Youth Support Worker

2 weeks ago


Erith, United Kingdom Social Care London Full time

**Youth Support Worker **(Brief key duties)

To be the key member of staff at a residential service responsible for the safety, security and comfortability of young people we support (16-25)

To Ensure they are reaching their potential in terms of Education employment and / or training

Preparing them for self management and a more independent lifestyle by focusing on identifying where their dependencies are and supporting these areas to become less dependent on staff and services in their pathway to independence.

Someone who is a good communicator on all levels whether that by young person interaction / team and staff dialogue / able to liaise confidently with external professionals including social workers, personal advisers, YOS, etc

You will need to be IT literate and maintain and update a quality management system, recording logs, incident reports and all aspects of YP support on a cloud based paperless system.

We require you to possess or sign up and work towards a Health and Social Care (Child and Adult Workforce) Level 2/3 qualification.

Part of this role requires elements of maintaining the environment to ag good standard which includes some cleaning responsibilities.

**Team Leader**

Similar to above with added responsibility for;
Rota Implementation and management

Supervising Support Workers on a regular and formal basis

Ensuring all deadlines for Key-worker sessions, monthly reports, Team and YP meetings are completed in a timely and organised way

Shared Out of hours on-call responsibility

**Additional Information**

Clear DBS required

This role requires Shift working (24 hour shifts for FT position) - E.g., Start 4pm work till midnight, you will then Sleep at midnight and be ready to start work again at 8am till 4pm.

**Rates of pay are;**

YSW = £10.42ph - £11.00ph

Team Leader (1 site) = £11.50ph

Team Leader (dual site) = £12.50ph

**The right person can expect ongoing vocational and mandatory annual training with fantastic operational and management support to develop in this role.

**Salary**: £10.42-£12.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- ERITH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person


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