Young People Support Worker

5 months ago


Greenwich, United Kingdom Depaul UK Full time

**Location**: Greenwich and Croydon
- **Earnings**: £26,708 Per Annum (ILW) Plus Pension

Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact in the lives of young adults facing homelessness? Join our dynamic team as a **Young People Support Worker **in Depaul UK, where you will play a vital role in supporting and empowering individuals on their journey towards independence.

**About Us**:
**Role Overview**:
Our service at **Greenwich and Croydon** provides support services to unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people (aged 18-21) so that they can develop skills and resilience to be confident and self-determining in their lives.

As **Young People Support Worker** at our service, you will work along young people to move towards independence and ensure that they are able to take control of decisions affecting their lives.

You will also collaborate with key government agencies including social services, health services, mental health services, immigration agencies, colleges and employers to gain the best possible outcomes.

In addition, you will focus on providing quality support to them as well as undertake a range of support, housing management and administration duties. **Please note that it is essential that you have experience working with asylum seeking people.**

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Interview and assess clients in order to help to find suitable, safe and settled accommodation.
- Liaise with accommodation providers to seek suitable housing option for clients, and to take them through the referral process. This will include accompanying clients to housing interviews and resettlement work.
- Actively support young people to stay in or enter suitable education, employment and training.
- Support young people to access and liaise with health services, including mental health services, drug and alcohol support services and counselling referrals.
- Support teenage parents to develop parenting skills, while safeguarding their children.

**What We Are Looking For - Person Specification**:

- Able to work on own initiative but at same time able to exercise sound judgement in knowing when to consult with peers and clients to meet the service KPI’s
- A clear understanding and ability to implement risk management, information sharing and data security arrangements.
- Awareness of and commitment to equal opportunity and diversity practise. Ability to promote and implement diversity practice and policies and treat colleagues and clients fairly and with respect.
- Experience of helping Young People with setting up benefits and maintaining their accommodation
- Experience of working with people who are seeking asylum within the UK, including legislation they have to comply with and the attendant mental health issues that may occur.

**Note**:
Applications submitted without a supporting statement and/or after the closing date and time stated will not be put forward for shortlisting. In addition,** an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post. **Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients.

**Applications**:
**We kindly request no contact from unsolicited recruitment or media agencies**.


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