What You’ll Do:
- Provide person-centred, trauma-informed support when and where it is needed
- Build supportive, trusting and positive relationships with young people
- Encourage positive risk-taking within a safe, risk-assessed framework
- Support daily living skills such as cooking, keeping rooms and travelling to appointments
- Help young people apply for the housing and welfare benefits they are entitled to, write CVs and prepare for interviews
- Involve young people in the design, delivery and development of the service
- Keep accurate, confidential and up-to-date support records
- Raise safeguarding concerns as soon as you become aware of them, and follow all safeguarding policies
- Work closely with the external professionals around each young person, within Ofsted regulations and the Quality Standards
- Attend regular meetings, training and supervisions
What You Need:
- Excellent communication and good written skills
- The ability to engage with young people who show challenging behaviour or have complex emotional and behavioural needs
- A strong commitment to working as part of a team
- Flexibility to be available if you are needed in an emergency
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Basic IT skills, including Office 365, for keeping records up to date
- An enhanced DBS check with Barred List (we process this for you)
- The right to work in the UK. We don’t offer sponsorship.
Nice to Have:
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
- Experience working with children and young people
- A full UK driving licence (or valid equivalent)
- GCSEs or equivalent
What We Offer:
- £12.75 per hour
- 16 to 30 hours per week, happy to discuss what you can commit to
- Rota including weekends and bank holidays
- Early shift 8am to 4pm or late shift 12.30pm to 8.30pm (7.5 paid hours, 30 minute unpaid break)
- Your birthday off
- Company pension
- Health and wellbeing programme
- Employee discount and company events
- Free on-site parking and casual dress
About the Team:
You’ll be based at one of our supported accommodation homes in Berkshire, with flexibility to help at our other homes when needed. No two days are the same, and the wider team is always there to support you.
