YOUNG PERSON SUPPORT WORKER

Role of the Bespoke Support Workers

Once any support package is in place, our bespoke support worker (s) will be responsible for:

• Providing day-to-day trauma informed support set out in the child’s care plan, to meet the child’s day to day needs, promoting their safety and well-being and protecting them from harm – including the cooking of meals, supporting the child/young person to keep their bedroom clean and tidy and ensuring that the home in which the young person lives in is clean.
• Promoting healthy lifestyle choices through structure and routine that would be expected within a family home.
• Supporting the child’s engagement with education/training/employment
• Promoting good relationships with neighbours and the wider community
• Facilitating engagement with broader support services and health appointments (where these are specified within the child’s care plan)
• Facilitating access to the community, cultural and leisure activities in line with the child’s interests and aspirations
• Transporting as and when necessary and have the relevant business use insurance.
• Promoting ‘Family Time’ contact for children looked after with birth family members where this is specified within the child’s care plan.
• Ensuring that the child’s views about their care, support, and accommodation (where applicable) are listened to and acted upon where a...