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Avensis Support Ltd; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plans

Pension contributions

Fuel paid as per policy

Training and CPD opportunities

Job summary

Avensis Support is seeking a dedicated Youth Support Worker to promote health, safety and welfare of young people in our care. You will encourage healthy lifestyles, build trusting relationships, support education and employment goals, and respond to safeguarding and data protection requirements.

You will work with colleagues to maintain records, participate in reviews and care planning, and provide practical help with daily living skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in youth work or social care preferred.
• Commitment to safeguarding and data protection.
• Ability to work with diverse young people.

Responsibilities

• Support young people in well-being, healthy lifestyles, positive outcomes and life skills.
• Develop key working relationships with young people and support them through transitions.
• Assist with safeguarding, risk assessment and action planning.
• Provide for young people’s physical needs and practical daily living skills.

Job description

Salary: Health cash plans available, pension contributions and fuel paid as per policy, Training and CPD opportunities available

• Develop understanding of and strive for excellent practice in line with standards, our policies

  and regulations

• Support young people in all areas of their well-being, healthy lifestyles, positive outcomes,

  developing life skills and keeping safe, education/training/employment and accessing appropriate

  housing

• Understand the principles of child development through promoting a healthy lifestyle,

  providing a variety of appropriate stimulating activities and being a consistent and caring adult role

  model

• Be sensitive to the needs of the individual young people regarding race, culture, language,

  religion, gender, sexuality and culture-specific events

• Develop effective key working relationships with young people and maintain relationships

  throughout key transition points and post 18 if required

• Share in the practical activities necessary to maintain a firm but warm, welcoming and safe

• Participate in assessing risks and producing action plans in relation to challenging behaviour,

  safeguarding and general health and safety using a risk managed (not risk adverse) approach

• Provide for young people’s physical needs as necessary, for example by assisting and leading

  them towards independence cooking, washing, ironing, shopping, budgeting, making appointments

  and equip them with the skills to enable them to carry out such tasks themselves

Job Purpose

• Ensure young people are kept informed of their circumstances and rights and promote

  young people taking an active role in planning their lives and taking as much control and

  responsibility as is appropriate

• Contribute to and participate in case progress meetings, statutory reviews and all other

  meetings as required and assist in the formation and implementation of care plans and action plans

  that meet individual need

• Produce accurate, informative and timely written and IT based records

• Regularly reflect on practice (both your own and general operating practices) and take full

  advantage of professional supervision, line management and appraisals in line with the Restorative

  Matrix for Recruitment, Supervision and Appraisal

• Understand confidentiality and data protection within the role

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers, partners

  and stakeholders

• Be committed to safeguarding; promote the welfare of young people and adults and raise

  concerns as appropriate

• Be prepared to take training in accordance to the roles.

• Be alert to signs of distress, CSE, missing from home or abuse and take appropriate action

• Provide additional support and comfort to young people under stress and understand the

  impact of data protection and confidentiality issues

• Give young people the opportunity to participate in decisions affecting them, as appropriate

  to their age and ability, and take their wishes and feelings into account

• Be accountable for monies allocated for specific purposes and maintain accurate financial records

  including the effective receipt, recording and accounting of petty cash systems

• Provide the effective co-ordination and completion of day to day recording systems within

  the service/organisation

• Requirement to use computer systems such as MS Office and Internet to complete certain

  tasks

Service Specific Requirements

• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries and relationships with young people and

  adults in accordance with Avensis Supports professional codes of conduct

• To act as Corporate Parents and be role models. To teach independent Skills be willing to

  perform these skills. Maintaining the provisions up to standards.

Data Protection

• Comply with Avensis Supports policies and supporting documentation in relation to

  Information Governance; this includes Data Protection, Information Security and Confidentiality

Job Purpose

• Work with colleagues and other to maintain health, safety, and welfare within the working

  To maintain the standards of provision and comply with handing and taking over procedures

  and expectations. To take initiative and be flexible in approach.

Equality & Diversity

• Within own area of responsibility, work in accordance with the aims of the Equality Policy

  Statement

Flexibility

• Avensis Support provides front line services, which recognises the need to respond flexibly

  to changing demands and circumstances.

• Avensis Support requires a commitment to equity of access and outcomes; this will include

  due regard to equality, diversity, dignity, respect and human rights and working with others to keep

  vulnerable people safe from abuse and mistreatment

Be keen to champion young people and their rights to enable them to become active and