Young People's Worker

7 months ago

Ayrshire, United Kingdom Aberlour Children’s Charity Full time

**Disability**

**AYRSHIRE**

permanent, 30 hours per week, £27,616 per annum (pro rata)

**Young People’s Worker (30 hours)**

**Options Ayrshire**

**Starting salary £27,616 - £30,818 per annum pro rata**

**30 hours per week**
- Do you have relevant experience of working with children and young people with a disability/and or autism or relevant experience in a similar sector or work environment?_

**About Options Ayrshire**

Our Service is a busy respite care unit for children and young people with additional support needs, including complex learning and physical disabilities. As well as providing short residential breaks the service offers outreach to families and is also involved in the managing and running of an after school club as well as a busy Easter and Summer play scheme.

Based in a quiet, residential street in Prestwick, our disability support service offers a safe, homely environment for a child to come and stay for a short break that gives their families a rest from their caring role. During that break, children enjoy a range of fun activities and experiences with our staff who specialise in taking care of children with disabilities..

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

As a Young People’s Worker you will play a fundamental role in ensuring that the young people you work with have the best possible experience in working towards their objectives, in line with their care plan, supporting children to progress within their individual outcomes. Whilst not without its challenges and demands, this is a highly rewarding role, where the work we do has a demonstrable impact on each young person's progress. Using a person-centred approach, you will provide enabling support ensuring the highest level of physical, personal and emotional care. We support young people who have Epilepsy, need personal care and need gastrostomy feeding. Aberlour, in conjunction with NHS, provide all staff with training.

If you have an interest in working with young people, we would like to hear from you. We are looking for a Young People’s Worker to work part time (30 hours per week). These hours will be worked as part of a rolling rota. They will be worked evenings, mornings, weekends and public holidays. You may be expected to work the occasional night shift or sleepover. For more information on shifts please contact John O'Donnell (Service Manager) on 07528970551.

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. Aberlour’s values are critical and drive everything we do. We will be looking for someone who can demonstrate how Aberlour’s values of Respect, Innovation, Integrity and Challenge will be visible in their practice.


**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.

**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 seri

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