Children & Young People's Support Worker - Bridgend, United Kingdom - Safer Merthyr Tydfil

Safer Merthyr Tydfil

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Bridgend, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Job Title:
Children & Young Person's Support Worker

Number of hours: 21 hours per week (flexibility is essential as occasional evening and weekend work will be required)

Remuneration:
£12,824 per annum

Contract term:
Current funding to 31st March 2025, pending review thereafter

Location:
Bridgend

Accountable to:
CYP Services Operational Lead

Benefits:

A generous package including 25 days holiday per year (increasing by one for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30) plus public holidays, Flexible Working Hours Scheme, employee pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, childcare voucher scheme.

Background:

SMT provides a variety of support services for children aged 3 to 17 years who have witnessed and/or directly experienced domestic abuse and violence.

Working in partnership with Llamau, the role will provide a link between community domestic abuse specialist services and refuge.

Purpose of the post:

Working consistently as part of the Llamau Merthyr Tydfil refuge staff team to engage with and build trusting and respectful relationships with children and parents accessing refuge in order to provide a safe key working service.
Work with CYP and parents to ensure support is meeting their needs and addressing impact of abuse on the CYP.
Work with CYP to ensure they feel safe and explore safe relationships. Ensuring maximum engagement with children providing age appropriate activities, child house meetings and group work.
Providing a range of engagement activities for CYP to promote positive experiences of refuge including opportunities to explore local amenities, attend local events and play / be creative with other families accessing refuge.
Ensuring the safety and highest quality maintenance and cleanliness of the project alongside wider team, recording and reporting all work & incidents in accordance with Llamau's procedures.
This role requires lone working as such following procedures, taking initiative and selfmotivation is essential.

Key responsibilities and duties:

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Service Delivery / Support for Children and Young People _

To meet all CYP as they access refuge to reassure them, ensure they feel safe and explain the provision in a child friendly and engaging way.
Complete Assessments of support needs with the individual child/ren in accordance with the Key work & Support procedure, and in partnership with the parent and other support agencies. Ensuring the whole team are aware of these and their contribution needed.
Complete Risk Assessments and CYP safety plans including regular reviews / updates, in accordance with the policy of Llamau, ensuring this is available to the whole team. Share risk information as required and appropriate including prompt updates following incidents, to protect everyone involved.
Ensure CYP are fully involved in agreeing their support goals, the outcomes they would like to achieve during their time in refuge and actively encouraging participation.
To coordinate all CYP educational provision as they access refuge to ensure all CYP experience a smooth transition of education services including additional needs and to prevent lengthy delays in admissions.
To liaise with Health visiting staff for all child checks and appointments and ensure all medical appointments are transferred locally.
To identify wider support needs for CYP and refer appropriately.
To take the lead in advocating for the CYP in all safeguarding procedures as they arise. This includes report writing and attending safeguarding meetings and support through court where required.
To take the lead in CYP house meetings, ensuring their views and wishes are heard and responded to.
To coordinate a timetable of activities that allow CYP to have every day, CYP experiences - this may include art sessions / day trips / cooking sessions / local event attendance that allow them to enjoy being CYP away from their experience of domestic abuse.
To complete support sessions with the parent, offering support around any parenting, routines, education, medical and family court processes.
Co-ordinate the support provided to the CYP by working closely with the wider support team and external agencies.
Liaison and professional communication with both external agencies and within the organisation as required.
Ensure all Support notes are written, signed as agreed by the CYP and parent, record at the end of each session and ensure each file contains all relevant information on each individual as required by Llamau policies and practise.
Engage CYP in support available, and complete specific key-working duties for CYP with a range of complex support needs. This can include a large element of lone working, and the need for safe working practices.
Provide support flexibly to ensure maximum chance of each individual engaging in the support available. E.g. offers of support around educational commitments.
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