for supporting young people to reach their potential, with a 'can do' attitude, and a willingness to get stuck in
- Commit to providing opportunities for young people to achieve their goals
- Be resilient and able to do deal with challenging and diverse behaviours positively
- Have a strong Customer focus and commitment to putting Young People's interests and voices at the heart of all aspects of their support
- Have an outcomes focus and approach to working with young people
- Have strong self-awareness and commitment to acting as a positive role model
- Have commitment to non-discriminatory practice and to promoting equality and diversity
- Have commitment to acting as a corporate parent in all aspects of practice where applicable
- Have a commitment to effective joint working with partners to meet Young People's needs
- Have a strong sense of personal accountability

Key Responsibilities:

- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Empowering customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
- Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Day to day instruction/ supervision of Assistant Support Workers/domestic staff/Personal Support Assistants where appropriate
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/Manager

For more information or to apply please visit our website

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