Housing & Independence Outreach Worker X 3 Posts (Cdc)

**Housing & Independence Outreach Worker x 3 posts (CDC)**:

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- Colonnades House

25/08/2025
- Housing & Independence Outreach Worker x 3 posts (CDC)

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

**Salary**

Grade 7, £28,132 - £30,914

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Region**

Doncaster

**Job category/type**

Childrens Social Work

**Date posted**

12/08/2025

**Job reference**

REQ20780

Job description

**Based at: Colonnades House, Doncaster**

**Salary details: Grade 7, £28,132 - £30,914**

**Contract Type: Permanent**

**Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week**

**Closing date: 25th August 2025**

**Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post**

The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation which puts improving the life of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have an opportunity to be part of this in the role of Housing & Independence Outreach Worker.

An exciting opportunity has arisen as a Housing & Independence Outreach Worker that sits within our supported accommodation service. We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to support our young people on their road to independence.

We are committed to ensuring that care experienced young people transition successfully to living independently. It is recognised that young people achieve independence at different ages linked to their cognitive ability, early life experiences, resilience and their experiences with regulated care settings. Taking this in to account, we have developed the Housing & Independence service which delivers the ‘Key to Your Future Project’ in its entirety.

The young people will also complete the Key to My Future preparation for independence programme as well as our newly created “Keys to My Wellbeing” booklets. This well-established programme that was developed collaboratively with our young people leaving care and focuses on the practical aspects of managing a tenancy and living independently.

All the work they complete on the programme can be processed through to AQA's unit award scheme for accreditation certificates.

The Housing & Independence service utilises our own psychological services to provide formulations of the young people prior to them starting the programme, as well as a dialectical behavioural therapy-based programme, Once our young people work through this, they will move into the identified outreach accommodation which is the next phase of the project.

The applicant will need:

- To have experience of working with young people, children in care and care leavers.
- To be a supportive and inspirational member of the support team.
- To have some experience of therapeutic approaches and a willingness to develop then use of these in the service.
- To be an innovative and creative thinker who looks for opportunities to improve the offer to our young people.

In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, a generous local government pension scheme, a wide range of well-being support and development opportunities. You will also have access to a range of staff discount and benefits schemes. More information on the benefits available to you as a City of Doncaster Council employee can be found in the attached benefits book.

Shortlisting will take place on the 26th August 2025 and it is anticipated that interviews will be held on the 3rd September 2025.

**For further details or an informal chat please contact**:

- Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments._
- City of Doncaster Council is a disability confident employer committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job and make reasonable adjustments as required._
- Housing & Independence Outreach Worker x 3 posts (CDC)