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Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Blackburn, United Kingdom Nightsafe Ltd Full time

Post: Support Worker

**Salary**:£21,312 includes 2 sleeps per week

**Based at**: Across Blackburn with Darwen as required at Nightsafe’s Housing project bases.

**Hours**:Full-time 32 hours per week + 2 Sleep ins on a 7 day rota including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

**Additional benefits**:Pension - 4% Employer & 4% Employee

**Annual leave**: 25 days plus bank holidays

**Responsible to**: Supported Housing Project Co-ordinator

**Responsible for**: Currently no line management responsibilities.

**Our Ethos**:Nightsafe believes that every young person has a right to a roof over their head, to live in a safe environment and be treated with kindness, dignity and respect.

**Our Vision**:Is that every young person that comes through Nightsafe’s door will have a roof over their head, live in a safe environment, be treated with kindness, dignity and respect and achieve their potential.

**Our Mission**:Nightsafe will work with young people who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness and will provide accommodation, day centres and information, advice and guidance. We will help with emergency needs and empower our young people to play a positive part in their local community.

**Purpose of role**:
To provide life and social skills support for homeless young people in a small housing project for young people aged 16 - 24. To contribute to the development and delivery of Nightsafe’s projects to meet our contractual service level agreements, monitoring and evaluation of projects. To work towards quality thresholds and in line with Nightsafe’s policies and procedures.

Main Role and Responsibilities Purpose
- To staff the project on a 24/7 rota with other staff including evening, weekends, sleep-ins and occasional waking nights
- To help settle homeless young people into the project
- To support the work with young people, to offer practical support, advice and guidance with identified issues and goals
- To record and support with the monitoring of young people’s progress and outcomes
- To liaise with and advocate on behalf of young people with all relevant agencies
- To support issue based group work with young people staying in the project
- To ensure a safe & secure environment for young people
- To be responsible with other members of the team for health & safety, cleaning and good housekeeping of the project.
- To attend staff meetings and appropriate training
- To work to a rota which includes weekend and overnight working
- To work with Nightsafe’s policies, procedures and guidelines
- Such other duties as are agreed by the worker and line manager that are commensurate with the status and grade of the post

**External relationships and influencing**
- To build and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders, partners, commissioners and funders identifying opportunities for development, collaboration and sustainability of Nightsafe services
- Play a key role in the development of the organisations vision, mission and objectives.
- To act as a champion and advocate for young people at risk of homelessness and those in crisis actively looking for opportunities to influence local and national policy and strategic decision makers.
**Personal development**
- To develop and maintain up to date knowledge of and expertise in policy and practice to support young people at risk of homelessness and those in crisis.
- To develop and maintain knowledge, understanding and effective practice in project development.
- Attend training and development as required.
**General**
- To work as a member of the Nightsafe team, attend staff and communications meetings
- To attend regular supervision /appraisal sessions with your line manager.
- To comply with all Nightsafe policies and procedures.
- To be available to work in the evening and weekends as required.
- To undertake any other duties as commensurate with the grading of the post.

**Person Specification - What we need from you**

The essential criteria are those things which you must have in order to do the job. Desirable criteria are those qualities that would be either useful, or an advantage to have and/ or are things that you could be trained to do.

**Essential Experience/Skills**
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people using a person centred approach
- Experience of using supporter data to attract, engage and drive long-term loyalty.
- Excellent written communication, and demonstrable experience of writing for a variety of audiences.
- Highly Computer literate-confident user of Microsoft Office (Word, Power-Point, Outlook and Excel).
- Expertise in at least one specific area of and understanding of work including Homelessness, Education and Employment
- Knowledge and understanding of policies related to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults

**Desirable Experience/ Skills**
- Understanding of and interest in current issues relating to the work of Nightsafe Ltd
- Understanding of equal opportunities
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