About Us
Advance Social Care is an innovative and leading leaving care provider for young people in the Northwest. We support and nurture young people to ensure they achieve the best transition and pathway into adulthood and beyond. Specialising in services that provide bespoke support to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC), Semi Supported Group Living Accommodation, Floating Support with Accommodation and support to young parents, sixteen and older
Our mission is to offer a One-Stop service to all young people in Local Authority Care and Leaving Care. Encompassing quality, safe and secure accommodation with the necessary level of required support. We thrive to provide bespoke, realistic, and inspirational support services to enable young people to make a successful transition into adulthood and beyond.
Support Worker responsibilities:
- Support young people with their daily / living needs within their homes.
- Creatively implement our independent living programme with young people.
- Demonstrate a high level of self-motivation and initiative to inspire, motivate and guide young people on their pathway to independence and adulthood e.g. provide advice, guidance and demonstration around budgeting, cooking, cleaning, washing, CV, interview skills, personal safety, managing accommodation, tenancy training etc.
- To work in partnership with multi agency services / staff to develop the skills and abilities of each young person,
- Promote the rights and interests of all young people whilst ensuring they are safe and protected from harm. Ensuring the highest level of safeguarding whilst promoting independence and life skills.
- To creatively identify and support young people with activities and / or voluntary options that may be beneficial and stimulating to their development and future
- Help them fill in forms e.g. benefit forms, college and employment applications.
- Provide emotional support to young people as and when required.
- Manage presenting conflict and challenge from young people with positive outcomes.
- Effectively run the daily duties and tasks within the semi supported/ group living home setting e.g. daily logs, chronology’s, case files, updating support plans, risk assessments, cleaning and maintenance.
- Attend the LAC reviews, pathway reviews, appointments and any other meetings with your young people if required. This could require transporting young people to these meetings.
- Undertake accurate case recordings
- Any other roles associated with the daily running of the organisation, its policies and procedures.