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Progression Coach (Support Worker) role at St Basils, working with young people with challenging behaviours and complex needs. The role involves service delivery and housing services functions to support young people in finding and keeping a home, developing skills, and preventing homelessness.
Job Responsibility:
Participate in the delivery of services to young people, which will include undertaking needs, risk, and vulnerability assessments, developing support and risk management plans, and lead /participate in case review meetings and multi-agency meetings
Develop and deliver life and social skills programmes in individual and group work settings and facilitate the participation of young people in their support plans
Support young people to make their voices heard and enable them to participate in activities and events
Support young peoples’ engagement with work and learning, develop positive family and other support networks, assist young people to maintain accommodation and to provide support with any problems which may arise
Ensure young people feel supported and encourage them to engage with internal and external services as part of their support
Alongside the team provide psychologically informed environments for young people in our services
Support and encourage young people to undertake the St Basils life skills programme and to achieve qualifications and sustain education, training, and employment opportunities
Establish and develop links with training providers, employers, volunteering networks to improve access to training and work opportunities for young people
Organise and accompany young people to appointments as appropriate
Prepare young people to take up and sustain settled accommodation and to continue to provide ongoing support to them
Be available to young people for regular support sessions and to respond to crises
Maintain accurate records e.g. support plans, day to day records, incidents, and complaints
As part of the team, assist in the preparation of accommodation, which may involve setting up starter packs, clearing rooms as and when required
Provide regular, person centred and structured outcome focused support that prevent and respond to change or crisis
Support young people to access move on accommodation and transition from supported housing into their own home
Lead and manage the arrangement and delivery of activities for young people
Ensuring benefit claims are made to maximise young people’s incomes and supporting them to pay their rent and bills
Supporting young people to manage any debts they may have, manage their rent accounts to help sustain their tenancies
Supporting young people to manage their properties and maintain them to an acceptable standard
Leading and managing the delivery of formal and informal resident consultations
Managing and resolving incidents of anti-social behaviour in a manner consistent with PIE
de-escalating difficult situations and encouraging young people to make good choices
Carrying out property inspections, raising repairs and undertaking cleaning duties as required
Carrying out non-specialist health and safety testing such as, but not limited to, weekly fire alarm tests, fire drills and monthly emergency lighting tests as required
Supporting the letting of void properties
assessing the suitability of referrals, arranging, and delivering property viewings, and arranging sign ups and inductions
Providing access for contractors, St Basil’s staff and other third parties in accordance with the requirements of tenancy and licence agreements
Supporting young people to set up accounts with utilities providers and councils and helping them to understand their payment responsibilities
Supporting the recharge process where damage has been caused by a young person
Requirements:
NVQ level 3 in health & social care, advice and guidance, or other relevant / equivalent qualification (or prepared to work towards)
Working with young people in the following settings/Types of work – Youth Work, Residential or Social Work, Probation, Community Work, Education and Training, Housing
Experience of working with and delivering a service through payments by outcomes PBO or PBR
Experience of working with young people with multiple complex needs
Experience of Safeguarding vulnerable children, young people, or adults
Up to date Knowledge of current welfare rights & relevant legislation
Up to date knowledge of housing legislation
Up to date Knowledge of the children, adults, and associated care acts
Nice to have:
NVQ level 4 or above in care, advice and guidance or other relevant / equivalent qualification (i.e. Youth or Social Work) or working towards this
Experience of working in a Psychologically Informed environment
Experience of working with people with Dual Diagnosis
Working with volunteers/students
Up to date Knowledge of Ofsted supported accommodation requirements
Up to date Knowledge of Housing Benefit UC rent Systems
Up to date Knowledge of mental health, domestic abuse, drug and alcohol and homelessness legislation