Young Carer Sessional Worker

Location: / Craven
Salary: / £12.00 an hour
Reporting to: / Young Carer Worker
Hours: / The last Wednesday of every month during term time for 3– 5 hours.
In holidays two days a week to support trips and activities.
Role Guide
Relating to your role
Supports the young carer youth club, which take place on Wednesday evening. This will include preparation for the club and for the theme of the evening.
Enable young carers to access leisure opportunities in the school holidays.
Attending trips such as Old Trafford, swimming, Laser Zone, Bowling, Alton Towers, Chester Zoo, cooking, Hesketh Farm Park.
Supporting other workers with pre-trip preparations such as risk assessment, phoning round families, putting together paperwork, first aid kits etc prior to setting off.
Providing transport to and from meeting points for families with transport issues.
Enables young carers to take part in local, regional and national events and activities.
Pro-actively seeks and supports young carers for consultation, involvement and training processes both within The Carers’ Resource and with other agencies.
Working with others
Demonstrates effective team working skills, participates in team meetings and training.
Encourages and supports all volunteers and supervises identified volunteers.
Understanding the organisation
Acts as ambassador for The Carers’ Resource, protecting and promoting its good name and reputation at all times.
Maintains confidentiality over personal information relating to individuals.
Works within all the policies and practices of The Carers’ Resource, follows health and safety procedures
Proactively assists in the development of The Carers’ Resource
Developing personally
Takes responsibility, in consultation with your line manager, for personal development and progression, participating in performance reviews.
Undertakes any training deemed necessary by your line manager
Displays self confidence and initiative
Accepts and learns from feedback
Keeps up-to-date about services, benefits and organisations available to young carers.
Good timekeeper and good attendance

Person Specification

Essential / Desirable
Experience
An understanding of young carers' and sibling carers’ needs and awareness of current issues affecting them / 

Experience of working with young people

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Experience of working with minority ethnic communities

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Skills and abilities

Skilled communicator and negotiator / 
Organisational abilities, an ordered systematic approach to work and an eye for detail / 
Ability and commitment to working as part of an extended team. / 
Need to be self motivated, to organise time effectively, to manage workload, to prioritise tasks and to work to agreed targets. / 
Knowledge
Evidence of a good general education / 
IT literate – a competent user of Word and email / 
Good general understanding of Safeguarding(Child Protection) Policies and Procedures and other policy, legislation, benefits and services for young carers and their families / 
Some knowledge or experience of how to support a local group and develop its potential. / 
Other requirements
An understanding of the need for confidentiality, sensitivity and a non judgemental attitude. / 
Own transport and clean, current driving licence. / 