Job Title: Alliance Coordinator – Young Peoples Service
Location: On Route Foyer and Westley Street Young Families service delivery sites in Dudley
Accountable to: Service Manager
Job Purpose: To coordinate and distribute referrals to our partner agencies within the Dudley Young Person’s Alliance. Tailor Action Plans for Care Experienced Young People which will provide them with a holistic wrap around support service to further develop their skills.
- Monday to Friday
- Between the hours of 9-5pm
- May on occasion have to see a young person outside of these hours but not a regular requirement
- Flexible around school times
- No evening or weekend work required
Upholding a culture that is strongly committed to services that invest in young people and young parents.
Maintaining an ethos of advantaged thinking that promotes aspiration and strengths based coaching principles that enables young people to be the best they can be within the ethos of safety net in crisis and springboard to a better future.
Key responsibilities Working with the young people in a strength-based way, you will assess and identify their individual strengths, needs and risks. This will create a personalised support plan with achievable goals that is reviewed regularly and when required by the young person.
- Manage the Alliance Referral process following the procedure and adhering to timescales.
- Attend Transitional Panel meetings for Care Experienced young people to discuss their transitional plan. Identify any referrals from this meeting and liaise with professionals involved and refer to relevant agency best suited to the young person’s support needs.
- Manage actions plans for the young people and ensure support is being delivered and actions are being completed by professionals involved.
- Be the main point of contact for Social Workers, PAs and other professionals who work with a young person.
- Use housing management and support systems to record information about a young person and their support.
- Facilitate and lead on regular catch up meetings with agencies in the Dudley Alliance Partnership.
- Create and distribute monthly reports to professionals who work with and support each young person.
- Facilitate intervention meetings with young people, relevant partner agencies and other professionals to build a holistic wrap around package for young people.
- Develop working partnerships with other support agencies, make referrals where necessary i.e. talking therapy services.
- Contribute to providing a safe, supportive and positive living environment and encourage young people to engage in activities and opportunities offered to develop independence, assist them in planning for the future and help them to access other services.
- Liaise with agencies and professionals as necessary for the benefit of the young people and the effective running of the service.
- Positively engage with all safeguarding requirements and ensure any potential concerns are reported immediately.
- Actively promote and practice an Advantaged Thinking ethos in line with Foyer Federation Advantaged Thinking Framework.
- Demonstrate at all times a clear understanding of personal and professional boundaries.
- Ensure that views and experiences of young people and agencies are sought actively, recorded correctly and used to develop the service.
- Report any issues, difficulties or complaints to the Service Manager and participate in the follow up investigations as required.
General Assist in the general administration and record keeping of the project in conjunction with the policies of the Association and the GDPR.
- Undertake training and supervision in accordance with the identified needs of the individual and the project.
- Observe and comply with the Health and Safety policy.
- Promote and support equality and empowerment within all areas of work.
- Work as part of a team to assist in the general running of the Young Peoples projects, to implement the policies of CHADD and to ensure that as far as possible the aims of the project are achieved.
- Remain up to date and compliant with all organisational procedures and policies, professional codes of conduct and uphold standards of best practice.
- Carry out such duties as may from time to time be required for the effective running of the project in agreement with the Team Seniors and Service Manager.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £25,583.00-£26,403.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
