Young Carers Project Sessional Worker

YOUNG CARERS MILTON KEYNES

Title: Young Carers Administrator

Hours: 15 hours per week

Office Base: Margaret Powell House, Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes MK9 3BN

Responsible To: Young Carers Senior Support worker

Primary Purpose: To assist the Young Carers Team in the day-to-day administration of running the service.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Assist the Young Carers Team with the planning and preparation of Young Carer clubs, groups, activities and targeted support and awareness sessions.
Design club, group and activity invitations, organise mail-outs and collate responses.
Assist the Young Carers Team to organise transport by liaising with volunteer drivers and creating and mailing out a transport list for each driver
Take the lead in contributing to the Carers MK newsletter.
Co-ordinate the receipt of referrals and follow up communication with families and professionals.
Answer telephone enquiries.
Update and maintain the Young Carers records and data base.
Produce monitoring statistics as requested.
Maintain office information, policies and procedures.
Attend regular supervision and team meetings.
Undertake training as required.
Maintain a general understanding of the work of the whole organisation, participating in day-to-day administrative tasks and attending staff meetings.
Participate in joint activities e.g. AGM, National Carers Week, open days and other promotional activities.
Contribute to and take part in continuing professional development for all Carers MK staff.
Contribute towards development of the centres resources and information library for carers.
To keep accurate records on all aspects of the work for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Produce reports at regular intervals as and when required.
Represent Carers MK at events and conferences.
Any other duties as reasonably required by Carers MK.

Person Specification

Experience/Qualifications

Essential

Good Standard of general education
Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own work and complete tasks as directed
Good spoken and written communication skills
Knowledge of office-based ICT
Able to work alone and as a team member
Able to work positively and co-operatively under pressure
Ability to communicate and interact effectively with young carers, families and professionals
Good organisational and logistical skills
Ability to work to processes
Willingness to undertake appropriate training
Commitment to Equal Opportunities

Desirable

Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures
Ability to be patient, empathetic yet appropriately assertive
Knowledge of legislation relating to Carers and children’s issues, including Risk assessment.

This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. A DBS check is part of the recruitment process.