Job Description

Shift Pattern:

9am-10pm 3 on 3 off rolling rota pattern ( all 3 are sleep in shifts) with on call (over phone and face to face with significant incidnces) quarter of the year shared rota.

OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT

My Future Matters Ltd offers a trauma informed supported semi independent homes for young people between the ages of 16-25 years of age for children with care experience.

We are excited to grow the My Future Matters Ltd family and we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic trauma informed senior mentor for our Beacon of Hope House based in Hove in East Sussex. We are looking for professionals with level 3 qualifications in Childhood studies/Residential childcare or equivalent, and be open to undergo extensive training in trauma and attachment informed approach. We welcome people with life and work experience for this role, as we value direct experience just as much as qualifications. We are committed to investing in our staff for the long term, so we offer a good salary rate, and great growth and development opportunities, as we want our staff to be happy where they work. We believe that consistency is key for our trauma informed homes so will be a longer term opportunity. We are looking for a fulltime positiion, we do not believe in 0 hour contracts, so following a successful 6 months probationary period, offer a permanent position with the My Future Matters Ltd company.

Responsibilities:

Be a positive role model, trusted and consistent mentor for young people Understanding safeguarding responses and the importance of keeping young people safe Support development and training for less experienced employees in the skills they need to be successful in company's homes Undertake key work sessions to support young people's development with independent living skills for example in, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, job and college applications and transitioning into adulthood and services to be successful happy adults To follow company policies and procedures to keep young people safe, to have equal opportunities and enable them to achieve and be safe To undertake regular training and supervision to create joint development plans to be an effective senior mentor and achieve your career development goals A member of staff needs to be on site 24/7, which requires sleep in shifts to ensure young people have support and are safe while they are enjoying their time developing in our semi independent homes To use a trauma and attachment informed approach to develop key trusted relationships with young people and their professional and family/carers, team, to support them achieving their pathway plans, care plans and future goals To support young people with their emotional development using trauma informed approaches and interventions to enable them to regulate, relate and recover from their past trauma to enable them to develop in life To support your colleague with shared rota for on call, to respond over the phone for guidance and safeguarding support and face to face with significant incidences having great proactivity, empathy, resilience, give guidance on safeguarding practices, professionalism and leadership skills during complex situations

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

be aware of this policy and all other safeguarding policies and procedures during induction, training and personal development; discuss any actual or emerging safeguarding concerns in supervision know who the safeguarding leads are and how to report concerns; be trained in identifying signs of harm and abuse; respond immediately to any young person to keep them safe; know what to do if a young person makes a disclosure; receive support and counselling if feeling distressed from being involved with a case or incident; stay up to date with changes in procedures; be prepared to attend a Strategy Meeting; be prepared to attend a Child Protection Case Conference keep accurate, objective records of any concerns or incidents complete body maps and ensure relevant people are notified so a conclusion is reached Responds within the expectations for on call duties to keep everyone safe
The companies mission is to improve the outcomes for young people by using a trauma informed approach and principles to enable the young people to develop, feels safe and reach their futures goals. We are committed to investing in young people so they can have the right tools practically and internally so they are able to achieve independence, understand the importance of self-care, so they are able to achieve their full potential, along with having the tools to manage times of stressors. We are on a mission to give young people the best possible support and space to reduce the current sad statistic of higher risk in this group in their adult life, of experiencing homelessness, having difficulties with substance misuse and mental health difficulties, being exploited and becoming involved in the criminal justice systems (Mental Health Foundation, 2020). We believe young peoples lives matter, and we want to be part of their exciting transitional journey towards adulthood.

Core Values

Feel Safe

- It is essential for a young person to be in their window of tolerance to be able to repair from their past trauma to enable them to develop and achieve. Therefore, we have invested time in creating a 24/7 supported safe welcoming spaces within our homes to aid in young people feeling a sense of 'home', belonging to promote a place of safety.

Young person led

- The voice of the young person in paramount and is clear throughout our service this has taken president, as we work with the young people to achieve their own set goals. We ensure young people are involved in all aspects of decision's in their life, plans and empower young people to attend meetings, to ensure their voice is heard.

Be Empowered and feel Valued

- A core approach in our style of working is empowering the young people we work with to make crucial steps and decisions in their life. Through this we hope to enable them to gain a better sense of self, improved self-esteem and feel valued, as their lives and future matters and they can achieve great outcomes.

Access to Opportunities

- We strive for all young people to achieve equal opportunities, that is why we have good local networks with careers advisors, business's and educational training provisions to help young people to achieve. A key aim is for the young people we work with to be in some form of education, training or employment and to maximise their current skills. We soon will be able to offer in house AQA assessment to achieve certificates to add to their CV's to improve possible opportunities to access future goals.

Achieve Independence

- Our service's core values are to act anti oppressive and we believe in working with the young people, and not taking opportunities away from them in making decisions or undertaking tasks that can hinder their independence growth, as experiencing and creating opportunities to learn and develop will support their independence journey. We are here to offer support and guidance and can adapt to diverse learning styles to help them to achieve the skills to give them the best opportunity to live independently in adulthood.

Working together

- 'We are in this journey together!' Children and young people that are being supported by the local authority, as well as these young people after 18 years of age are at an increased risk of experiencing loneliness (Community Care, 2019). Therefore, we are there to support the young person through their time with us, to not feel alone, create community networks and are able to offer additional transitional support to reduce this risk when leaving our homes.

Be Happy and Enjoy life

- This can be an exciting time in an adolescence journey to adulthood, along with some anxieties. We believe in creating safe, happy environments, a place you want to come home to, and able to relax and have a 'laugh', as they say, 'laughter is food for the soul'. Research suggests that due to the natural endorphins that laugher produces it can improve your emotional well-being (Yim, 2016), so could be argued in some respects or beliefs this is somewhat true, so we hope to create a little space in time of happy memories.

Desirable Skills/experience

- Has level 3 qualification in Residential childcare or equivalent

- Worked with children and young people for 1-2 years

- Has experience in supporting the development of colleagues

- Has experience with on call responsibilities

- Responsible person with good level of independence skills

- Committed individual, with good level of proactivity, resilience, empathy and positive empowering attitude

- Good level of safeguarding awareness, skills and experience in practice

- Good skill level of writing and computer skill abilities

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 40,270.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company events Company pension Gym membership Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Experience:

Working with children and/or young people: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person