Youth Support Worker - Dartford/Gravesham

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Job description

Youth Support Worker

LOCATIONS: Dartford and Gravesham
SALARY: £20,800
DURATION: FTC
HOURS: 30 hours per week
(Flexible working hours dependent on the needs of the Service User)

Daily Duties

• Supporting a caseload of 15 children and young people.
• Work with potential referrers to identify appropriate referrals to the service.
• Implement effective assessment and goal setting with identified children and young people.
• Develop a programme of support for each child or young person, to include delivery of the evidence-based programmes for resilience, healthy relationships etc (as appropriate).
• Develop a good working relationship with schools, children, families, and other agencies to ensure that the service is effective.
• Provide relevant support for school-based staff and staff in other universal settings to ensure identified children and young people are supported across these settings.
• Work directly with parents to ensure that they are better able to understand/ support their child s needs and support the development of resilience and improved well-being.
• Explore all opportunities for talents and interests to be developed using local resources.
• Ensure a good level of support to children, young people and families, including onward referral to other agencies where necessary.
• Keep clear accurate records and provide the required monitoring and evaluation information and any other progress reports required by due dates.
• Implement evaluation tools to demonstrate impact of intervention.
• Attend monthly supervision with for quality assurance and personal development purposes.
• Consider own training needs, keeping up to date with relevant good practice, and sharing this with team members.

Essential requirements

• DBS within the last 12 months (must have original copy)
• Supported children and young people.

Desirable requirements

• Experience working with domestic violence victims.
• Driver with own car

For more information on this role please contact Emily Rex on (phone number removed)

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