As and When Assistant Project Worker, Early Support Team - Plymouth Locality
Job Purpose
To assist in providing support and services to children, young people and their families in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service.
There may also be a requirement to work on own in the community and/or service setting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Service Users
• Resources
• People
• Health and Safety

Job Activities
Service Users

Under guidance work to a care plan or undertake tasks as directed:

• Assist colleagues in their work with children, young people and their families, helping to identify needs and to assist in working towards achieving positive outcomes.
• Assist colleagues to work in partnership with parents/carers assisting to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
• May be required to cover reception in a busy environment being the front line for service users.
• May be required to run programmes of activity and group-work.
• Under guidance, work co-operatively with children’s services, health agencies and other community based services, helping to provide the most effective service for children, young people and families.
• Work with colleagues in contributing to Service development.
• Apply safeguarding and child protection procedures.

Resources

• Be responsible for equipment/resources used in day to day work.
• May be responsible for any allocated case note recording and contributing to case reports.

People

• No management/supervisory responsibility for staff or students

other than to help and advise colleagues as necessary.

• Supervision* of volunteers may be required, as appropriate.

• • allocating work, day to day supervision and support Health and Safety
• Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment.
  Pre-employment checks will be required for the role.
  When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
  Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
  Benefits

Key Responsibilities:

• Service Users
• Resources
• People
• Health and Safet

Under guidance work to a care plan or undertake tasks as directed:

• Assist colleagues in their work with children, young people and their families, helping to identify needs and to assist in working towards achieving positive outcomes.
• Assist colleagues to work in partnership with parents/carers assisting to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
• May be required to cover reception in a busy environment being the front line for service users.
• May be required to run programmes of activity and group-work.
• Under guidance, work co-operatively with children’s services, health agencies and other community based services, helping to provide the most effective service for children, young people and families.
• Work with colleagues in contributing to Service development.
• Apply safeguarding and child protection procedures