Support Worker

1 week ago

Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Full time

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Support Worker with a Foster Care agency to work full time based in Durham.

The salary for this permanent Support Worker job is up to £21,840 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Have a flexible and imaginative approach to the work of the team, including practical work such as
- transport, shopping etc

  • Foster selfhelp strategies to encourage independence and selfreliance
  • Mentor and provide support for individual children and young people
  • Operate as a key worker for individual carers and children
  • Co planning for children with active involvement with Social Work Team
  • Proactive involvement in children's "My Plan" creation and ongoing development of
  • Supervising individual/ small groups of children and young people with challenging behaviour and/
- or social/ emotional needs

  • To provide social and educational support in school and the wider community, and where
- necessary in the foster home

  • Develop and display specialist skills to support the achievement of young people with emotional,
- behavioural and social difficulties: assist with the development of appropriate strategies for
- managing behaviour, monitoring behaviour, providing agreed rewards and sanctions, responding to
- incidents of challenging behaviour

  • Facilitate contact with children or young people and their families and friends
  • Assist in the assessment and identification of needs
  • Undertake risk assessments as required
  • The post holder will form part of a 24hour duty system for carers
  • Participation in team meetings, case discussions and reviews
  • Work in partnership with foster carers, team colleagues, school staff and other professionals
  • Support and work in partnership with foster carers to support their management of behaviour,
- boundary setting and parenting skills

  • To work, where necessary, in a classroom environment but also, if required, to work with an
- individual child or small group outside of the classroom

  • To assist in the writing and monitoring of Personal Education Plans
  • To assist with the assessment and monitoring of a child's educational attainment levels
  • Supervise young people who need seclusion from the classroom
  • Supervise excluded young people at offsite provision; support the reintegration of excluded young
- people into the classroom

  • To make a significant contribution to individual learning and/ or behaviour plans, and assist in
- setting and reviewing targets

  • Supervise children in the classroom and playground to support inclusion and develop social skills
  • Assist and support looked after children who may also have special educational needs, so that they
- may participate fully in lessons and so realise their potential

Requirements of this Support Worker job:

  • Experience of direct work in a supportive role with children and families
  • Working with people in a caring role
  • Group work
  • Personal flexibility
  • Willing to work towards Diploma Level 3 Children and Young People (or equivalent)
  • Able to drive with own vehicle to insure and use for Business Use
  • Good relationship, negotiation and communication skills with children and families
  • Ability to work systemically with families
  • Ability to problem solve
  • Knowledge of child development
  • Good verbal and written skills
  • Commitment to antidiscriminatory practice
  • Prepared to undergo training and show commitment to training
  • Honest and hardworking
  • Reliable/ dependable
  • Able to work intensively
  • Good team worker
  • Caring and nonjudgemental
  • Commitment to Anti-Discriminatory practice
  • Enthusiastic and friendly
  • Physically and mentally resilient
  • Knowledge of child development
  • Prepared to undergo and show a commitment to future training and development

Contact:


With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.


Reasonable Adjustments:


If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.

With this information, we will provide appropriate support to youthroughout the process and into your work placement.

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