Children's Worker - Northallerton, United Kingdom - Broadacres Housing Association Ltd

Broadacres Housing Association Ltd

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Northallerton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Part Time - 18 hours per week

We have a new opportunity available for a Children's Worker to join us to deliver and develop support services for children and young people aged up to 16 years who have experienced domestic abuse in order to ensure their safety and emotional well-being.

The role

This is a key worker position in which you will assist in the delivery of excellent customer focused services and operate in accordance with best practice and within the policies and procedures of Broadacres Housing Association.

You will assess the needs of children and young people and provide appropriate support on an individual basis along with working in conjunction with adult support workers to assess the whole family.

You will liaise with relevant agencies involved with clients to ensure that support is on-going, e.g.

Social Services, Health Visitors, schools, provide information and advice on relevant external agencies and keep accurate records on each child by completing support and risk management plans.

What do you need to have?

Some experience working with the designated serviceuser group
NVQ level II in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
A good understanding of the principles of practice in working with vulnerable people and children in particular.
Awareness of the impact of domestic abuse to the victim and family
Excellent naturalistic observation skills
Good verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills and being able to work with service users, colleagues, families and external individuals.
Good motivational skills, being able to encourage residents to maximise their opportunities.
The ability to deal effectively with confrontation
A full, valid driving licence and access to a vehicle
For occupational requirement reasons we are looking to appoint a female only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9)

What we can offer in return:

A competitive salary and annual leave entitlement
Extra day of annual leave for birthdays totalling 33 (inc. bank holidays) pro rata. Annual leave also increases for every year of service up to 5 years totalling 38 days (inc bank hols)
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
A range of other benefits

INDMED

Broadacres is a successful, innovative, not for profit housing association based in the market town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire.

Currently we own and manage more than 6,000 homes and have stock in Hambleton, Darlington, Richmondshire, Harrogate, Redcar and Cleveland, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby, the East Riding of Yorkshire, York and Leeds.

We provide a range of services to our customers, all aimed at meeting our vision;
_'to be the best rural housing association in the country'_.

Whether it is carrying our repairs to ensure your home is kept to the highest standards or providing you with ways of saving money, we strive to ensure you receive a first-class service and that, ultimately, you are proud to say you live in a Broadacres' home.