Support Worker Apprentice
About the role
Responsibilities Include but not limited to:
- Welfare Promotion and Safeguarding: Dedicate efforts to promote and safeguard the welfare of young people entrusted in our service, ensuring a secure and nurturing environment inclusive to all our young people.
- Support And Encouragement: Provide consistent support and encouragement to young people, creating a positive atmosphere that promotes their well-being and personal growth.
- Active Listening Skills: Demonstrate adept active listening skills by engaging with young people in a calm and non-threating manner. Utilise curiosity, through thoughtful questions to enhance comprehension and acknowledge their perspectives effectively.
- Contribution To Development: Contribute significantly to the positive development of young people by facilitating a healthy and secure lifestyle. Engage them in meaningful activities and serve as a consistent and caring adult role model.
- Engagement In Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Actively participate in planning and implementing activities that the young people enjoy and contributes to the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of each young person.
- Consistent Role Modelling - Demonstrate consistency in serving as a positive role model, guiding and inspiring our young people to develop essential life skills and behaviours that contributes to their overall growth and development. Helping them become well equipped for independence.
Due to the age of the young people we support, and the importance of maintaining clear professional boundaries, our organisation has established a minimum age requirement of 22+ for staff working directly with our young people.
Requirements
Working week
Shift times can be: 8am - 3pm 3pm - 10pm 10pm - 8am (Sleep in shifts - Must work 2 sleep in shifts per week).
Skills
Required qualifications
Training & development
- Children, Young People & Families Practitioner Level 4
- Relevant workplace training.
- Functional skills math's and English if required.
- Workshops can be delivered face to face or online. They will be either in groups or 1-2-1 depending on workplace demands and schedules. Half day workshops will be delivered bi-monthly
To be decided once qualification has been achieved.
Things to consider
Due to the age of the young people we support, and the importance of maintaining clear professional boundaries, our organisation has established a minimum age requirement of 22+ for staff working directly with our young people.
About HYLAND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD
We are a trusted provider of Supported Accommodation based in South Birmingham. Fully registered with OFSTED, we operate five local homes where our dedicated and compassionate team supports and empowers young people to thrive. We put young people at the HEART of our homes which forms the foundations of our HEART ethos.
This role is in Birmingham. If you'd be moving for it, a room in a shared house there typically runs £500–£750 a month.