Youth Development Worker

Do you want to take your first step into a career supporting young people to achieve their potential? If so, we would love to hear from you., Youth Development Workers work on a rolling rota: shifts can include 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm, 10am-6pm, and are part of a team on site supporting the young people who can live with us for a maximum of 2 years. The role includes some element of lone working.
Every day is different; you could be delivering 1-2-1 support sessions on life skills, reviewing an action plan, supporting a young person to a medical appointment, contributing to a multi-agency meeting or supporting group activities as part of the learning programme.

What will I be responsible for doing?

First and foremost, you will be providing key worker support to our young people. Working through support and action plans, updating risk assessments and risk management plans with them, in order for them to develop the life skills necessary to move on and live independently in the community.
One of the great things about this role is being able to bring your own personality. Our young people come from a wide range of backgrounds and we try to mirror that in our team of colleagues.
This role is being offered on a full time basis, working 37 hours per week on a rolling rota, to include Bank Holidays and weekend working. Bandwidth hours will be 8 am to 10 pm.

An ability to engage with a range of young people.
- A tenacity in seeking the best outcomes for young people.
- A good understanding of young people's needs, safeguarding and emotional and mental health issues.
- An understanding of support needs and support planning.
- An understanding risk assessing and risk management.

Ideally you will be:

- Innovative and creative in your ways of working.
- Resilient and flexible in dealing with others.
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Confident in lone working and be a good team player.

This role is really suited to someone who likes to manage their own diary and caseload, and enjoys interacting with lots of people on a daily basis.

The most important part of this role is to have pride in your work and have a positive attitude, a proactive approach and the confidence to support a diverse range of young people. You will be able to balance your passion and commitment with good organisational skills, and the ability to maintain professional boundaries., Disability Confident
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LiveWest provides over 40,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 5,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.

As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.

Defined Contribution pension scheme - employer contribution of 6% - 9%.
- Death in Service benefit (3 x salary).
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays with service related increase to your entitlement up to 30 days plus an option to purchase extra annual leave.
- Family Friendly policies.
- Health Cash Plan including dental and optical cover (worth up to £1,100 per annum).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health and Wellbeing programme which includes enhanced sick pay, monthly campaigns, training and yearly flu jabs.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Car Benefit scheme.
- Learning and Development including coaching and professional qualification support.
- Volunteering days.