Young Person Support Worker - Darlington - ref. j44406919

Join Protective Care Group as a Young Person Support Worker!

At Protective Care Group, we believe in providing tailored support for young people who display challenging behaviour as a result of trauma. As a Young Person Support Worker, you will play a crucial role in helping our young people navigate their daily lives and prepare them for life beyond the age of 18.

Your role will involve:

• Offering empathetic day-to-day support to our young people.
• Coaching and mentoring them to develop essential life skills.
• Supporting challenging behaviours with acceptance and resilience.
• Maintaining accurate records and reports in compliance with regulations.
• Collaborating effectively with key stakeholders in the young person’s life.

Considerations before applying:

• You will be placed in a team anywhere within the North East of England so flexibility in travel and staying away from home is essential.
• A full UK manual driving license is a requirement for this role, our young people like to get out and about!
• We adopt a flexible approach to working as all of our young people are different. Shifts will typically follow a 4 on, 4 off pattern, including both 12 hour day and 12 hour waking night shifts, often your day shifts will be followed by a sleep in.

Requirements

We're looking for individuals who possess the following characteristics:

• A Level 3 qualification in Child and Residential care (or a suitable alternative)
• An understanding of trauma and its effects on behaviour.
• Ability to remain calm and non-judgmental whilst working with behaviours and needs such as absconding, self-harm, sexualised behaviour, attachment disorder, trauma and criminalisation.
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Full right to work in the UK and a valid UK manual driving license.

Benefits

The ultimate reward for this job is knowing that you’ve made a difference to a young person’s quality of life and future prospects, but our Support Workers also benefit from:

• Security - PAYE role, so no need to worry about consistency of shifts and pay
• Remuneration - competitive basic salary of £32,000 plus uplifts for each shift you work with a young person and for sleeping nights, paid annual leave, company sick pay, company pension
• Investment in you - training you need to do your role well, including paying for you to complete your NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare if you do not already have it, progression plan and training to help you get to where you want to be
• Dedicated wellbeing support from management, internal Wellbeing Specialist and free confidential counselling services
• Active and generous refer a friend scheme