Specialist Outreach Worker - West Midlands, United Kingdom - Akela Future Living

Description

Specialist Outreach Worker

Job Description and Person Specification

Job Title:
Specialist Outreach Worker


Version and Date of Publication:
V /01/23


Responsible To:
Team Manager


Responsible For:
No line-manager responsibility


Working Hours:
Full-time - 43-hours per week


Salary:
£26,000 per annum


Job Summary:

This role entails visiting looked-after young people (16+) that are living within Akela Future Living homes and advancing their knowledge and understanding of independence and healthy living.

Specialist Outreach Workers will be required to provide the delivery of bespoke support packages, based on the individual's needs.

Every day within the role is different to the last.

Example tasks may include teaching a young person how to cook, supporting them with their appointments or helping them to budget their weekly money.

Ultimately, the aim of this role is to support and advocate for the young people within the service, to ensure that the young person is safe, listened to and constantly progressing towards quality-of-life improvement and post-18 living.

To be considered for this role, prospective employees must:

• Have an advanced understanding of looked-after young people
• Have at least 1years' experience of directwork with atrisk young people
• Be willing to provide a full, enhancedDBS
• Be able to provide two acceptable references, one must be from the most recent employer
• Have completed a Level3, accredited qualification working with young people, or be willing to work towards this

Key Tasks:


Main aspects of the role include:

• Visiting looked-after young people in their supported-living homes, currently ranging from Worcestershire to Birmingham but soon to include the wider West Midlands areas.
• Supporting young people to settle into and progress from Akela Future Living properties
• Assessing, planning and delivering support packages, focussing on improving a young person's skills in health and independence
• Advocating for the young person's needs
• Completing casenotes and updating records
• Working in partnership with the Local Authority and external partners
• Attending multidisciplinary meetings
• Managing your own calendar
• Loneworking
• Sleepins and latechecks to properties may be required

Model Behaviours:


Specialist Outreach Workers must always be:

• Child-centred
• Selfmotivated
• Positive in approach
• A strong advocator
• Nonjudgemental
• Innovative and flexible
• Resilient and determined

Knowledge:

A successful Specialist Outreach Worker must consistently demonstrate they have an advanced level of understanding of:

• Child development
• International, National and Local, acts, legislature and policies relating to children and young people
• Health and safety legislature
• Direct and contextual safeguarding

General:

This list is non-exhaustive.

Specialist Outreach Workers are expected to complete any and all tasks that are set by senior management, if the task set is reasonable.

Other required skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• An advanced level of IT skills
• Full driving license, use of own car and business insurance (in the event the company car is unable to be used, for whatever reason)

Reasons to choose Akela future:

Akela Future Living wants the best people to be providing positive outcomes for those that we support.

As a result, we provide a fantastic package of benefits to our employees, including but not limited to:

• An opportunity to join a bestinindustry company that is at the forefront of supportedliving for lookedafter young people in the West Midlands
• An industry leading salary
• A company car and fuel card
• Where applicable
• A company phone and laptop
• A fantastic package of training, ranging from a virtual training academy to University Level diplomas
• Awaydays
• Outstanding opportunities for progression within the company
• Indepth involvement in service development and placement improvement and expansion
• Free/discounted gym allowance for a gym of your choice
• Yearly bonuses
• Company pension

Salary:
£26,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company car
• Company events
• Flexitime
• Gym membership
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Flexitime

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• West Midlands: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location:
One location

Application deadline: 23/02/2023

Reference ID:
AFL - Specialist Outreach Worker