Residential Support Worker for Children - Walsall, United Kingdom - Kinver Care
Description
Kinvercare is dedicated to providing young people with the best possible preparation to move on into adult life, and to become valued members of our society.
We provide high-quality accommodations coupled with key work support to ensure young people develop the life skills and general knowledge to enable them to; manage their finances, maintain their home, understand the benefit system, manage their risks and understand how to keep themselves safe, including what could constitute as a potentially harmful relationship.
We support young people in education and training to prepare them for work or apprenticeships.We plan and deliver our services to safeguard young people and use monitoring systems to support us in making continuous improvements to our service.
Due to rapid expansion, we are actively seeking committed, conscientious and high calibre support workers to join our dynamic team based in Walsall.
We are seeking experienced individuals aged 23yrs+ who share our commitment to providing the highest quality support and can demonstrate the ability to work on their own initiative, as well as being a team player with a strong work ethic.
Main purpose of Job:
To ensure consistent delivery of high-quality services to service users, partner organisations and staff alike in accordance with the policy and procedures of the organisation
To undertake direct work with young people which aims to enable them to gain the confidence and skills to live independently as well as supporting them practically and emotionally in their day-to-day lives.
1. Direct Work**Ensure that the young people are effectively inducted and ensure the young people have a good experience and are shown around the home, given a copy of the young people's guide, shown all fire exits, introduced to the key worker and other young people at the home and to work through their occupancy agreement and rules of the home and sign all relevant documentation
Form caring, respectful, trusting, and professional relationships with all of our allocated young people.
Contribute to the holistic assessment of the individual young person's current needs including writing detailed and regularly reviewed person-centred support plans that include the young person's views, wishes and feelings for their ongoing support.
Compile and work through with the young people comprehensive, individual risk assessments to support young people to identify and manage their potential risks and to withdraw from potentially harmful relationships, and support the team with understanding triggers, push and pull factors, and to identify any other risks such as child sexual exploitation (CSE), child criminal exploitation (CCE), Gang culture, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), etc.
Assist young people in completing actions as identified in their support plan/risk assessment (i.e. help with claiming benefits, dealing with tenancy issues, finding employment training or education, registering with GP, Dentist, optician etc). non exhaustive list
Provide emotional and practical support to young people in their daily lives and any issues which may arise
Support young people to meet with required cultural communities or places of worship
Work through the 'Transition into Independence' programme with young people where required
Deliver services within a solution-focussed brief therapy approach and act as a positive role model for young people
Address wider support needs and encourage opportunities for personal development and achievement within Every Child Matters outcomes framework
Hold regular planned key work sessions with young people
Assist young people in making timely benefits claims and to monitor/intervene in ongoing claims as needed
Support young people in making asylum claims/attending home office appointment, meeting with SPRACAB or solicitors, support to access a national insurance number and the benefits system when the biometric resident permit has been approved by the home office.
2. Service Delivery
Deliver services in accordance with the organisation's policies and procedures
Encourage and support young people's participation and involvement in service delivery and design
Ensure case records and reports are completed clearly and accurately and comply with the relevant quality standards
Ensure GDPR confidentiality of all information relating to young people, including files, conversations etc.
Be effective at multi-agency working and advocacy which will include large elements of communicating directly with Children's Services, Jobcentr
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