Key Worker - Croydon, United Kingdom - Social Development Agency Care Ltd (SDA CARE LTD)

Description

SDA Care is seeking to recruit a skilled youth worker to support our young people within our residential settings and in the community.

This part time role will provide

a diverse range of opportunities to work with other professionals and teams to support our young people and develop your professional practice.

This role at present is for evening work and will involve a flexible approach to the coordination of direct 1:1 support for our young people as well as providing responsive
intervention at times of increased need.

Our vision for this role is to ensure that you provide person centered support, whilst supporting the organisation to continue influencing system change to achieve better outcomes for more children and young people.

We are looking for individuals who fully embrace and demonstrate the Keyworker values:

Empathy/Understanding:
believes in an approach that requires an understanding of needs from the perspective of the child, young person and families

Respect:
respects the opinions and beliefs of the child, young person and family and works to ensure they are represented, with a commitment to the principles of child-centred, personalised support

Positive and Solution-Focused:
has a positive, solution focused approach to ensuring the best outcomes for the child, young person and families

Commitment:
commitment to ensuring the rights of children and young people with special needs / mental health concerns are with their views and preferences, and those of their families, are listened and responded to

Tenacious:
in the pursuit of appropriate support and outcomes

Always Learning:
commitment to personal learning and helping the system learn and improve

Compassionate:
to listen and respond to the needs of the child, young person and family with understanding and compassion

Collaborative:
committed to joined-up, collaborative working

Being a key worker at SDA Care Being also means working towards meeting a whole range of social, spiritual, emotional and intellectual
needs in a way that promotes dignity, choice and independence, whilst promoting a caring, healthy, stimulating, safe and secure environment
for the child. You will act as one of the key points of contact with health and social care providers as appropriate and contribute to assessing
their needs and preferences at agreed milestones.


Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Permanent

Part-time hours: 25 per week


Salary:
£10.50-£11.50 per hour


Day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends only

Physical setting:

• Residential home

Experience:

- semi-independent: 2 years (preferred)


Licence/Certification:

• DBS certificate (preferred)

Work Location:
One location


Reference ID:
SDA-KeyWorker

Expected start date: 01/05/2023