Young Carers Practitioner

We are recruiting for a Young Carers Practitioner to join our Rochdale service, helping young people who have caring responsibilities.

This is a varied and rewarding role which benefits from true Hybrid Working, involving a mix between community working with young people, office working with a great team and home working for added flexibility and work-life balance.

To support our young carers, a Young Carers Practitioner would be expected to carry out the following tasks:

• Contact new Young Carers and welcome them to our service
• Gain an understanding of their caring role and develop individual support plans that reduce the impact of their caring responsibilities
• Make appropriate referrals for a statutory Young Carers Assessment
• Provide ongoing, time bound, one-to-one support, regularly reviewing their needs and adapting support plans as required
• Build relationships with and refer Young Carers and their families to broad range of agencies and community assets which meet their needs
• Support Young Carers to understand the condition of the person they care for and provide information on health and social care services
• Participate in multi-agency meetings such as team around the family, child protection conferences and child-in-need reviews
• Develop and deliver community-based peer support opportunities, such as peer support groups, activities and trips, including evening, weekend and out of term time opportunities
• Develop and deliver training opportunities for Young Carers to help them in their caring role and to provide skills for the future
• Record and maintain accurate and confidential records
• Use technology and social media to provide information, advice, and support to young carers
• Help identify Young Carers through a range of community and engagement events
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people and adults

The successful applicant will demonstrate capability to:

• Work with children and young people, individually and in group settings
• Use Microsoft Office packages
• Understand and carry out safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Complete assessments and support plans
• Motivate and encourage others
• Manage a complex and varied workload
• Work well as a team and individually
• Commit to anti-discriminatory practice
• Commit to the values and aims of n-compass

Interviews will be held on Monday 9th December 2024.

n-compass is an equal opportunities employer, if you requite any reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply for this role, please contact us.

Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (formally CRB)
Registered Charity Number: 1128809

Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check

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