We are recruiting for a Senior Youth Support Worker to work as part of our dedicated team to help young people build on life skills to make the successful transition to independent living.
Using a person-centered approach, you will draw on your previous relevant experience in Supported Housing along with your patience and dedication to achieve positive outcomes for all our young people.
YMCA Robin Hood group provides temporary supported accommodation for young people who have found themselves homeless through no fault of their own. Working in partnership with the local authority, we provide short-term, supported accommodation to enable the young person to move on to independent living.
You will passionately share in our belief that everyone should have a fair chance to discover who they are and what they can become.
As a Senior Youth Support Worker, your day-to-day role will include:
* Working in partnership with a Youth Support Worker to provide a seamless level of support to our young people.
* Keyworker to around 10-15 young people, who have had challenging starts in life and struggle to build positive relationships.
* Work with the young person in a trauma-informed way to co-produce support plans, risk assessments, Outcome Stars, crisis plans, and safety plans.
* Creating a positive, nurturing, and trusted environment for young people, always displaying unconditional positive support, whilst maintaining boundaries.
* Acting as a positive role model.
* Working collaboratively with other agencies and professionals including social workers, personal advisors, housing providers, health professionals, drug and alcohol treatment workers, and criminal justice practitioners to deliver wraparound support.
* Encouraging young people to problem-solve and identify coping strategies when experiencing trauma, distress, self-harm, anger, etc.
* Proactively supporting young people to plan to move on to independent living, including advising on housing options, supporting with applications for housing to local authorities, and exploring private sector accommodation options.
* Encouraging young people to develop life skills such as cleaning, cooking, budgeting, and engaging with health services.
* Encouraging young people to engage with education, training, or employment.
* Helping young people navigate the Benefits systems and supporting with applications.
About You:
You will have the passion and drive to make a difference in a young person's life, using all your transferable skills to achieve positive outcomes.
Whether your background is in supporting adults, children, or young people, can you:
* Think fast?
* Multi-task?
* Show compassion and care?
If you have experience of working with people but now wish to make a difference by working with young people, this could be a brilliant opportunity for you to work more closely with them to see their achievements and development, getting hands-on in helping to shape a young person's future and see the difference you can make!
A Childcare or Health & Social Care qualification would be highly desirable but not essential. As we provide Commissioned Services, you must be willing to complete further study, which is a mandatory part of the role. You will be supported by YMCA to complete a minimum level 2 Housing Qualification and a level 3 Childcare/Health & Social Care Qualification (both nationally recognized qualifications). You will be enrolled after you have completed your probation. This will be fully funded by YMCA and you will be given time during your working week to complete these studies.
Your communication skills will be your greatest strength, and you will have experience of dealing with difficult situations, challenging people, and handling conflict appropriately.
You will need to be confident using computers and IT; we use a number of different IT packages that you will need to pick up (with training) and use as part of your everyday work. You will need to be comfortable with all Microsoft packages too.
You will work 22.5 hours per week over 5 days on our rota which covers our service from 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. Our standard shifts are 8 am - 4 pm, 12 pm to 8 pm weekdays, and 10 am to 6 pm at weekends.
We plan our rota in advance as a team. We will endeavor to accommodate your personal preferences and your availability; we value your outside of work commitments and hobbies to ensure a positive work-life balance.
There is no requirement for lone working, and you will always be on shift with other colleagues.
This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.
Benefits:
We offer the following benefits from day 1 of your employment with us:
* Equivalent of 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing 1 day each year for your first 5 years!
* Workplace pension with Royal London (3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution).
* 4 x Life Insurance/Death in Service whilst in the pension scheme.
* Reduced school holiday childcare places at YMCA Camp Williams Nottingham & Newark.
* 10% off in our hospitality venues including the Malt Cross and the Café at our Activity Village in Newark.
* Pastoral support.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Excellent opportunities for development and progression.
* Support for further study up to post-graduate level 7 courses to support your development.
* £500 refer a friend scheme applicable across the Group.
* Regular ongoing in-house training.
* Eligible to join the Blue Light Discount scheme.
* Staff events and annual celebrations.
* On passing your probation, you can select from one of the following additional benefits: Private medical and dental cashback scheme with Westfield Health and access to Westfield Rewards for high street discounts; £120 cash annual contribution towards either: Travel costs or; Childcare costs or; Private gym membership.
Apply now!
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