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Supported Housing Support Worker

  • Organisation
  • YMCA DownsLink Group
  • Number of positions
  • 1
  • Location
  • Hastings
  • Salary
  • £26,955 per annum pro-rata
  • Closing date
  • 13/09/2024
  • Contract type
  • Permanent
  • Work pattern
  • Full Time
  • Hours
  • 37.5
  • Job type
  • Housing
  • Job reference
  • orbis/TP/362833/42064
  • Job reference
  • orbis/TP/362833/42064
  • Number of positions
  • 1
  • Location
  • Hastings
  • Salary
  • £26,955 per annum pro-rata
  • Closing date
  • 13/09/2024
  • Organisation
  • YMCA DownsLink Group
  • Contract type
  • Permanent
  • Work pattern
  • Full Time
  • Hours
  • 37.5
  • Job type
  • Housing

Salary: £26,955 per annum pro-rata
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, 37.5 hours. Working onsite on a seven-day rolling rota, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Closing date: 13 September 2024, 12AM
We reserve the right to close this advert early if a successful candidate is found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Interview date: TBC

How to apply: http://ymcadlg.org

Who to contact if you have a query: Charlotte.Rodrigues@ymcadlg.org or http://Recruitment@ymcadlg.org

 

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

YMCA Hastings - YMCA DownsLink Group (ymcadlg.org) provide supported accommodation for a total of 47 young people at risk of homelessness, aged 16 to 25, and care experienced young people under the age of 18. We provide support to our residents to help them build essential life skills, identify their goals and work towards aspirations so that they can move on to enjoy fully independent futures. Our staff team comprises of Support Workers, Night Staff and Managers. Each Support Worker holds a caseload of residents and meets with them weekly to build a support plan and help them achieve their goals.

  • As a Supported Housing Support Worker you will hold a caseload of residents, working with them on a one-to-one basis with also facilitating group work sessions. 
  • You will identify their needs by listening to them, with employing psychologically informed approaches to enable residents to make better choices and take responsibility for their actions. 
  • You will work closely with other services such as, Social Services, Police, Probation, education providers and local organisations. Our projects already have excellent working relationships with these services, and your role will build on these. 
  • You will be helping them to improve their practical living skills such as cleaning, budgeting, managing behaviour, seeking, and securing employment and making wise decisions.
  • You will help to contribute to a great working environment, with a calm, yet assertive manner, being able to handle potentially difficult situations. 

ABOUT YOU:

  • We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.
  • This is a dynamic and varied role; you will be passionate about being involved in the support and growth of young people.
  • Ideally, you will have knowledge and experience of working with young people, knowledge of housing and welfare benefits, along with an awareness of all aspects of safeguarding.
  • You will enjoy working in a client facing role, with the ability to self-motive to drive to deliver an outstanding service. 
  • You will be an effective communicator who is able to deliver robust, clear handovers and build strong relationships with other members of your team.
  • In addition, you will have the ability to de-escalate volatile situations and manage challenging behaviour appropriately.

Successful candidates will already have the right to live and work in the UK.

An inclusive workplace - We are committed to policies and practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment. We encourage applications from people from all sections of the communities that we serve. 

Accessibility - If you require assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact us.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure (including the Children’s barred list and the Adults’ barred list) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS.)

    

 

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.