Support Worker
Fife Council, Queensway, Fife
Support Worker
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Fife Council, Queensway, Fife
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted today, 11 Jun | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: ae2d834afc4a4f058d6714a9956f5879
Location ref: Queensway, Fife
Full Job Description
The Aftercare Support Team offer support and guidance to Fife care experienced young people age 16-26 who live in their own tenancies or one of the various supported accommodations they can access., This role involves supporting young people with day to day tasks.
Supporting young people within their tenancies and assisting them to set up their first tenancy.
Supporting them as difficulties arise.
Make applications/referrals for young people.
Facilitate group work in response to the needs of the young people e.g cooking groups/gym groups.
Lone working.
Working alongside other professionals.
Mapping out available community resources.
Ongoing training will be provided, this includes 'outcome star' and 'decider skills.'
Fife Council is committed to delivering services which are responsive, reliable, efficient and effective.
Experience working with either care experienced young people or teens/young adults.
Must be able to work with other Council services and partner agencies to support the effective planning and delivery of care and support within our service.
You should be able to work flexibly and creatively within a dynamic and ambitious team.
You should be caring, compassionate and responsive to the needs of our young people.
Confidence with IT skills as case recording and other administration duties will need to be completed on LCS and applications be made for young people e.g UC.
Ability to travel within Fife.
Ability to support group work.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
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Fife Council
View full company profileWe employ approximately 18,000 employees who provide 900 different services to over 365,000 people yet we have one of the highest overall customer satisfaction ratings for a Council in the UK. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy. We are a large organisation and have a wide range of job roles from teachers, social care workers, community education workers, and planners, to support roles, like accountancy, IT and HR, not to mention communications and marketing, and law. Fife Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and we encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In addition, we are a Disability Confident employer and as users of the scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If you're looking for a real career challenge, you'll find it here in Fife!