Youth & Young Adult Support Worker
Youth & Young Adult Support Worker
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Job Description
Location: North London South London & West London
Overall Responsibilities
We are recruiting both trainee and experienced support workers to join our team to work with teenagers within Care Homes Educational Settings and Semi-Independent Living Accommodations Our ideal candidate would be a reliable person who wants to make a difference in young peoples lives by providing quality care. You must have the ability to communicate clearly both within your verbal and written communication.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
- Build strong professional relationships
- Maintain a safe and enjoyable environment.
- To promote equality.
- Safeguard service users from any form of abuse.
- Write accurate reports for reviews and keep written records for monitoring purposes.
- Attend work reliably and punctually.
- To be responsible for delivering high quality care to the residents through compliance with all requirements including:
- regulations
- legislation
- policies
- procedures
- and to carry out any additional duties as required from time to time to meet the needs of specific residents.
We support young people aged between 13 to 21 years of age who are within the care system for numerous reasons. These young people may have an array of disorders behaviours and needs therefore they require support workers who have the confidence understanding and patience to make a positive impact on their lives. These difficulties may include Mental Health and Emotional Difficulties EBD however these young people will be leaving care to become fully independent. This position involves providing guidance interaction and support to teenagers and young adults with the intention of creating a safe environment that promotes persons intellectual spiritual social and emotional needs. You will be part of a team to support the service users throughout the day with tasks such as supporting with developing skills such as meal preparation social activities family contacts education and shopping.
Benefits
Some Great Benefits Include The Following
- Opportunity to obtain Accredited training
- You will have the chance to make a difference to young individuals lives.
- No experience required
- For Flexible Positions
- We can offer you shifts around the days that you are available:
- Weekends or Weekdays
- School Holidays
- Around your Education or Child Care Needs
- Flexible shifts we can offer include:
- 0700-1500
- 1400-2200
- 0800-2200
Rates of Pay
Subject to Experience
We have Full-time positions for those with experience within the sector or we can provide the opportunities that can lead to full-time positions for those who are inexperienced around your own availability whilst you are gaining the experience.
Please note that you would be required to undergo an enhanced DBS as part of your compliance and successfully complete our induction program. We look forward to receiving your application and are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Employment Type
Full Time
