Children and Young People Coordinator Children and Young People Coordinator

Based at home for planning purposes, you will spend your working week meeting children and young people in schools, in youth clubs and other community settings. You will also be required to attend regular team meetings at offices in Burpham, Guildford. You will need to work your hours during times that young carers and their families are available. This includes regular planned afternoon, evening and weekend work. We are a Surrey wide service, our team work collaboratively to cover the county and for efficiency, your work will be focused in a specific geographical area. Key responsibilities include:

• To complete an assessment of need with young carers and provide signposting advocacy and support
• To work in schools/colleges to increase the identification and support of children and young people with caring responsibilities
• To provide regular and on-going time out and fun club sessions for young carers to meet others in similar situations and have a break from their caring role
• To update the database and SYC webpages- for example to update young carers records and update details of planned youth clubs
• To provide signposting and advocacy to Young Carers and their families
• To facilitate bespoke sessions for 16-17 year olds
• To facilitate a program of on-line activities (i.e. via zoom) to young carers
  
  Be confident in encouraging children, young people and their parents/carers to engage with our activities
• Have experience of working with children, young people and families. e.g. in youth services / voluntary sector / social work settings
• Have awareness of issues surrounding Young Carers
• Have a flexible approach to working hours, as regular planned weekend and evening work is required
• Have an ability to form good working relationships with young people and their families
• Have experience recording case notes and information about children and young people.
• Have a good professional knowledge of standard Microsoft packages and databases
• Have a driving license and use of own vehicle. Mileage expenses are paid.
We are committed safeguarding and protecting all children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of this commitment we implement robust recruitment practices, including reference and enhanced DBS checks.

The starting salary for this role is £33,065 per annum based on a 36 hour working week. This is a fixed term role to cover a maternity leave. Action for Carers Surrey has a vision 'that every unpaid carer in Surrey is heard, valued and supported.' We are a committed, local charity determined to make a difference to young and adult carers across Surrey. Our values are Focus, Inclusion, Respect and Excellence. By keeping to our values, we are able to provide an innovative, high quality and compassionate service to carers in every community in Surrey, making a real difference to their wellbeing. Rewards and Benefits We offer our staff a friendly, supportive, flexible workplace and are committed to welcoming applicants from a wide range of backgrounds as well as supporting staff who have their own caring responsibilities. To this end, we offer staff a weeks paid carers leave. We also provide a generous holiday entitlement, starting at 28 days plus bank holidays, an employee assistance programme, pension and opportunities for development and training.