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Job description

To provide high quality support to children and young people. To mentor, coach and act as a strong role model for other staff in delivering high quality support to deliver our Mission. Form a positive relationship with the child/young person, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries with them and their families. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team, to learn about the child/young person and share that knowledge with staff and/or volunteers
• Ensure any risks that are identified during support of a child/young person are responded to promptly and escalated in line with Positive Futures’ Risk Management Framework
• Support children and young people to understand and make choices and to speak up for themselves
• Be able to work on a consistent but flexible basis, on your own or as part of a team
• Accurately complete and submit all records on an on-going basis within the service e.g. learning logs, communication charts, contact records, incident reports, risk assessment updates etc
• Attend meetings like team meetings and meet with your manager (Person Centred Supervision) regularly
• Complete all mandatory training as part of your probationary period and any further training which may be required to support the children and young people referred into the service

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Personal or work experience of providing care or support for someone for at least 6 months in the past 2 years
• Hold a full and valid UK Drivers Licence and have access to a car insured for business purposes (or willing to amend insurance) to transport the people we support and fulfil the demands of the role

Further Information

Working primarily with children and young people; you will need to be available to work in afternoons, evenings and some weekends.