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Job description

We are on the search for Residential Project Workers to join our Leaving Care team, based in South Belfast. The Leaving Care Service supports semi independent living for care experienced young people aged 17 to 21 years. The service is jointly commissioned by the Health and Social Care Trust and Supporting People. To provide advice, support and services to children, young people and their families in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Staff will promote the therapeutic use of continual positive regard, so that young people feel valued, accepted and empowered to make decisions and learn through positive risk taking.
• The Residential Project Worker’s (RPW) role is to support the assessment of young people’s strengths and needs and the implementation of individual support plans, designed to maximize the potential for achieving independent living.
• The RPW’s will work collaboratively in a person-centred way to ensure support strengths focused and relationship based.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people.
• Experience of working within safeguarding policy and procedures.
• Experience of record keeping.

Further Information

Barnardo's sets very high standards for the work we do with the children, young people and families we support. We demonstrate every day through our work that we believe in children and we want people to work with us who share our belief, and are willing to strive for excellence in all aspects of their work.