Outreach Support Worker

We have an exciting opportunity for an Outreach Support Worker to help young people adjust from adolescence to adulthood.

Position: Outreach Support Worker

Location: Southeast England

Hours: Full-time or part-time - flexibility in working hours required

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £24,000 - £25,000 per annum (pro rata for part-time positions) depending on experience and qualifications

Benefits: £1200 per annum essential car user allowance, twice yearly bonuses, pension, mileage paid and flexible working, no shift work.

Closing date: 5th April 2024

About the role:

As an Outreach Worker, your role will be to assist your allocated young people in tasks that will enable them to live independently. This support will involve advice, general help and moral support, financial assistance (advice about bill payments etc) and working with young people on completion of education awards (AQA). You will be expected to work with multiple agencies to deliver holistic packages of support.

This role includes travelling to various locations to carry out support sessions with young people.

You will be expected to provide key work sessions for young people as per their placement agreement. These sessions are to be structured so that the young person can be assisted in accessing local resources, budgeting, and assisting them with gaining appropriate life skills. Using outcomes stars as a tool and completing the progress on the interactive website.

You will be expected to keep a diary of all contact with each young person and professional and to complete Outcomes Star reports on the young person which are sent to placing workers. These reports contain information about the young person and the work that has been completed with them. It highlights areas of need to help to focus key work.

It will be necessary to attend meetings such as child protection conferences, review meetings and other meetings that are deemed necessary in providing the high-quality service that is expected by local authorities and stakeholders and to ensure service delivery meets young people’s needs. You will be offered support if required when attending these meetings.

Key responsibilities will include:

• To assist young people to live independently.
• To promote the 5 outcomes in the Every Child Matters Green Paper.

• Be healthy.
• Stay safe.
• Enjoy and achieve.
• Make a positive contribution.
• Achieve economic well-being.

• To provide a caring and supportive environment for young people which respects and affirms their racial, cultural and religious identity and lifestyle.
• To assist young people in the transition from adolescence to adulthood by equipping them with life skills and empowering them.
• To help young people to sustain their accommodation and provide mediation when required.
• To help the young person and all significant persons in the design and implementation of their care plans, considering the views of the young person.
• Establish a support network.

Essential Criteria:

• To be able to build appropriate relationships with young people and form good communication.
• To be able to develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, young people, and their families as well as other professional organisations and stakeholders.
• To be able to follow all safeguarding procedures and to ensure the safety and welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• UK driving license and use of a suitable and safe car for work, which is covered by business insurance.
• The ability to understand the needs of a young person and meet those needs through planning and assessment and an outcomes-led focus.
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours, maintenance of professional boundaries and ability to maintain positive working relationships.
• Experience of working with children/adolescents.
• Knowledge of Child Protection and Leaving Care Legislation.

About the organisation:

The employer aims to provide support to help young people adjust from adolescence to adulthood and to enable them to live independently long term.

The organisation enables the young person to take calculated risks so that they may learn from their mistakes how to cope with the pressures and responsibilities of living in the community. They deliver tailored packages of support to all young people.

THIS POST IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA BEING MET

• Suitably experienced / qualified - evidence of qualifications required
• Satisfactory formal interview at Head Office
• Satisfactory second interview (shadowing working alongside staff and interview by a young person)
• Satisfactory References at least 2 professional references and 1 character reference
• Full clean driving license
• Access to a suitable car with valid insurance, tax, and MOT
• Satisfactory enhanced DBS (Formerly CRB) Disclosure

You may also have experience in areas such as: Schools Engagement Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, School Partnerships Lead, School Impact Officer, School Impact, School, Primary School, Senior School, Early Years, EYF, Volunteer Recruitment, Teacher, Education, School Engagement, Volunteer Management, Volunteer, Volunteer Engagement

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.