Young adults support worker
5 Days Old
The successful candidate will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, working across Monday - Sunday on a rota basis covering early (8AM - 3:30PM) and late (3PM - 10:30PM) shifts. Temporary cover is required for approximately 2 - 3 months, with the possibility of extension.
In this position, you will be required to:
- Hold a caseload of 4 young people and undertake regular key working sessions resulting in co-produced support and safety plans that are SMART and evidence progress
- Produce comprehensive and high quality risk assessments and risk management plans
- In conjunction with colleagues, comprehensively assess referrals to the project to ensure suitable young people can be accepted
- Provide a safe, welcoming and high-quality standard of accommodation, ensuring when young people move in they feel comfortable and welcomed, and are given information concerning the building and other local services
- Assess the needs of young people in order to identify appropriate move on accommodation
- Minimise risk to young people by identifying, reporting, and following up any safeguarding concerns and incidents
- Work with social workers to enable young people to move back home if appropriate, or to support young people to identify opportunities for move on to appropriate PRS, supported, shared or self-contained accommodation, and make appropriate referrals to those identified
- Support young people to maximise benefit entitlements and secure ...
- Location:
- Camden Town
- Salary:
- £13.5 - £14.5 /hour
- Job Type:
- PartTime
- Category:
- Care & Social Services