As a Young Lives Worker, you strive to enable the young people you work alongside to increase their independence and skills, promoting engagement with education and employment through person-centered support.
Location:
Weymouth / Dorchester
Date Posted:
29/11/2023
Salary:
£25,153 PA
Closing Date:
31/12/2023
The appointed Young Lives worker will:
. Possess a Health & Social Care qualification or equivalent to NVQ level 3, or will have the equivalent work level experience.
. Have experience of working with young people
. Possess a current, valid UK driving licence
. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, support planning and risk assessing for young people, especially related to housing, homelessness and welfare benefits.
. Be flexible and able to work a variety of shifts, including early, mid and evening shifts, as well as sleep-in’s according to a service rota (more information about this can be shared during the screening stage)
As a Young Lives Worker, you strive to enable the young people you work alongside to increase their independence and skills, promoting engagement with education and employment through person-centered support. You will help young people to avoid eviction and repeat homelessness, developing their capacity to move on to, either less intensive housing related support services, or more permanent, independent accommodation.
This role will involve working closely with other key stakeholders, including supported accommodation service providers, landlords, community mental health teams, the police and Youth Offending Teams, local housing authorities and social care teams, education and training agencies. This service also works within the Ofsted framework as well as the Psychologically Informed Environments Framework to ensure all clients can make sustained changes to their lives.
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.
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.
If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:
If this sounds like your ideal role we’re keen to hear from you as soon as possible, so don’t delay, Apply today! Please call Michaela Parkes on 07917047216 who will talk to you about the service and ask you a few key questions to help assess your suitability for the role. If you are successfully screened you will then be invited for an assessment and interview.
Alternatively you can click 'Apply' and submit your CV and if successfully screened the hiring manager, Michaela will contact you to discuss the role further.
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