FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

• To provide young people aged 11 plus with excellent care and support within the home. Ensuring high levels of emotional and physical care, appropriate activities, as well as a comfortable, safe and supportive environment are provided to the young people who live within the home,
• Support the young people to build and manage relationships with their families, and others, as well as working with a range of external partners/services, to ensure that the young people receive the best possible standards of care and opportunities whilst living within the home.
• Key working responsibilities with the young people using Psychological / trauma informed practice to provide a child-centred, kind and empathic approach to support being given.
• Recording and evidencing all key work activities in line with both Llamau and CIW requirements. Supporting the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager to manage key areas of risk, including highlighting and escalating health and safety, and safeguarding concerns, and providing compliance information where required.
• To build a warm, welcoming and non-judgement home for young people to feel empowered, nurtured and thrive.
  Hours of Work: Full time, average of 35 hours per week, waking nights.

EDUCATION

• Current or expectation to register with Social Care Wales.
• QCF level 3 in health and social care (children and young people) or equivalent or willingness to work towards within time period set by Social Care Wales.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working within safeguarding frameworks.
• Experience of understanding the impact of trauma on children and Young People.
• Experience of effectively managing risk in a responsive, but calm manner.
• Experience of working in a psychologically and trauma informed environment.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Ability to key work, and engage with a number of young people who have a complex range of support needs.
• Able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally, using appropriate tone and use of language.
• To work on own initiative and under pressure, organising & prioritising work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Basic IT skills, Microsoft word, excel etc.
• Work within the ethos of Llamau and its policies and procedures
• Work within Health & Safety at Work regulations

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