Title:  Project Worker Children And Young People Nights

Project Worker Children and YoungPeople Nights

Dolphin Lodge, Hythe

£13.12 per hour effective 1 April 2024

37.5 hours per week

Sanctuary Supported Living are delighted to be recruiting for a Project Worker, Children and Young People, at Dolphin Lodge, Hythe, to provide support to Children and Young adults.

At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.

We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

The role of Project Worker will include:

• Provide high quality person centred support to enable and empower clients to develop the skills necessary for independent living within legislative, regulatory requirements and best practice
• Establish professional relationships with all clients, using appropriate and clear communication to promote independence through developing daily living skills and social engagement, ensuring that clients maintain personal choice, privacy and dignity
• Assist clients in understanding and planning their support package, focussing on positive outcomes to maximise clients' potential and enable them to exercise choice and control
• Provide advocacy to support clients and their families when required, to maximise clients independence and personal potential
• Liaise with relevant external agencies to ensure the maximum support is delivered to enable clients to access and maintain a level of integration within the wider community
• Manage the implementation of safeguarding principles and responsibilities to ensure the safety of clients and to avoid potential risk to stakeholders and the business
• Promote safe practices and undertake risk assessments within legislative frameworks and business protocols, escalating issues as appropriate
• Contribute, as appropriate, to special programmes and projects in support of the Group's values and objectives

Skills and experiences:

• Experience of working with vulnerable Children and Young adults
• Proven knowledge of key needs and services for relevant client group
• Some knowledge of relevant legislative and regulatory requirements
• Good understanding of written and spoken English
• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal and customer care skills
• Ability to demonstrate a positive and accepting approach to clients whatever their needs
• Ability to keep accurate records and clearly communicate relevant information
• Ability to make accurate simple calculations
• Email and internet communications

Are you ready to be your best?

Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:

• At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus public holidays)
• A pension scheme with employer contributions
• A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
• Health and well-being plans
• Life assurance
• Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
• Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities

Job Reference: 217191

Closing Date: 21 April 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.