Young Carers Project Lead

3 weeks ago

Havant, United Kingdom Off The Record (South East Hampshire) Full time

Off The Record is an independent charity based in the Havant Borough area and has been supporting young people and their families in South East Hampshire since 1977.

Our mission is to support young people’s mental health to fulfil their potential for a brighter future.

Young people are at the heart of what we do, and we aim to support the emotional health and wellbeing of our community's young people through one-to-one counselling, support and group support for 11-25 year olds and their families.

OTR embraces equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Due to continued growth and demand for our services we are recruiting
- Are you dedicated to making a difference to the emotional health and wellbeing of the young people in our community?
- Do have the passion to support a growing service, and enjoy delivering and developing direct work with young people and families?
- Are you a fast learner who enjoys working within small close-knit teams?

Then we would love to hear from you In return we can offer:

- Being part of a supportive team in a positive and caring work environment, who wants to hear your ideas and use them to improve.
- Company sick pay, excellent training and CPD opportunities.
- Social events to get to know colleagues and have fun

**YOUNG CARERS PROJECT LEAD**

This is a 16 hour post across 2 working days.
- The preferred working days would be on a Wednesday and Thursday, and you would need to be available to work 8 hours between the hours of 10am and 8pm depending on the rota in that term / half term. During school holidays this may change by advance arrangement.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**

To plan and deliver a varied Young Carers programme to Young Carers ages 8 to 18, including groups sessions, activities, school link work, one to one support and awareness raising events.
- To plan & deliver Young Carers support sessions to support young people in their caring role.
- To plan & deliver leisure activities.
- To carry out assessment of needs for the Young Carers project.
- To support local schools with ensuring the needs of young carers are met, through awareness raising, assemblies, advice and information.
- To support the management and administration for young carers including reporting and monitoring.
- To ensure the delivery of the project against a high standard of governance across all policies and process requirements, including but not limited to safeguarding, health and safety and GDPR.
- To create and develop new programmes for Young Carers.

Other
- Key holder and building open / closure responsibilities.
- Availability to work evenings and half terms and cover other colleagues occasionally by arrangement.
- First Aider and Fire Warden.
- Participate in all requested training, supervision, and team meetings.
- Any other reasonable tasks as set by your line manager.
- Confident and capable user of Microsoft Office suite (Microsoft 365).

**Person Specification**

**Essential Criteria**
- You don’t need to have a formal training qualification, but we would like to hear that you have a good standard of recent experience **creating new programmes and delivering** **programmes** **(sessions, courses, training), as the lead,** for children / young people.
- Awareness of Young Carers issues.
- Awareness of contemporary issues affecting children, young people, and families.
- Organisational and time management skills.
- The ability to plan, make effective decisions, prioritise workloads and manage deadlines.
- Clear and concise written and oral communication skills, to a standard that can contribute to reports to management and funders.
- Must be a driver with use of own car.
- Ability to use databases and Office 365 with good IT skills.

**Desirable**
- Level 3 certificate, diploma, or equivalent in a related area - for example Health and Social Care, Youth Work.
- Knowledge of the local voluntary / statutory sector.

**Attributes**
- Confident and capable written and verbal communicator - able to communicate effectively with service users, external partners, agencies and professionals.
- Able to work responsively and efficiently in a demanding environment where there can be regular interruptions, competing priorities, and tight timescales.
- Flexible and adaptable to cover the team, and changing programme needs.
- Positive attitude to young people, and committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Self-motivated and able to work without supervision when required.
- To create and maintain effective working relationships.
- Able to maintain professional boundaries including appropriate levels of confidentiality.

OTR complies with Safer Recruitment procedures, which means that we require:

- **A full CV (accounting for all gaps in employment).**:

- **A covering letter which details**:

- _Why you would

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