Independent Living Mentor for Young Adults with Disabilities

Disability Solutions; Stoke-on-Trent; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Disability Solutions West Midlands is seeking an Equity Support Worker to deliver its Life Without Limits project, supporting young people with disabilities aged 16 to 25 across Stoke-on-Trent as they prepare for independent living.

You will provide person-centred enablement support, one-to-one mentoring, co-produced action planning, workshops and group activities, and support moves from family homes or local authority care into independent living.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering person-centred enablement support.
• Experience mentoring young people.
• Experience with co-produced planning and person-centred goal setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver person-centred enablement support.
• Provide one-to-one mentoring to young people aged 16–25.
• Lead/co-produce action planning with participants and families.
• Run workshops and group activities to develop independent living skills.
• Support moves from family homes or local authority care into independent living.

Skills

Mentoring

One-to-one support

Action planning

Workshop facilitation

Independent living support

Job description

Disability Solutions West Midlands is seeking an Equity Support Worker to deliver its Life Without Limits project, supporting young people with disabilities aged 16 to 25 across Stoke-on-Trent as they prepare for independent living.

You will provide person-centred enablement support, one-to-one mentoring, co-produced action planning, workshops and group activities, and support moves from family homes or local authority care into independent living.