Young People's Workers

3 weeks ago


Fife, United Kingdom Aberlour Children’s Charity Full time

**Disability**

**FIFE**

Permanent, £27,616 per annum

**About Aberlour Options Fife Residential Glenrothes**

At Aberlour we listen to understand what our young people want and need within our local area. As such, our services in Glenrothes support young people with learning disabilities and/or autism to live and thrive within the local community.

**What we are looking for....**

As a Young People’s Worker, you will play a fundamental role in our young people’s lives to ensure that they get the best possible experience whilst working towards goals in their care plan. Using a person-centred approach, you will provide enabling support ensuring the highest level of physical and emotional care; supporting our young people in their daily living and within the local community.

If you have an interest in working with young people, we would like to hear from you. We are looking for three Young People’s Workers to work full time (37.5 hours per week).

These hours will be worked as part of a 24/7 residential rota, which will include mornings, evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays. You will also be expected to do sleepovers.


At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team..

**What we offer...**

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers..

Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

Applications are welcome from diverse ethnic minority and cultural communities, and under-represented faith and religious groups.

**Young People’s Worker**
**Disability
**JOB PURPOSE**

To provide needs-led, person-centred support to children, young people with complex
physical, learning and emotional needs and their families.

**PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Assist in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of services.***
- Develop positive working relationships with children based on meaningful

partnerships to effect positive changes in social emotional behaviour.
- Provide ordinary living experiences to promote development for children/young

people and their families.
- Provide personal care and a safe, clean environment to children/young people to

ensure their physical comfort, health and well being.
- May act as key worker to provide a consistent point of contact for a nominated

child/young person and/or their families.
- Work in partnership with families and carers to promote change that will lead to

better outcomes for young people.
- Develop professional relationships with a wide variety of other organisations to work

together to meet the needs of the young person.
- Contribute to reports and maintain accurate records.***
- Administration and recording of medication including in emergency situations.***

**Quantifiable responsibilities**
- Accountable for petty cash transactions and account for petty cash at handover.

**SCOPE OF PLANNING AND ORGANISATION**

The post holder reports to the Service Manager.

Work is allocated by the line manager.

The post holder is expected to deal with the day-to-day case management and will update
the line manager accordingly, referring the more serious issues to a senior member of the
staff team.

Aberlour Child Care Trust JOB DESCRIPTION:
**Young People’s Worker Disability**

The post holder will be involved in lone working with service users off-site. This may be in
service users’ homes or undertaking tasks in another setting.

If acting as key worker then planning will happen for the young person over a
monthly/quarterly cycle.

Guidance is available as required and work will be undertaken in the context of agreed
policies and protocols and methodologies.

Approaches should be developed in a way that enables the young person to take as much
responsibility as they can.

**SCOPE OF JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING**

The post holder works with a range of interventions and practices which are well
established. They do require to exercise judgement about how individual young people
work and communicate and about how on a day-to-day basis they require to adapt plans
and interventions. They will have access on site or by telephone to guidance and support as
required.

**RELATIONSHIPS**

**Internal**
- Direct contact with Service and Assistant Service Manager, co-workers and

volunteers.
- Occasional contact with other Aberlour services and support function staff.

Relationships are essentially within the service.
- May be required to mentor or provide day to



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