Engagement Worker

Engagement Worker
Bristol and South Gloucestershire

Working Hours: Full time (35 hours a week)
Salary Range: GBP19,500 - GBP26,767
Start date: June 2022 (subject to successful candidate notice period and satisfactory completion of referencing and safeguarding checks)

Learning Partnership West's mission

LPW deliver play opportunities, education, training and routes into work to children and young people to make communities safe and inclusive, with quality opportunities and choices for all.

LPW delivers services where the biggest differences to people and communities can be made. We focus our efforts where they are most needed in the West of England and where we can make the most impact.

Job Purpose

- Engage young people (YP) from a range of different communities, to build resilience and improve their life chances
- Work with partners, managers, other colleagues and YP to shape direct delivery across the organisation

In this role, your primary areas of responsibility will be:

- Work with YP on a 1:1 basis to improve behavioural and social outcomes
- Manage a caseload of YP effectively
- Plan, monitor and evaluate targeted group activities
- Undertake assessments in order to identify YP's strengths, weaknesses and barriers to progression
- Produce action plans with YP based on their individual needs and implement them in order to achieve outcomes
- Involve YP in service design
- Provide ways for YP to have their say in developing, delivering and evaluating services so that they are accessible, attractive and relevant for them and their families
- Complete and review comprehensive risk assessments
- Work within a budget
- Maintain accurate and professional records relating to interventions with YP using our database
- Support, engage and maintain good working relationships with families to ensure positive outcomes for YP
- Liaise regularly with partners, schools, other providers, specialist support agencies and community organisations
- To carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects commitment to safeguarding YP in accordance with LPW's policies
- Ensure that Child Protection requirements are complied with and where appropriate reported in accordance with agreed criteria
- Ensure the welfare of YP and highlight any safeguarding issues to relevant agencies
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of legislation and opportunities relevant to YP
- Implement delegated tasks from LPW's strategic and operational plans

What you will bring to this role:

Awareness, knowledge and understanding of:

- Bristol and South Gloucestershire's diverse communities
- The effect of social and economic disadvantage on YP
- Issues that affect vulnerable YP
- Best practice in safeguarding YP from harm
- Other support agencies within Bristol and South Gloucestershire and multi-agency processes of support for YP
- Best practice in promoting inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity
- The right candidate should ideally be qualified to Level 3 or above in a discipline related to working with young people (YP) e.g. Careers Guidance/Youth Work

Experience of:

- Working within a similar role either paid or voluntary
- Using a variety of information technology i.e. Microsoft Office and the ability to maintain accurate and detailed records in a case management system or database
- Planning, delivering and evaluating outcome focussed buildings and non-buildings based activities for YP
- Engaging and working with a wide range of YP on a 1:1 basis and in groups to secure positive outcomes
- Working with partners, with families and within communities to secure outcomes for YP
- Safeguarding YP from harm
- Experience of risk assessing activities
- Promoting equality of opportunity and challenging discrimination

The skills and ability to:

- Effectively plan and manage own caseload to achieve targets and evaluate outcomes
- Contribute to team targets and evaluate outcomes
- Effectively deal with challenging and confrontational situations
- Engage and communicate effectively with YP, parents, carers, teachers, managers and other professionals
- Problem-solve, innovate, plan, organise, overcome barriers and implement solutions effectively
- Provide a range of ways for YP to have their say in their services
- Be culturally competent and able to challenge inequality
- Be flexible in approach to working locations
- Work effectively with YP from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Work effectively in a team situation and on own initiative
- Form confident professional relationships with YP

Your attitude means you will have:

- Commitment to LPW vision and values
- Commitment to developing own learning, knowledge and skills
- Ability to work flexibly including regular evening and weekend work
- Willing to travel across Bristol and South Gloucestershire throughout the working day and week
- Willingness to respond positively and effectively to change
- Ability to champion and promote equality of opportunity, discrimination and stereotypical behaviours

With LPW you will get an opportunity to work for a community interest company that has a social mission at its core driving everything we do. In addition we have an attractive range of benefits, such as 26 days annual leave (plus a 3 day seasonal shut down at Christmas), 4% employer's contribution to our pension scheme, travel loans, childcare vouchers and a cycle to work scheme. LPW is a Living Wage, and Disability Confident employer.

Please note that any CVs received without an accompanying recruitment application form will not be considered for interview.

Closing date: 26 May 2022 (4pm)

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