Child and Youth Care Worker - Paisley, United Kingdom - Kibble

Kibble

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Paisley, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Who are we?
Kibble is Scotlands specialist provider of services for at risk children and young people.

By providing a range of integrated services, we help build positive futures for children and young people aged 5 plus, with complex social, emotional and educational needs.

Job Purpose:

The post involves direct working with young people who, because of difficulties in the community (e.g. offending), are unable to remain at home and who, at the instruction of a Childrens Hearing or a Court, must be accommodated by Kibble.

Main Duties:

The direct work with children and young people follows a general pattern that must be tailored to the particular needs and requirements for each individual.

This pattern involves 3 main areas;

1. Admission of the child or young person
- _ Reading relevant reports and records_
- _ Identifying any particular medical, social, religious or dietary requirements_
- _ Ensuring that next of kin are aware of the location and telephone number of the establishment as well as contact names(s) and visiting times_

Ensuring that child or young person:

_ Understands the reason for admission_

- _ Is aware of the social and educational programme he/she will be undertaking_
- _ Is shown all the facilities of the school_
- _ Understands visiting and home contact arrangements_
- _ Understands the rules and regulations of the school_
- _ Is aware of procedures to contact staff over personal concern and complaints_
- _ Understands the roles of those involved in his/her care plan._

2. The Care Programme

The Child and Youth Care Worker will:

Have direct responsibility for the care and development of a number of children and young people. Each child or young person will have a placement programme involving social and educational targets, which will be regularly reviewed.
Require to liaise with all relevant members of the multidisciplinary team within the Centre to ensure a mutual understanding of these targets and to monitor and facilitate their achievement.
Require to liaise with the area team social worker to ensure that there is both a mutual understanding of the schools social and educational targets and a linkage between these targets and the tasks being undertaken by the social worker.
Meet with the parent(s) or other relative(s) of the child or young person to ensure that family contact is continuing, to seek their cooperation in achieving social and educational targets, to ensure that home leave is viable and to assist the linkage between the schools work and the area team social workers tasks.
Therefore, a drivers licence is essential for this post.

3. Recording and Reporting

The Child and Youth Care Worker is responsible for ensuring that the placement plan for the child or young person is recorded in the format required by the Centre.
The Child and Youth Care Worker is responsible for ensuring that the reports required by the Reporter to the Childrens Panel or the Clerk of the Court or the Procurator Fiscal and the area team social worker are provided within the required timescales.**
Worker Profile:The Child and Youth Care Worker will be able to:
Relate to children and young people in a way that promotes their trust and involvement in meeting the requirements of the Childrens Hearing or Court and the social and educational targets of the school.
Respond positively and calmly to physical and verbal aggression,
Understand the dynamics of relationships between the young people in the unit and in the community, ensuring that action is taken to stop bullying, prevent isolation, avoid unhelpful friendships or pressure for sexual activities or substance, drugs and alcohol misuse.
Establish relationships with young people within which incidents of physical, emotional or mental abuse can be revealed.
Understand the roles and responsibilities of all individuals, groups and organisations that are involved in the care of the young people both within and outwith the Centre.
Work unsupervised and on own initiative.
Communicate clearly and precisely orally and in writing both within the Centre and with external agencies.
Cowork with representatives from other agencies e.g. social work, educational psychologist, psychiatrist. The coworking will involve objective and clear representation of the needs and progress of the child or young person as well as the policies, procedures and practices of the Centre.
Display a knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation. In addition, the Child and Youth Care Worker will understand the stages of human growth and development, the causes and outcomes of offending behaviour and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships.
Manage and motivate self in forming and sustaining relationships with children and young people, in working with internal and external colleagues and in undertaking administrative and allied duties.

**What qualification and experience are we looking for