Support Worker - Blackpool.
The Role:
Job Title: Support Worker - Blackpool
Rate of pay: up to £10.87 per hour
Hours of Work: 20 hours up to 37.5 hours per week (some evening and weekend work required)
Location: Pembrokeshire
Additional Benefits:
Pension Scheme
Staff bonus and reward scheme
Performance and Loyalty Bonuses
Recommend a Friend Scheme from £200
Well being Support Service for staff
Opportunities to develop professionally within a person centre company
About Creative Living Care:
We offer long and short-term placements for young people, in living environments that provide them with the best possible chance for future success; we provide support services to meet specific needs and preferences.
We have been open since November 2019 and have been going from strength to strength. We are passionate about providing quality accommodation to all our young people and pride ourselves on our high standards. Housing is one of the most significant challenges that young people in care deal with; very few care leavers have any choice in their accommodation and young people often speak about being placed in unsuitable housing. We listen to and value the wishes and feedback from our young people.
Everyone needs somewhere to call home and we feel strongly about providing stable and nurturing homely environments.
Purpose of the role:
Are you the sort of person we are looking for?
Patient, positive, reliable and energetic?
Able to work in and around the Haverfordwest area?
Looking for Full Time, Part Time or Bank hours?
Able to work from 20 up to 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Sunday, 7.00am - 10.00pm, to include mornings, evenings, weekends, sleep in and waking watch shifts?
Able to drive, have access to a vehicle and able to obtain business insurance?
About the Role:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and progressive new service and help us maintain our high standards of practice. We are looking for people who are team players, excellent communicators, and positive role models. You will help in the development and implementation of policies and practices of the service.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a supportive role with a great understanding of safeguarding. We acknowledge our duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of all our young people and are committed to ensuring our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with our best practice.
There are a wide variety of issues that young people in and leaving care are affected by and as a Creative Practitioner, you will support our Young People, who live semi-independently within their own homes, to develop and strengthen their daily living skills in preparation for leaving local authority care. You will be working on a 1:1 basis as part of a wider team and offer practical assistance and/or emotional support in areas such as:
Domestic tasks ie cooking, cleaning, shopping
Education and/or training
Seeking employment
Tenancy support
Safeguarding
Attending appointment
Finances
Building confidence
Emotional wellbeing
Family contact
Encouraging positive behaviours
In return we can offer:
Excellent rates of pay - up to £10.87 per hour
Paid for Enhanced DBS Check
28 days holiday
Pension Scheme
Staff bonus and reward scheme
A varied role where no two days are the same
Opportunities to develop within a person centre company
Recommend a Friend Scheme from £200
Well being Support Service
Performance and Loyalty Bonuses
Requirements:
Do you have the qualities we are looking for?
Able to actively listen and empathise
Able to follow instruction and procedures
Ability to engage with Young People in a positive and proactive way
Comfortable working alone, as part of a wider team
Do you have the knowledge & experience we are looking for?
Ideally have a Level 3 in Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services; or equivalent; or a preparedness to work towards the same.
Previous Experience of working in a similar role.
Previous experience of working with Young People, in particular, those that may have additional support needs.
Experience building productive relationships with internal and external agencies so Young People get the best possible services from a range of opportunities
Knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks and national policy affecting services for Children, Young People and Families, particularly looked after children and leaving care
High level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles
Strong ICT literacy, including the ability to use recording systems and Microsoft packages
Ability to organise and prioritise work, managing conflicting work pressure and deadlines
Commitment to an organisational culture and the development of services that value equality, diversity and improving outcomes
Reference ID: CLC-SW-Haverfordwest