We are looking for a dedicated and motivated individuals to join our team. Y sort it Young Carers Service supports
young carers/ young adult carers aged between 8-18 years across West Dunbartonshire.
This exciting post offers a unique opportunity to work with Young Carers within school, home & community based
settings. The role of the Young Carer Support Worker will be to support young carers in making informed choices
around issues that are important to them, through one to one, group work sessions & respite.
You will be offering and completing Young Carers Statements (Assessments), developing support plans, providing advice
and information, training, and peer support to help young carers with their caring role.
Young carers are supported through a range of measures to alleviate the caring role and your role will be to work
closely with schools, partner agencies and family members to ensure they are able to be a young person first and
foremost.
You will be active at providing support and encouragement, helping them to overcome challenges and /or barriers
working towards goals to improve their learning, skills and personal development. Offering guidance, rights
based information, creating learning opportunities. You will be developing support plans, providing advice and
information, training and peer support. Your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies and
family members.
The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and
weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of
work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Young Carers Service including overnight stays for
respite.
You will be directly managed by Y sort it Young Carer Manager.