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Children & Young People's Senior Support Worker
3 months ago
JOB TITLE:
CYP Senior Support Worker
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: 12 months Fixed Term until April 2024
RESPONSIBLE TO:
Children and Young People's Service Manager
SALARY:
£11.90 per hour
HOURS:28 hours per week - weekend work/ late evening per week
WHERE:
Birmingham, Coventry/ North Warwickshire, and Worcester
CRITERIA
EVIDENCE
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Working collaboratively as part of a team.
- Planning and delivering creative activity programmes to meet individual levels of ability and need, in line with themed topics and sensory based activities.
- Ability to lead, motivate and supervise support workers.
- Ability to motivate and encourage children and young people with complex needs to participate in activities.
- Understanding alternative methods of communication that could be used with nonverbal children and young people.
- Experience working with children and young people with complex and severe SEND needs and life limiting conditions.
- Completing and conducting assessments and risk assessments.
- Training relating to the role i.e., team teach, safeguarding, disability and SEND awareness.
- Show an understanding of alternative methods of communication that will enhance the support with nonverbal children and young people.
- Teamwork and working alone using own initiative.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide range of people.
- Demonstrate an ability to motivate and encourage children and young people with complex needs to participate in activities or offering alternatives to meet individual needs.
- Demonstrate leadership skills.
- Willing to undertake further training.
- Proactive and focused.
- To already hold or be willing to undertake an enhanced DBS check/ sign up to the DBS update service.
- Ability to use person centred approaches to plan & deliver social, leisure and recreational opportunities for children and young people with learning disabilities and complex needs.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, parents, carers, children & young people.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Practical arts, crafts, music, drama, sports, or games skills
- Have held a position of responsibility.
Desirable
- Full driving license and access to a car and willingness to commute across the designated geographical area (desirable)
- Relevant qualifications such as Pediatric First Aid, Mental Health First Aid. Level 2/3 Childcare or Level 2/3 Health and Social Care.
Who We Look for?
Are you a
warm,
personable, and highly
motivated individual who can empower and support a team and children and young people with complex need and disabilities?
Do you have
passion for what you do, are a strong
communicator, team player and have good
problem-solving skills?
The senior support worker will work alongside an experienced and established team of support workers across the West Midlands region.
integrity,
ethical standards, and a commitment to
excellence.
If you have experience leading children's sessions, planning activities and working with children and young people with complex disabilities, as well as their families and multi -professionals, we welcome you to apply.
skills from other sectors and provide comprehensive training to all our staff.
What does a CYP Senior Support Worker do?
Midland Mencap is looking to appoint a senior support worker to create exciting and unique activity planning which will enhance the delivery of our short break's sessions.
Our senior support worker will have a passion and dedication to providing high quality fun and safe experiences for our children and young people.
They will be able to follow a person-centred approach when producing activities and support for children and young people with complex needs.
They will be responsible for not only facilitating sessions across our West Midlands Service but will also be responsible for running and leading our weekly Youth Club sessions and supporting our After School Club.
This also runs alongside working with external agencies such as social workers and schools in order to complete quality assessments for new referrals.
Safeguarding our children and young people will be at the forefront of the role and as a facilitator of a session, the Senior Support Worker will need to have the confidence in reporting, recording and initially managing any arising concerns in a timely manner in line with Midland Mencap's Safeguarding policies and procedures.
The senior support worker will have a willingness to undertake specific training enquired for the role, as well as taking responsibility when
