Youth Bank Support Worker

The Service

Youth Matters is a fun, engaging, youth work service supporting disabled children and teenagers under 18 years of age. We support people with disabilities, autism, ADHD, and brain injury to participate in group-based activities, inclusive programmes, and summer schemes to unleash their potential.

Purpose of the Job

You will work alongside our Youth Officers and Project Workers to deliver fun and exciting opportunities for young people with physical disabilities, autism, ADHD, and brain injury to promote inclusion, personal development and independence. Activities could include bowling, cinema, arts and crafts, outdoor activities, going to local youth clubs or summer schemes.

Activities take place in the evenings, at the weekends or during the school holidays.

This position provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience in the sector, work as part of a team and is an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of disabled young people!

Salary/ Hourly Rate

Hours of Work

£12.21 per hour

As and when required. Hours will be in the evenings and weekends with day times during the school holidays.

Our Benefits

·        Annual leave based on 5.6 weeks (inclusive of public and statutory holidays), based on accrual, paid in arrears per quarter.

·        Statutory Sick Pay, if applicable.

·        Auto enrolment into pension scheme, if applicable.

·       Investor in People Platinum organisation with commitment to development of the staff team through training and learning opportunities.

Our Vision, Mission and Values

Our Vision is an inclusive society for all.

Our Mission is to support individuals and families living with disability, autism and brain injury to live the lives they choose.

Our Values are Collaboration, Equality, Dignity, Achievement, Resilience.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Customer

·        To support the Youth Officer to deliver social outreach activities to meet identified individual needs (assistance with personal care, this may include some manual handling tasks)

·        To support the Youth Officer to work toward agreed objectives within individual support plan for each child and young person

·        To assist young people to participate fully in activity programme.

·        To continuously monitor and review progress of each child or young person and provide on-going support and guidance.

·        To develop positive relationships with Youth Officer and young person

·        To provide a flexible service including evening and weekends to meet the needs of the children/young people on the service.

Financial

·        Work with current financial administrations systems of The Cedar Foundation

Internal Processes

·        To establish effective communication links with Youth Officer and young people

·        To work as part of a team to ensure the safe participation of children and young people attending activities.

·        To establish effective communication links with all stakeholders including young people, parents, social services and other providers

·        To establish good relationships with community based mainstream activity for the young people

to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures

-        Risk Management Programme

-        Health & Safety

-        Programme delivery in line with internal management manual (ISO)

Organisational Capacity

·        To undertake The Cedar Foundations mandatory and job specific training

·        To promote the image of the organisation to the wider community