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Floating / Outreach Support Worker – Care Leavers 18 +

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Mission Statement – Our Purpose

We will provide young people with the best preparation for adult life. We will provide high-quality accommodation together with support to ensure young people develop life skills to enable them to manage their money, home, and relationships. We will support young people in education and training to prepare them for work. We will plan and deliver our services to safeguard young people, be better at how we work and achieve excellence in our outcomes.

Steps Ahead Living (SAL) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures regarding safer recruitment. The suitable applicant will be appointed subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS, proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK.

Outreach / Floating Support Worker (Young People 18-24)

As a Floating Support / Outreach worker in the SAL Outreach Team you will support young people aged 18 plus with complex support needs to enable a smoother transition to independent living, improving their well-being; increasing engagement with education, training, and employment, mental and physical health services, and positive social networks; preventing the accumulation of rent arrears; and reducing property abandonment and evictions.

You will support young people in stand-alone and shared accommodation in the community in a strengths-based way which promotes choice, encourages aspiration and increases clients’ level of protection from risk.

The Outreach/Floating Support Worker will be responsible for:-

To carry a caseload of service users aged 18 plus and to undertake Key Work/ Engagement sessions with each resident on a weekly basis and ensure that these are recorded and placed in a resident’s file.
To assess and develop identified plans of support including care plans and risk assessments.
To support monitor and record developments in the young person’s independent living skills
To be available to work at times appropriate to the changing needs of the Service User and for the efficient use of staff resources.
You will be responsible to carry out weekly Health and Safety checks within the properties.
You must record and report any repair work or damage to the property to ensure it is kept to a high standard.
Encourage and support young people in accessing education, training or employment as well as supporting them with any application process.
To assess the needs and risks as relevant to each Service User and to support them to set and attain realistic and achievable targets.
Good understanding of Universal Credit and supporting young people in this process.
Good proficient IT skills
Ability to problem solve, work under pressure and manage your own time effectively.
Support and assist young people with budgeting money, grocery shopping and administering a weekly subsistence allowance.
Encourage the young person to engage and take part in positive activities within the community, building on relationships and developing social networks. Building resilience.
Maintain accurate records, files, log keeping and all other required paperwork and administrative requirements. Submitting monthly reports to deadlines.