Young Carer Wellbeing Mentor in Wellingborough

Location: Hybrid Working, Northamptonshire Carers, Anne Goodman Carers Centre, 123 Midland Road, Wellingborough, NN8 1LU

Hours: 21 per week

Salary: £13,791.96 per annum (£12.63 p/h)

Reporting to: Young Carer Lead

Make a Difference Every Day

Are you passionate about supporting young carers in progressing a personalised pathway to improved wellbeing? You will build trusting relationships with young carers so they feel able to talk about the different problems they face. Ensuring that young carers are at the centre of shaping support packages tailored to their needs and aspirations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assessing the wellbeing needs of individual young carers and creating holistic wellbeing improvement plans.
• Recording progress in advancing their personal wellbeing goals.
• Helping young carers gain insight into their emotions and developing practical self-help strategies.
• Building confidence, self-esteem, emotional resilience, and motivation.

About Us

A team of dedicated people who make a real difference to the lives of young people living in Northamptonshire. After a referral to the Young Carers Service, a Young Carer Worker will initially carry out a Needs Assessment which looks at what caring activities a young person may be undertaking, the appropriateness of these activities, and the impact the caring role may be having on them.

This assessment takes into consideration the voice of the parent and the voice of the young person. Following this, a support plan will be put together with actions and recommendations to support the young carer and the family.

The Role

• Deliver wellbeing focused one-to-one and group support to a cohort of young carers.
• Design, develop and implement, in partnership with young people and the wider team, wellbeing resources and a programme of content for groups and one-to-ones.
• Evaluate and review the needs of young carers, contributing to monitoring project outcomes and summarising report themes from information gathered.
• Communicate with young carers and their families as appropriate to their needs, encouraging participation while being respectful of their individual needs and being culturally sensitive.
• Provide occasional transport to young carers to enable them to access groups and activities.
• Work as part of the Young Carers Team and feedback any information or concerns to the line manager.
• Report any safeguarding concerns to the appropriate staff member, following organisational policies and procedures.
• Work with Health & Safety law and organisational policies and procedures as part of safe practice, including risk assessments and accident and incident reporting.
• Provide other such services as may be required from time to time in relation to the post.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Deliver wellbeing focused 1-to-1 and group support.
• Design, develop and implement wellbeing resources and a content programme.
• Evaluate and review the needs of young carers with the project.
• Provide transport enabling access to groups and activities.
• Support to the wider community team.

About You

• An understanding of young carers’ needs and issues, including the barriers to accessing education and the community.
• Excellent communication skills on all levels.
• Ability to travel to multiple locations and access to a vehicle to transport young people.
• A positive attitude towards young carers, sibling carers, and their families.
• Openness and willingness to learn and work towards future developments.
• Confident self-starter with the ability to work under own initiative, as well as part of a team.

You may already be working with younger people as a youth worker, support worker, or in education. You’ll hold a full driving licence with access to a vehicle.

What We’ll Offer In Return

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays – pro-rata for part-time.
• Simply Health Cash Plan.
• Death in Service benefit (should the worst happen, your loved ones will be supported).
• A supportive environment, no stuffy dress-codes, flexibility where we can.

What Next

Click apply and we look forward to receiving your application. Please be advised, should we receive enough suitable applications, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early. The successful candidate will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and the right to work in the UK.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible.

We at Northamptonshire Carers are committed to supporting and promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and are passionate about action, not words, being essential when tackling workplace race inequality.

We have made some great progress with our EDI work and as a result, have become a Race Equality Matters Trailblazer, awarded to us for our efforts in championing and pioneering the drive towards racial equality. But we still have lots of work to do to continue to raise awareness, tackle all forms of discrimination and inequality, and create greater understanding of the issues that impact all of the people we affect, both in the workplace and the services our organisation provides.

We are committed to being an inclusive organisation and recognise the important role our staff and service users play in creating and maintaining that inclusive culture. We are striving to be a diverse, inclusive organisation and support under-represented unpaid carers.