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Children and Young People's Worker

4 months ago

Worcester, United Kingdom West Mercia Women's Aid Full time

**Children and Young Peoples Worker**

**22 Hours Per Week (3 posts) : £23,644.18 p.a. FTE £14,058.70 Pro Rata**

Contract until 31st March 2025

An opportunity to join WMWA to deliver this service for children

**The Role Involves.**
- Providing bespoke interventions to individual children and young people, through group programmes and one to one support
- Developing and carrying out appropriate assessments, support plans and reviews
- Supporting other team members and volunteers in carrying out their duties effectively, including sharing knowledge and assisting in the induction and mentoring of new staff and volunteers
- Promoting the service to partner agencies and the general public
- Identifying and developing creative resources for use with young people
- Promoting a zero tolerance to domestic abuse and teen relationships abuse
- Participating in the work of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, following WMWA policies and procedures and local safeguarding arrangements
- Sharing information appropriately and in line with WMWA policy in order to safeguard young people
- Identifying and assessing risk to young people and act appropriately to reduce risk where possible
- Providing written reports to child protection conferences and other multi-agency meetings where appropriate
- Working closely with other WMWA services/staff to ensure that young people have access to the full range of services provided by WMWA.
- Ensuring the voice of the child is heard by other involved agencies or professionals and that misconceptions or judgmental attitudes about domestic abuse are challenged at multi-agency meetings, child protection conferences and strategy meetings
- Working in collaboration with and communicate effectively with other agencies and facilitate joint working on behalf of children and young people where appropriate, including as part of an EHA, CIN or CP plan
- Providing information about the impact of domestic abuse on young people
- Gathering feedback from children, young people and their parents/carers to shape future services
- Maintaining a clear understanding of the effects of domestic abuse on young people and to be informed about relevant legislation and local and national policy in relation to young people and the role
- Keeping accurate records and provide monitoring and evaluation information, as requested
- Attending supervision sessions and staff meetings
- Reviewing case work as part of the supervision process
- Undertaking training as agreed at supervision sessions
- Taking active steps to work within a framework of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Adhering to WMWA policies and procedures
- Undertaking all other reasonable duties as required in furtherance of the objectives of this post
- Contributing to the Health and Safety of everyone involved with the service
- Being part of WMWA out of hours Helpline and On-Call rota

**You will have.**
- Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people, singly and in groups including within a community or schools setting and including work with disadvantaged young people.
- An understanding of age appropriate interventions and engagement activities
- Experience of working in a multi-agency framework
- Experience in managing a case load
- Experience in planning, developing and facilitating age appropriate interventions with CYP affected by domestic abuse
- Ability to liaise and communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) with a wide range of people including colleagues, parents, children, young people and professionals
- IT skills - ability to use outlook, word, excel processing and record information on a database
- Ability to work co-operatively with other professionals
- Ability to organise workload and respond to unplanned demands
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision on a day-to-day basis, within agreed schedules and guidelines
- Ability to be empathetic with service users
- Have strong crisis management skills and dealing with stressful situations
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
- Ability to work on your own initiative
- Ability to organise and prioritise work
- Knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse issues and the needs of women and children affected by it
- Knowledge of local community issues and opportunities for young people
- Good knowledge of safeguarding children and child protection processes and practice
- Working knowledge of disability, mental health and drug and alcohol issues
- Understanding of and commitment to anti-discriminatory working practices
- Commitment to Women’s Aid values and principles

Car user essential with daily access to a vehicle and business motor insurance

WMWA offers on-going training to support your personal and professional development, provides regular supervision and the opportunity for you to contribute toward the development of the service. Benefits include 33 days holiday per year and an employee pension scheme.

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