We Are St Helens Borough Council Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce. Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support. Making A Difference as A Staying Close Support Worker Are you ready to welcome a new challenge in a “BRAND NEW” purpose-built development, specifically for young people making a journey from a children’s home to independence? A Staying Close Support Worker is going to play a vital role in the development and in the promotion of independence to our care leavers. The young people will be living in “trainer flats”. You will be located on site and on hand to offer support and outreach to our young people who have reached an age where they can live independently and are ready for learning new skills and gaining the experience of the adult world. You will be required to work closely with partners from housing, education, health, community, and families; this is a fantastic opportunity to start a service from new and to shape it in the way our children/young people need it to be. You will form part of a new staff team, there will be plenty of opportunity to attend training and development. This will be an exciting journey for you and there will be plenty of scope for further development. You will be supported by an experienced Registered Manager, receiving monthly supervisions and annual appraisals. Key Requirements: Focus on working as a team to promote independence. Emotional support and advice provision as corporate parents. Work shifts on a rolling rota, the shift pattern is 2 on – 3 off. This role does NOT require sleep ins or waking nights. If this role is for you, we welcome your application. Interested to Find Out More? You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here. You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing us at recruitmentsthelens.gov.uk This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment. Equality & Diversity St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. St Helens Borough Council is a Disability Confident Leader. Disability Confident Leaders lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.