Engagement Key Worker

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Young People Relate Full time

**About us**

Young People Relate seeks to engage, motivate and assist young people to reach their full potential through positive engagement, consistent support and positive redirection when at a cross road in their journey in life. We provide one to one key working, counselling and mentoring support in order to positively re-engage young people with services i.e School, Social Services, Youth Offending Team, Foster Placement and Community.

Our work environment includes:

- Growth opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Casual work attire
- On-the-job training

YPR key workers will be responsible for the management of a caseload and the delivery of interventions and programmes designed to preventing offending and anti-social behaviour by children referred to the panel.

To promote equality and diversity within the team and for children, young people and their families.
To promote the welfare, capacity for change, safeguarding and social inclusion of children and young people.

**Main Duties: (including Responsibilities and Accountabilities)**

To work to meet the needs of children and their families. This may include working in the mornings, afternoons, evenings, nights and at weekends, as required by line management.
To ensure that equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice is a priority throughout all areas of the work. To manage a caseload and deliver one to one support to children at risk of becoming involved in:

- Offending or anti-social behaviour
- Settling into a new placement
- Is disengaged from education
- Is at risk of offending / reoffending
- Has social anxiety
- Has vulnerability risk attached to their personal progression

To partake in a quality assurance process to ensure that all written reports to outside bodies, including the Young People Relate, are scrutinised for appropriate information, language and anti-discriminatory practice.

To advise Review Meetings on the contents of Engagement SupportPlans and work alongside other agencies to ensure all elements of theEngagement Support Plan are provided.

To deliver interventions appropriate to the areas of risk factorsidentified through the referral and assessment process. This includes providing mentoring work with children and young people and parenting support work to their parent(s) or carer(s). All work with children, young people and their parents or carers should be undertaken in partnership.

To provide individual support and face-to-face contact with children cooperating with an ESP according to locally agreed / national standards.

YPR Key Workers will undertake work with children and young people and their families in a wide variety of settings, e.g. schools, youth clubs, home environment, pupil referral units, detached work.

YPR Key Workers will be trained to undertake risk assessments for activity based work and responsible for producing written risk assessments / risk control plans.

To maintain appropriate case management records in manual written case files.

To participate constructively in supervision with the YPR Line Manager

To maintain confidentiality with regards to all written and computer based information and to ensure that where information is to be shared appropriate consent is obtained, if required.

**Staff responsibility**

**Training**:
To keep under review personal development needs, keep informed of current issues and share appropriately. This includes undertaking first aid training to support young people undertaking activities in cases where first aid is required and where available, the Professional Certificate in Effective Practice or its equivalent.

**Health and Safety**:
To safeguard the Health and Safety of all persons and Premises under your control and in accordance with the guidance and provisions of Health and Safety Legislation and Authority and Departmental Codes of Practice and Procedures.

To exercise proper care in handling, operating and safeguarding any equipment, vehicle or appliance provided, used or issues by Young People Relate or provided by a third party for collective use in the performance of your duties.

**Equal Opportunities**

To uphold the Young People, Relate and the Local Authority equal opportunities and practices in carrying out your main responsibilities.

**Environmental**

To take account of the environment issues arising from any service developments, and familiarise yourself with the Young People Relates green policies and established offices and work practices.

**Technology**

Where appropriate to work with computer and other new technology and associated systems as required.

**Financial/Resource responsibility**

To maintain budgetary control for projects when the YPR Key Worker is leading an activity with a young person.

**Additional requirements**

This job indicates the main areas of activity of this post. From time to time, however, other tasks/duties may be required but these will fall within the general area of responsibility. Any chang

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