Support Worker Independent Living and Life Skills
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £23,400 to £28,600 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Swansea, Wales |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 18546 |
Summary
Would you like to be involved in this unique opportunity to support Children and Young People in Swansea?
We are looking to recruit a Project Worker in our Transition to Independent Living and Training Flat team at the Barnardo's Swansea Service, Barnardo's Cymru Western Bay Locality.
What is Barnardo's Swansea?
Barnardo's Swansea delivers a number of services supporting care experienced young people and young people at risk of homelessness aged 15 to 25 to:
Access support when in crisis
Identify accommodation options suitable for them
Understand the realities of living independently
Develop key independent living and life skills as they transition to adulthood
Build their confidence and self-esteem through social inclusion
Our services include:
Youth Homelessness Prevention
Bloom - Life coaching and befriending
Supported Lodgings
Transition and Training Flats Service – independent living experiences and life skills support
As part of the Transition Training Flat Service you will undertake direct, planned and structured one to one and group sessions with young people. Working toward distinct outcomes you will support young people to reach their person-centred goals in a trauma-informed way.
Key elements of the service include:
Group work promoting independent living skills to young people in preparation for their ‘move on' housing options. This will include delivering accredited Independent Living Skills programmes, facilitating visits to accommodation providers, as well as providing opportunities to develop practical skills such as cooking, budgeting, cleaning and bill paying in a home environment
Support for those at risk of homelessness or those at risk of placement breakdown, for young people aged 16+. This is targeted one-to-one support for those young people who may be experiencing instability in their accommodation or placement.
This service will provide young people aged 16+ with an independent living experience in order for them to better understand their accommodation needs and options. Intensive individual support will be provided to those young people accessing the training flats (includes evening and weekend working).
What does the Job Role involve?
Your duties will include:
This service provides support to young people from 9am until 8pm Monday to Friday and from 10am until 6pm on weekends.
The service requires flexibility of work as we support young people around their needs. This means rota working including the evenings and weekends.
Working with young people and professionals to develop agreed support plans.
Delivering accredited group work programmes in the areas of Independent living and tenancy readiness.
Visiting and supporting service users in their placements providing support to young people and their carers.
Visiting young people accessing the training flats on a regular, planned basis. Undertaking entry/exit tasks, safety and welfare checks as well as responding to emergencies and crises that may arise within service hours.
Supporting young people to ensure they are aware of their accommodation options and entitlements in readiness for move on. This will include assisting young people to complete benefit applications, offering support through appeals as well as supporting service administrators with the monitoring of data.
Supporting young people to integrate into their communities and to encourage participation in community events and activities.
Tracking a young person's support journey through the use of outcomes scoring. To discuss, score and record outcomes, implementing a young person-centred approach.
You will have (essential criteria):
Knowledge of the issues affecting young people particularly those who have been ‘looked after', are care leavers, or are homeless/threatened with homelessness.
Experience of direct work with young people in a relevant setting.
Experience of creating tailored support plans with young people and demonstrating the positive outcomes achieved.
Experience of delivering group based sessions such as issue-based workshops and independent living skills programmes.
Experience of managing a workload and prioritising competing demands
The ability to travel independently to meet the requirements of the post.
We are looking to recruit a Project Worker in our Transition to Independent Living and Training Flat team at the Barnardo's Swansea Service, Barnardo's Cymru Western Bay Locality.
What is Barnardo's Swansea?
Barnardo's Swansea delivers a number of services supporting care experienced young people and young people at risk of homelessness aged 15 to 25 to:
Access support when in crisis
Identify accommodation options suitable for them
Understand the realities of living independently
Develop key independent living and life skills as they transition to adulthood
Build their confidence and self-esteem through social inclusion
Our services include:
Youth Homelessness Prevention
Bloom - Life coaching and befriending
Supported Lodgings
Transition and Training Flats Service – independent living experiences and life skills support
As part of the Transition Training Flat Service you will undertake direct, planned and structured one to one and group sessions with young people. Working toward distinct outcomes you will support young people to reach their person-centred goals in a trauma-informed way.
Key elements of the service include:
Group work promoting independent living skills to young people in preparation for their ‘move on' housing options. This will include delivering accredited Independent Living Skills programmes, facilitating visits to accommodation providers, as well as providing opportunities to develop practical skills such as cooking, budgeting, cleaning and bill paying in a home environment
Support for those at risk of homelessness or those at risk of placement breakdown, for young people aged 16+. This is targeted one-to-one support for those young people who may be experiencing instability in their accommodation or placement.
This service will provide young people aged 16+ with an independent living experience in order for them to better understand their accommodation needs and options. Intensive individual support will be provided to those young people accessing the training flats (includes evening and weekend working).
What does the Job Role involve?
Your duties will include:
This service provides support to young people from 9am until 8pm Monday to Friday and from 10am until 6pm on weekends.
The service requires flexibility of work as we support young people around their needs. This means rota working including the evenings and weekends.
Working with young people and professionals to develop agreed support plans.
Delivering accredited group work programmes in the areas of Independent living and tenancy readiness.
Visiting and supporting service users in their placements providing support to young people and their carers.
Visiting young people accessing the training flats on a regular, planned basis. Undertaking entry/exit tasks, safety and welfare checks as well as responding to emergencies and crises that may arise within service hours.
Supporting young people to ensure they are aware of their accommodation options and entitlements in readiness for move on. This will include assisting young people to complete benefit applications, offering support through appeals as well as supporting service administrators with the monitoring of data.
Supporting young people to integrate into their communities and to encourage participation in community events and activities.
Tracking a young person's support journey through the use of outcomes scoring. To discuss, score and record outcomes, implementing a young person-centred approach.
You will have (essential criteria):
Knowledge of the issues affecting young people particularly those who have been ‘looked after', are care leavers, or are homeless/threatened with homelessness.
Experience of direct work with young people in a relevant setting.
Experience of creating tailored support plans with young people and demonstrating the positive outcomes achieved.
Experience of delivering group based sessions such as issue-based workshops and independent living skills programmes.
Experience of managing a workload and prioritising competing demands
The ability to travel independently to meet the requirements of the post.
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