Young Person’s Mentor; services Job Bracknell area,England UK,Social Work

Position: Young Person’s Mentor (16+ accommodation services)

Hours:

37.5 hours, working on a 3-week rolling rota pattern (including weekends and Bank Holidays); you will work one weekend in three. Early shift: 8am to 4pm / Late shift: 12.30pm to 8.30pm. Lone working will be required.

Work Base:

Bracknell (You will be based at one home; however, flexibility is required to travel to other homes if required).

Key Objectives

Your role as a Young Person’s Mentor is to provide support to young people in a compassionate and caring home environment, with a focus on each person being able to:

Be Healthy
Stay Safe
Enjoy and Achieve
Make a Positive Contribution

What your day-to-day responsibilities will look like:

To provide exceptional person-centred and innovative support when and where it is needed
To adopt and provide “Trauma-Informed Support”
To build supportive, trusting, and positive relationships with young people
To encourage positive risk taking within a safer risk-assessed framework
To provide support with daily living skills and activities to ensure the young people enjoy a high quality of accommodation that is both safe and enjoyable
To involve the young people with the design, delivery, and development of the service
To empower each young person to apply for and receive all housing and welfare benefits they are entitled to
Support the young people to develop resilience and manage their adverse experiences
To fully understand the aims, objectives, and ethos of “outcomes focused support services” and reflect these in your daily work.
To ensure that all Storyy Group and local authority safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to
To ensure that regular opportunities are given for young people to feedback on the service and for consultation and to ensure that this information is used to improve the service
To keep accurate, confidential, and up to date support records for effective and efficient working
To maintain the cleanliness of the premises
To attend regular meetings, training, and supervisions to help your own professional development
Collaborating closely with external professional teams that support the young people
Ensuring the young person and the service is safe and to raise and safeguarding concerns as soon as you become aware
Work within Ofsted regulations and Quality Standards.

A Day in the Life of a Young Person’s Mentor:

No two days will be the same, but that is the beauty of working for Storyy Group. You will help support our care experienced young people with cooking, maintaining their rooms, alongside arranging and travelling to health appointments. You will also assist the young people when it comes to applying for access to benefits, upskilling themselves, helping with CV writing and travelling to and from professional interviews or meetings.

You will be working in the home of these young people, helping them learn life skills and work towards independence. You will also have to deal with sometimes destructive behaviour, substance misuse, barriers with education and self-harm; in these instances, the wider team is there to support you and aid you where they can. You will also be working closely with Ofsted and other local authorities, so it is vital that documentation is kept up to date and record properly to ensure you help the young people to hit their goals and aspirations.

Activities are also hugely important for our young people, as they help to build relationships with professionals and peers. We always incorporate equality and diversity, taking into consideration cultural needs alongside individual hobbies and interests. All in all, we want you to have fun and find enjoyment every day whilst working with our young people.

George is a 16-year-old young man, who has been in the care of the Local Authority since the age of 7. George was originally taken into care due to neglect and having experienced sexual abuse within the family unit. George has had several foster placements which have broken down due to aggressive behaviour, self-harming, and unmanageable personal hygiene concerns. George had started to use cannabis with his friendship group and there were significant concerns that he was being criminally exploited by a county lines drug gang.…