Job Title:
SHAP Community Housing Support Worker – Weekend worker
Responsible to:
Service Manager
Responsible for:
Not Applicable
Hours of Work:
16 hrs per week – working Saturday and Sunday 9-5.30pm
Location:
YMCA Together – based from RISE
Salary and benefits:
£11,567.36
13 days annual leave including bank holidays per annum
Paid Medicash support
Birthday day off
Charity day of your choice
Well-being Hours
Cycle To Work Scheme
Refer a Friend Scheme
Company Pension Scheme 4%
Funded Training Opportunities
Shortlisting and Interview Dates
Shortlisting week commencing 25th November
Interview/Assessment day 2nd December
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. We were founded in 1846 and so we build on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value driven organisation.
Our vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. We meet our vision by working within our values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that we do from recruitment to how we work alongside people in our services to our partnership approach with other providers.
Our clear vision and values come together to help us in our mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
Job Purpose
This service will provide support to vulnerable young people (age 18-25) who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping with medium to high support needs. As a support worker you will be focused around facilitating recovery, self-development and preparing for independent living. The aim of the support is to ensure that young people are supported and empowered to make positive choices about their life and to develop the tools required to live a life free from homelessness. As a support worker you be expected to have specific skills and experience of working with young people and engage them using range of tools, language and platforms that are familiar to young people e.g. technology, social media etc.
As a support worker you will recognise that the people that we support have often experienced trauma and will work in a way which understands this. You will work alongside our Assistant Psychologist for people that require it.
As a weekend Support worker you will be expected to carry on from the support that is being provided form the named support worker to ensure that those living in the service feel safe and listened to every day of the week.
Hours of work
The post holder will initially be working Saturday and Sunday 9-5.30 pm
Duties and Responsibilities
Carry out new service user welcomes, inducting into their new properties and identifying immediate support needs.
Ensure that service users have a full understanding of their rights and responsibilities during their stay.
Support service users to achieve their goals and targets as defined/ agreed within their support plans and empower them to reach their aims .
Manage, update, and communicate service users risk assessments in line with YMCA Together policy and procedure.
Ensure service users shape their own support and understand the purpose of the support provided.
Hold planned key-work sessions as well as ad hoc support each week with service users using a person-centred reflective approach.
Assess support needs and plan support around individual need. Regularly review and develop mutually agreed support plans with service users and any other professional involved in the support of those individuals e.g., Social Workers, CPNs, Probation Officers.
Up to date records must be kept on both support planning systems MainStay and DAVE.
Conduct monthly/quarterly risk assessments of service users keeping all relevant parties informed of updates/changes.
Support all service users with future tenancy planning ensuing that everyone has the skills to live independently away from a supported housing pathway.
Motivate and challenge service users so they realise their goals.
Liaise between service users and external agencies regarding the provision of specialised support when appropriate.
Encourage involvement and participation among service users in the running and shaping of the wider service provided by planning and attending regular service user meetings and forums.
Deal promptly with all complaints and protection from abuse disclosures.
Demonstrate creativity in overcoming obstacles and a commitment to working with and providing support to vulnerable people.
Ensure that Robust handovers are completed and actions are followed up on.