Senior Youth Support Worker

6 months ago

Mansfield, United Kingdom YMCA Robin Hood Group Full time

If you are looking for part time hours but still looking for a meaningful way to make a difference to someone's life, this could be a perfect role for you.

Do you have experience of working with young people and adults, supporting them as they move onto independent living? Your experience (whether through professional or lived experience), patience and dedication will be the key to their success.

The YMCA Robin Hood group provides temporary supported accommodation for young people, refugees, unaccompanied asylum seekers and children leaving care across our network of Transitionary homes across Mansfield as they take their first steps towards independent living.

We are recruiting for a Senior Youth Support Worker to work 22 hours per week to work with around 10 residents with the ultimate aim of them achieving 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 Youth Support Worker, your day to day role will include:

- Supporting around 10 Young People who have complex presentation with complex needs acting as their keyworker, co-producing support plans, risk assessments, Outcome Stars, crisis plans and safety plan in a young-person led environment.
- Creating a positive, nurturing and trusted environment for young people, always displaying unconditional positive support, whilst maintaining boundaries with calm and consistent professional practice. You will be a role model for them to model their behaviours against.
- Working collaboratively with other agencies and professionals including social workers, personal advisors, housing providers, health professionals, IDVAs, drug and alcohol treatment workers, criminal justice practitioners (YOT, police and NCA) to deliver wraparound support
- Produce risk management and crisis plans, encouraging young people to problem-solve and identify coping strategies when experiencing trauma, distress, self-harm, anger.
- 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:
This is an intense and demanding role which requires extensive experience of supporting young people with multiple and complex needs.

You will ideally have experience of working with vulnerable young people or children and see this as an opportunity where you can support 16-25 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, and challenging people and handling conflict appropriately.

From your background, you might a working knowledge of Housing Benefit, Personal Budgets and the welfare and benefits system as well as good understanding of the needs of homeless complex 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 role is being recruited on the basis of a rotating shift pattern which covers 7 days a week, 8am to 10pm. However, the reality of this role is the vast majority of the time you will be working in the core Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm. You would also work approximately 1 weekend in 4. We ask for flexibility in order to support high needs residents when required and also attend and support events or activities happening within the building. Time in lieu and swap days are of course applicable as is the ability to swap shifts with colleagues if agreeable. We will try our very best to work around your commitments and will try to be as flexible as the needs to the service allows.

If you are looking to work for an organisation who cares about you and your wellbeing, the YMCA prides itself on the package of wellbeing we support all our employees.

At YMCA Robin Hood Group, you will have many additional benefits, including but not limited t
- Comprehensive well-being package
- 23 day annual leave increasing 1 day each year for your first 5 years
- Flexible bank holidays to take to celebrate the cultural and religious events important to you
- Private medical and dental cashback scheme
- Westfield Rewards for high street discounts
- Regular ongoing inhouse training
- External training to support up to postgraduate level 7 studies to support your development
- Eligible to join the Blue Light Discount scheme
- Workplace pension
- 4 x Life Insurance/Death in Service
- Pastoral support
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Excellent opportunities for development and progression in an exciting expanding organisation
- £500 refer a friend scheme applicable a

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