Independent Living Skills Coach

Salvation Army Homes
The Role
This is a key post contributing to the delivery of Salvation Army Homes' support services to its residents at West Farm and associated training flats.

Working within our corporate aims and objectives you will deliver a person centred, outcome focused service to the young people we work with.

You will be responsible for working in a strength based, trauma informed way to empower and enable young people to develop the skills to reach their full potential and move towards independence.
What you’ll be doing
Act as a keyworker to a caseload of young people, coproducing their personal “My Journey” plan and enabling them to achieve their goals and aspirations 
• Work with young people using a coaching approach, addressing their physical,  emotional, social and behavioural needs, supporting them to progress towards independence  
 • Build supportive relationships with the young people living in our services whilst maintaining professional boundaries  
• Deal with challenging behaviour in a trauma informed way, keeping within the boundaries of policies and procedures. 
• Keep records of support, and risk management plans, undertaking regular reviews to ensure goals are identified and achieved  
• To ensure that young people who are ready to move on have an appropriate network 
• To work with you line manager to continuously develop the role and the service in line with Salvation Army Home’s mission and values  
• To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal to help identify your own training and development needs 
• To work within Salvation Army Homes' safeguarding policy and procedures, ensuring a person-centred and contextual approach to safeguarding and that appropriate action is taken in order to safeguard the wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk, protecting them from harm whilst respecting their rights, wishes and feelings 
Administration Duties 
• Regularly record on Salvation Army Homes' IT reporting system to ensure all information is available to all staff.
What you’ll bring 
• Experience of or knowledge related to working with young people  
• Proven capacity to deal successfully with difficult and complex situations   
• Understanding of wider support and funding opportunities available for engaging young  
people  
• Experience of supporting vulnerable people or groups and essential experience and behaviours
Our Offer 
In return, we offer a competitive and supportive benefits package, including: 

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days 

• Westfield Healthcare Cash Back Plan (including cashback for optical, dental, therapies, plus 24/7 GP access and counselling support) 

• Matched pension scheme up to 6% (with salary sacrifice option) 

• Enhanced family leave from day one, including enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity pay 

• Occupational sick pay 

• Financial support options, including season ticket loans, emergency loans, mortgage advice and wellbeing support 

• Paid volunteering days 

• Cycle to Work Scheme 

• Discounted private medical insurance 

• Support to learn, broaden your skills and develop your career 

• A fun and inclusive work culture where individual differences are valued and championed