As a member of our wider Supported Housing Team, you will work closely within our dedicated Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child service and can expect your role to include:
1. Working with and supporting Young People to create a positive, nurturing, and trusted environment for them to live and thrive.
2. Providing unconditional positive support, whilst maintaining boundaries with calm and consistent professional practice.
3. Acting as a role model for them to model their behaviours against.
4. Where required, working collaboratively with other agencies and professionals including social workers, personal advisors, housing providers, health professionals, IDVAs, drug and alcohol treatment workers, and criminal justice practitioners (YOT, police, and NCA) to deliver wraparound support.
5. Proactively support young people to plan to move on from the service. This includes advising on housing options, supporting with applications for housing to local authorities, and exploring private sector accommodation options.
6. Prepare young people for move on, helping them to develop life skills such as cleaning, cooking, budgeting, engaging with digital services, engaging with health services, and positive use of leisure time.
About You:
You will ideally have experience of working with vulnerable young people or children and see this as an opportunity to support 16-24 year olds take an important step towards independent living.
Experience of working in supported housing would be a huge benefit, but first and foremost, you will be passionate about supporting young people and share our belief that everyone should have a fair chance to discover who they are and what they can become.
Your communication skills will be your greatest strength, and you will have experience of dealing with difficult situations, challenging people, and handling conflict appropriately.
From your background, you might have a working knowledge of Housing Benefit, Personal Budgets, and the benefits system, as well as a good understanding of the needs of homeless people and the services available to them. We are happy to support you with this knowledge through our in-house training and development programmes.
This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA). We reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.
Hours: 37.5
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:
o Travel costs
o Childcare costs
o Private gym membership
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