Young Persons Support Worker

"We are committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people at Focus Futures UK.

All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing, and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across Focus Futures UK. On joining you will be required to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people."

Focus Futures UK has been established to support young people with care experience on their journey to independence. We do this through a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach to achieve the best possible outcomes with them.

We are currently seeking to expand our Bristol/Keynsham areas and are looking for workers to join our team either full-time, part-time or on Bank.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring all children are effectively safeguarded in accordance with all relevant policies and procedures.
• Implementing effective approaches to improve outcomes for young people aligned to their needs as identified in their pathway plans.
• Acting as liaison between all key support staff who are working with young people offering advice, guidance and signposting as required.
• Leading the planning of the shift with other team members as and when required.
• Being able to refer young people to appropriate services with your professional opinion considering the most effective team/services.
• Supporting the group of young people, providing 1:1 and weekly groupwork sessions.
• Applying trauma informed knowledge to your work with young people and ensure this, where appropriate embodies the practice that is provided to our young people. We offer successful candidates a good training and induction programme, to enable the above.
• You will also need to be available for Rota duty to provide support to young people during the week and weekends. This will be applied on a shift pattern basis, typically shifts run 7am-11pm, 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, sleep-ins from 11pm-8am. Sleep-ins are paid at an additional £50 per night. All shifts are subject to change, in line with young people's needs.

Essential criteria:

• The desire to be a team player who wants to achieve best possible outcomes for all our children
• Experience of working with children/young people in social care
• Knowledge and experience of child development and parenting capacity
• An understanding of trauma informed practice and how this impacts young people with care experience
• A willingness to work on a Rota basis evenings and weekends with some sleep-in duties
• Understanding of how anxiety and depression presents in young people
• Experience of how to apply a strengths-based approach to your work
• A child care qualification or a commitment to complete one
• Experience and/or knowledge in the field of adolescence
• Have a valid driving licence
• The right to work in the UK

Applicants must be at least 21 years old to apply.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Bank

Expected hours: Up to 40 per week, shift work to include evenings, sleep-ins and weekends

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Language:

• English (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person